1、ndupress.ndu.edu SF No. 310 1 Winning the Fight Taiwan Cannot Afford to Loseby Drew ThompsonSTRATEGIC FORUMNational Defense UniversityAbout the AuthorDrew Thompson is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the National Univer-sity of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Senior Research S
2、cientist at CNA Corporation.Key Points Taiwan has begun to embrace a new asymmetric defense approach focused on fighting in the littor al with smaller, more survivable systems. This is key to defeating a Chinese invasion. Support from President Tsai Ing-wen has been high but there is re-sistance fro
3、m some senior members of Taiwans defense establishment who favor more expensive conven-tional systems. Personnel recruitment and logis-tics are two key elements that the Overall Defense Concept and Taiwans defense strategy need to address. The United States should not only provide critical defense i
4、tems to Tai-wan but also help Taipei refine its new defense strategy and improve interoperability between U.S. and Taiwan armed forces.October 2021CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CHINESE MILITARY AFFAIRSCENTER FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCHCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CHINESE MILITARY AFFAIRSTaiwans defense approach has
