PODCAST: Wargaming a PLA invasion of Taiwan

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By: Robyn Tongol

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, senior defence industry analyst Stephen Kuper and Defence Connect editor Liam Garman discuss recent findings from a CSIS wargame investigating a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, senior defence industry analyst Stephen Kuper and Defence Connect editor Liam Garman discuss recent findings from a CSIS wargame investigating a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

  

  • The pair begin the podcast unpacking the key findings from the wargame — as well as the fundamental lessons for Western military strategists.
  • Kuper and Garman then discuss Taiwan’s prevailing military doctrine including the Porcupine Strategy and irregular warfare capabilities.
  • The podcast wraps up with an assessment of whether the CCP is a revisionist power, or whether it now operates as part of the global system to supplant the US as the global hegemon. 

Enjoy the podcast,

 

The Defence Connect team

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