Eyck Freymann, Hoover Fellow at Stanford University and author of Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China, joins the show to explain the complexities of deterrence against China, the strategic challenges in the Indo-Pacific, and the implications of the wars in Ukraine and Iran for Taiwan. We break down China’s plausible gray-zone tactics like quarantine and coercive mobilization, and how these tools, if unchecked, could lead to a total economic or military break. Where are the vulnerabilities in the U.S. defense industrial base, in naval and trade logistics, and in missile magazine depth?
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01:45 No path out
04:13 Maintaining balance
10:18 Kasserine lessons
16:51 China’s possible moves in the gray-zone
22:53 More stockpiling
27:33 Invasion
34:21 Decapitation and bombardment
39:20 An economic and political problem
46:42 The Summit
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