How to deter China over Taiwan without poking Beijing in the eye | Zack Cooper
The most effective way to prevent a Taiwan conflict is to convince Beijing an invasion would fail outright. Zack Cooper calls this deterrence by denial: sink enough amphibious ships that the operation stalls, avoiding the escalation risk of striking the Chinese mainland.
Zack, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, tells Ian why Xi Jinping is more risk averse than most assume, how a purge of roughly 55 percent of senior military leadership shifts the calculus, and why US-China stability stays out of reach despite claims of strategic stability.
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- Deterrence by…
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