Host: Annie Kuo
More than 20 years after then-U.S. president George Bush sent the U.S. military into Iraq to search for Saddam Hussein’s alleged “weapons of mass destruction”, the United States finds itself involved in a new war in the Middle East. In June, Trump ordered U.S. strikes against three suspected nuclear sites in Iran, officially joining Tel Aviv’s conflict with Tehran. How did Bush and Trump’s goals and military strategies differ? And why has the response from Tehran’s allies – including Moscow – been so muted? Meanwhile, Russia and China are expanding their military cooperation. What does this mean for Taiwan, and how should the United States deploy its military assets across multiple theaters? In this episode, we discuss the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran, China-Russia defense cooperation, and the implications for a possible Taiwan contingency.
Our guests:
Lai I-chung
- Prospect Foundation President
Liu Fu-Kuo
- National Chengchi University Institute of International Relations Research Fellow
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