DEFENSE IN DEPTH: The US attacks on Iran and Russian invasion of Ukraine have brutally underlined the importance of air defense and deep magazines By Fang Wei-li and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer The international community must move beyond statements and develop credible deterrence against China to prevent conflict across the Taiwan Strait, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) executive director Luke de Pulford said yesterday. Speaking at the 2026 Taiwan International Ocean Forum in Taipei, De Pulford said China’s regional actions are a “definite escalation.”G7 statements have helped raise awareness, but governments have yet to develop meaningful deterrence, he said. US Senator Tammy Duckworth speaks at the 2026 Taiwan International Ocean Forum in Taipei yesterday