About Strait Outta Taiwan
Most analyses of Taiwan’s defense technologies focus on its role in its asymmetric strategy. Far less explains how capability is actually built, or how Taiwan’s defense innovation and dual-use ecosystems function in practice.
Strait Outta Taiwan fills that gap with on-the-ground, field-informed analysis.
It examines how Taiwan’s defense innovation system operates in practice, how its industrial base is evolving, and where constraints and opportunities shape real-world strategy, capability development, and allied industrial outcomes. It also draws comparative insights from other defense innovation ecosystems where relevant.
Published 2–4 times per month, Strait Outta Taiwan delivers clear, grounded analysis of Taiwan’s defense innovation landscape and its global implications.
What You’ll Find Here
Strait Outta Taiwan is structured across five core formats:
Strait Takes — Concise analysis of Taiwan and Indo-Pacific security developments.
Strait Dives — Deep dives into Taiwan’s defense enterprise, innovation ecosystem, industrial base, and strategy.
Strait Insights — Original analysis drawn from on-the-ground experience, engagements, and comparative cases through a Taiwan lens.
Strait Signals (in development) — Analysis of China’s defense technologies, capabilities, and gray-zone activities, and their implications for Taiwan’s national security.
Taiwan Defense Tech Brief (forthcoming) — Curated updates and market intelligence on key developments across Taiwan’s defense and dual-use technology ecosystem.
About the Author
Bryce C. Barros is a Taiwan-based defense innovation and dual-use technology strategist focused on the Indo-Pacific and allied cooperation.
He previously served as a National Security Advisor in the U.S. Senate, supported defense innovation efforts within the U.S. Department of Defense, and worked at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and Kharon.
He is currently a Visiting Fellow at INDSR in Taipei, an Associate Fellow at GLOBSEC’s GeoTech Center, and a Defence Fellow at ASPI.
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