Rowan Allport
Rowan Allport is a deputy director at the Human Security Centre, a London-based foreign policy think tank. He has previously worked as a lobbyist in Westminster, and as a senior analyst for RAND Europe’s Defence, Security and Infrastructure team. Rowan has written for outlets including Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, and Defense One and is the author of the book War Plan Taiwan: OPLAN 5077 and the U.S. Struggle for the Pacific, published by the Naval Institute Press. He holds a PhD in politics from the University of York.
The UK needs to discuss the risk of a new Pacific War over Taiwan
UK involvement in a Taiwan conflict may be more likely than assumed, driven by alliances, basing and economic exposure despite political and legal constraints, argues Rowan Allport.
