E-raamat: Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China

In Defending Taiwan, Eyck Freymann offers an innovative, multidimensional strategy integrating military, political, economic, and technological tools to enhance deterrence and defeat China if war occurs. This is an essential book for policy practitioners and scholars seeking innovative and feasible ways to protect Taiwan's democracy and secure America's interests in the Indo-Pacific. * Bonnie Glaser, Managing Director, Indo-Pacific Program, German Marshall Fund of the United States * The future of Taiwan may decide the shape of global geopolitics for the next hundred years and beyond, and yet academic scholarship has been slow to catch up. Eyck Freymann is at the forefront of an emerging group of scholar-strategists turning their minds to this problemand doing so with great skill. In Defending Taiwan, he shows expertly how military approaches alone will not suffice and lays out a four-pillar concept of deterrence to help guide policy thinking. * John Bew CMG, Professor of History and Foreign Policy, Kings College London * A magnificent intellectual achievement. Eyck Freymann has crafted one of those rare scholarly works that offers readers both a deep well of knowledge and a thrilling read. As tensions with the Peoples Republic of China mount, American government officials and military officers will want to keep copies of this book spring-loaded for emergencies. I was particularly struck by the remarkable clarity, realism, and actionability of the military analysis. The conflict scenarios read like the scripts of tier one war games, and the strategy discussions will make you feel like you have a seat in the White House Situation Room. I didnt want to put it down! * Ian Easton, author of The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwans Defense and American Strategy in Asia * Within his time in power, Xi Jinping is determined to assert control over Taiwan if he can possibly find a viable opportunity. The stakes could scarcely be higher: PRC subjugation of the capitalist democracy would devastate global supply chains, trigger economic shocks, hamstring U.S. alliances, and threaten nuclear proliferation. Atop a consummate analysis of these critical dynamics, Freymann offers innovative recommendations regarding a credible U.S. threat to engage in avalanche decouplinga battery of preplanned economic separation measuresto deter PRC aggression. * Andrew S. Erickson, Professor of Strategy, U.S. Naval War Colleges China Maritime Studies Institute * Defending Taiwan compellingly argues that peace in the Taiwan Strait depends not only on military deterrence but on an integrated strategy combining diplomacy, economics, and technology. Clear-eyed and pragmatic about Taiwans defense needs, this book offers a valuable path toward sustainable peace. A must-read for understanding contemporary strategic challenges. * Admiral Lee Hsi-min (Ret.), 26th Chief of the General Staff, Republic of China Armed Forces * Freymann skillfully dismantles trendy theories for how to deter Beijing. There is no one magic bulletbut we may yet save Taiwan and the rest of the free world if we marshal our political, military, geostrategic, and economic advantages in the ways Freymann prescribes. Freymanns knowledge of history imbues the book with a refreshingly broad and authoritative scope. I hope it is widelyand urgentlyread. * Matt Pottinger, former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor (2019-2021), and editor of The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan * If weve learned anything over the last century, it is that we should always take statements by authoritarian leaders at face value. Thus, it is not a matter of whether China will move to subdue Taiwan, but when and how. In Defending Taiwan, Eyck Freymann offers a comprehensive tutorial on every aspect of this most complex of potential geopolitical cycle-ending crises as well as a compelling approach to how to deter it. * Admiral James Sandy Winnefeld (Ret.), former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff * Eyck Freymann has written a seminal, timely, and readable book on how to deter war with China. Based on my discussions with senior officials and experts in Beijing, Taipei, and Washington, I can confirm his four-pillar framework addresses the strategic realities we face: military deterrence alone will fail without unprecedented allied coordination across economic, technological, and diplomatic domains. This is precisely the kind of challenge that Japanpositioned at the forefront and at the strategic heart of the First Island Chainmust take the lead in addressing. It is an essential read for anyone committed to preserving peace. * Katsuya Yamamoto, Rear Admiral (Ret.), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and Director, Strategy and Deterrence Program, Sasakawa Peace Foundation * Taiwan is the most dangerous flashpoint in the world and Eyck Freymanns book is the most comprehensive analysis of what can be done about it. It is the first account that integrates economic analysis with national defense to address, as he puts it, how to restructure the global economy if the worlds manufacturing superpower goes rogue. * Philip Zelikow, Botha-Chan Senior Fellow, Stanford Universitys Hoover Institution *