Foreign Relations & International Law

Lawfare Daily: How China Might Coerce Taiwan

Daniel Byman, Evan Braden Montgomery, Toshi Yoshihara, Jen Patja
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 7:00 AM
What can be done to reduce the risk of Taiwanese coercion?

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For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman talked with Evan Braden Montgomery and Toshi Yoshihara, both Senior Fellows at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, to discuss their recent Lawfare article, "Beijing's Changing Invasion Calculus: How China Might Put Taiwan in its Crosshairs." 

Together they discuss how China might use a blockade, subversion, and nuclear threats to intimidate Taiwan, the United States, and key regional states like Japan. They also discuss how Taipei and Washington might change their approach to reduce the risk of Taiwanese coercion.

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Daniel Byman is a professor at Georgetown University, Lawfare's Foreign Policy Essay editor, and a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
Evan Braden Montgomery is the director of research and studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
Toshi Yoshihara is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
Jen Patja is the editor and producer of the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security. She currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics, a nonprofit organization that empowers the next generation of leaders in Virginia by promoting constitutional literacy, critical thinking, and civic engagement. She is the former Deputy Director of the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier and has been a freelance editor for over 20 years.
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