There Are No Magic Beans: Easy Options to Deter China Militarily Do Not Exist
Since 1979, it has been the policy of the United States, as codified in the Taiwan Relations Act, to maintain the capacity to resist the use of force or other forms of coercion by China against Taiwan. Until recently it could be taken for granted that the United States was able to directly thwart a Chinese attack on Taiwan. But dramatic increases in China’s military capability over recent decades have called that into question, particularly with the military balance trending ever further in China’s direction for at least the near future. With General Secretary Xi Jinping having reportedly directed his The post There Are No Magic Beans: Easy Options to Deter China Militarily Do Not Exist appeared first on War on the Rocks.
Since 1979, it has been the policy of the United States, as codified in the Taiwan Relations Act, to maintain the capacity to resist the use of force or other forms of coercion by China against Taiwan. Until recently it could be taken for granted that the United States was able to directly thwart a Chinese attack on Taiwan. But dramatic increases in China’s military capability over recent decades have called that into question, particularly with the military balance trending ever further in China’s direction for at least the near future. With General Secretary Xi Jinping having reportedly directed his
The post There Are No Magic Beans: Easy Options to Deter China Militarily Do Not Exist appeared first on War on the Rocks.
