Defending Taiwan : A Strategy to Prevent War with China.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freymann, Eyck.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2026.

New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

In Defending Taiwan, Eyck Freymann presents the first comprehensive and actionable strategy to prevent war with China and preserve an honorable peace. Freymann argues that Washington's deterrence strategy must extend beyond military means or threats of nuclear or economic mutually assured destruction. America also needs a bold new vision of technological and economic statecraft and a plan to secure its vital interests if deterrence fails. Urgent and indispensable, Defending Taiwan is the first true grand strategy to ensure lasting stability in the US-China relationship.

Contents:

Cover

Advance Praise for Defending Taiwan

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Note on Authorship

Note on Terminology

Introduction

Argument

Pillars of Deterrence

Outline of the Book

I The Challenge

1 The Cross-Strait Dispute

What Is Taiwan?

Beijing's Position

The One China Policy

Views from Taiwan

Interpreting Xi

China's Interests

Why Might Xi Choose to Fight?

U.S. Interests in Peacetime

U.S. Interests in a Crisis

Conclusion

II Scenarios

2 The Gray Zone

The All-Domain Pressure Campaign

Quarantine Scenarios

Coercive Mobilization

The Decision to Break the Glass

3 Amphibious Invasion and Blockade

Basic Requirements for Invasion

Taiwanese Resistance and Allied Choices

The Air-Naval Fight

Blockade as a Part of War

Would Blockade Be Checkmate?

Economic and Political Implications

III The Pillars of Deterrence

4 Political Deterrence

Engage Taiwan

Manage China

Establish the Core Coalition

5 Strengthening Conventional Deterrence: by Eyck Freymann and Harry Halem

by Eyck Freymann and Harry Halem

Surveillance and Reconnaissance

Long-Range Strike

Logistics

Surface Fleet

The DIB

UAS

Submarines

Space Power

6 Preserving Strategic Stability and U.S. Technological Leadership

The Theory of Strategic Coercion

Interpreting Xi's Strategic Buildup

Miscalculation Risks

Reassuring U.S. Allies

Modernizing the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent

AI and Strategic Stability

Toward an American AI Strategic Deterrent

7 Rethinking Economic Deterrence: by Hugo Bromley and Eyck Freymann

Strategic" Economic Threats

The Neutral Problem

China's Role in the Global Economy

PRC Resilience

The Illusion of "Economic Mutually Assured Destruction.

Conclusion

8 Avalanche Decoupling: by Hugo Bromley and Eyck Freymann

Policy 1: National Decoupling

Policy 2: The Economic Security Cooperation Board

Partial Avalanche Decoupling

Imagining a World after Avalanche Decoupling

Conclusion: Living History

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: Four Perspectives from Taipei

Appendix B: The Currency Intervention

Notes

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-19-782387-4

0-19-782386-6

0-19-782385-8

9780197823859

OCLC:

1569720736