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Why Taiwan’s Military Modernization Is Moving Too Slowly
Season 1 · Episode 39

Why Taiwan’s Military Modernization Is Moving Too Slowly

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch

March 21, 20231h 3m

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Show Notes

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Vincent Chao, a Taiwanese politician and former diplomat and national security strategist, about why Taiwan is moving so slowly to modernize its military and increase deterrence of an existential threat of Chinese invasion.

They discuss Taiwan's messy identity politics, whether Taiwanese will fight to defend their freedoms, Chinese misinformation efforts to drive wedges in Taiwan's political system and alliances, whether Silicon Shield can protect Taiwan and why a Chinese blockade is not the major threat to the island.