Ep 64: Dan Blumenthal and Fred Kagan on China’s Three Strategies for Taiwan
Dan Blumenthal and Fred Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute join the show to talk about the three strategies that China can use to seize control of Taiwan.
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Show Notes
Dan Blumenthal and Fred Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute join the show to talk about the three strategies that China can use to seize control of Taiwan.
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• 01:40 China’s three approaches on Taiwan
• 02:09 Persuasion
• 07:35 Complimentary campaigns
• 10:34 Dominance of discourse power
• 14:40 Talk, talk, fight, fight
• 18:45 Coercion
• 26:51 Speaker Pelosi's trip to Taiwan
• 30:02 Compellence
• 35:24 CSIS war game conclusions
• 42:33 Fighting for themselves
• 46:48 Ukraine or Taiwan, who gets what?
• 51:38 Xi Jinping’s dilemma