Ep 141: Matt Pottinger on the Defense of Taiwan (Boiling Moat #1)
Matt Pottinger, distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Chairman of FDD’s China Program, and author of The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan, joins the show to talk about how a war over Taiwan might start and how it may be prevented.
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Show Notes
Matt Pottinger, distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Chairman of FDD’s China Program, and author of The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan, joins the show to talk about how a war over Taiwan might start and how it may be prevented.
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Times
• 01:13 Introduction
• 03:11 The Boiling Moat
• 04:54 Is Xi serious?
• 11:35 How to deter China
• 17:40 Out with the old, in with the new
• 24:30 Mapping the scenarios
• 30:14 No such thing as an accidental war
• 35:44 A cognitive trap
• 39:22 Left with no choice
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