America, China and the Tragedy of Great-Power Politics
The Lawfare Podcast
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How to Make Deterrents Really Work
The ideal situation for the united states is to be able to defeat china in a fight over tiwani, those days are probably gone. But nevertheless, you get a lot of deterrent value out of preventing the other side from winning,. And then what you do to make deterrents really work is you threaten very subtly to use nuclear weapons if you're in a losing fight over tawan. This is the way you make deterrants work. You just tell the chinese that, look, there is a possibility you'll win. We believe that you'll pay an awful price to win."
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