Taiwan-China Cross-Strait Tensions

What Is Taiwan’s Best Deterrence Strategy?

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With the ongoing A4 Revolution in China, will the protestors undermine Xi Jinping’s authority? Taiwan Talks discusses what U.S. defense articles for Taiwan are the most effective in deterring a potential Chinese invasion. We examine what signal President Joe Biden is sending when he vowed to strengthen Taiwan’s defense capability. With Taiwan’s indigenous Yun Feng and Hsiung Feng missiles, how can Taiwan work with the U.S. and its allies to speed up its weapons production and strengthen strategic alliances with nearby allies, from Japan, South Korea, to Australia? With the PLA’s rapid modernization, we look at when the PLA could catch-up with the U.S. In this episode, Huang Kwei-bo, associate professor of diplomacy at National Chengchi University, and William Stanton, former de facto U.S. Ambassador to Taiwan as the AIT Director, discuss how Taiwan can bolster its national defense, including lessons from Ukraine on building effective asymmetric capabilities as it works with allies in the region to deter a Chinese invasion. We also hear from Rick Fisher, senior researcher of Asian military affairs at the Center for International Assessment and Strategy, and Riley Walters, Hudson Institute Japan Chair Deputy Director on specific defense items Taiwan needs manufacture and procure, and how the country is working with Japan and other U.S. allies to bolster its defense. Topics discussed: - U.S. current position on the defense of Taiwan and what is the Red-Line with China? - Is strategic ambiguity still effective and has ‘dual deterrence’ evolved? - What does the Biden administration’s additional clause “Taiwan’s future is determined peacefully in accordance with the wishes and best interests of Taiwan’s people” mean and are we seeing a hollowing out of the U.S. One-China Policy? - Specific defense articles Taiwan can procure from the U.S. and those it can work with the U.S. to locally manufacture - What is the best deterrence strategy for Taiwan to take in making Xi Jinping think twice before attacking? - U.S. priorities in Indo-Pacific security and the increasing role Taiwan plays - When is China most likely to consider launching a military assault on Taiwan? - How Taiwan can work with regional like-minded democratic allies, e.g., Australia, Japan, Korea