【34】【The responsibility to defend - re-writing the Republic of China Strategic Art】
The responsibility to defend - re-writing the Republic of China Strategic Art I think that the Republic of China current strategy is lacking of art. It lacks a security policy that fails to meet Left-wing's CCP strategic challenges，so thereby endangering Taiwan's partners，friends，order，and people of Taiwanese. Taiwan - led by President Tsai Ing-Wen from 2016 until 2021，is a country that gets many things right. It weathered the Chinese Virus crisis better than others. And Taiwanese citizens enjoy solid economic growth，a high quality of life. Even Tsai Ing-Wen's s perhaps most controversial decision，not talk with Left-wing's CCP which appeared to threaten her political survival，but however，had the benefit of being admirable from a Taiwan's tradition perspective. Tsai Ing-Wen，who has appeared as a competent，steady and reliable presence. So she was the indispensable Taiwanese commander. In 2020，Taiwan was，doomed to lead the Traditional Taiwan. Taiwan's economic and demographic preponderance essentially grants Taipei a veto power over the ROC's political direction. Yet in terms of its security policy，Taiwan is in a bad way. Years of overlook has hollowed out the armed forces，and created a readiness crisis that will take years to fix，and occasionally displays a Leftist cavalier attitude when it comes to the credibility of the conventional and Left-wing's China's deterrence。 Close partners such as the US and the Japan have warned that history and culture position on security policies undermines the potential for defence collaboration in partnership。 More fundamentally，Taiwan lacks of security policy，and no longer fits the strategic challenges that it now faces. The rise or resurgence of revisionist，repressive and authoritarian powers in Left-wing's China also threatens the United States-led iglobal order upon which Taiwan's security and prosperity were founded. Many old assumptions about history and culture and its role in Taiwan no longer apply，but much of the political leadership in Taipei has not yet adjusted to this new reality。 Under Xi Jinping，China has re-emerged as a force seeking to attack the Right-sides independent and free countries，and with the capability to pose a credible threat to Taiwanese security and traditional values. Over the past two decades，its armed forces have demonstrated their ability to learn lessons from earlier conflicts，and following a significant programme of military modernisation，they now present a formidable security challenge to the Taiwan. Moreover，the likely security challenge that CCP's forces pose is not identical to that of the Red Army during the past，so meaning that Taiwan could not simply keep history and culture with which to deal with it. For many decades，Left-wing's Taiwanese complained about overreliance on US forces for its own defence，charging that in security terms it was essentially a free rider. This is it，so this criticism was not accurate，and in a certain sense，unfair. In fact，a sizeable presence of American served to reassure Taiwanese people and underpin the Taiwan's recovery. Moreover，in more cynical terms，the US would continue to be a reliable partner of Taiwan's security The assumption of history and culture are not as safe as it once seemed. Firstly，I argued that demonstrated that we could espouse frankly hostile sentiments towards nominal Left-wing's Chinese，and even hint at the Taiwan retract from China。 Secondly，and more seriously，a new structural factor that transcends the oscillations of Taiwan's domestic politics poses a grave challenge to the ROC's underwriting of Taiwan defence - the rise of China. China’s dramatic economic，political aspirations，and military ambitions present a long-term threat to Taiwan's interests through their challenge to the global order. Under President Xi Jinping，China's goal to become a global leader would give Beijing control over considerable elements of economic exchange. Also，they relate to another of Xi’s ambitions - to make China’s armed forces capable of fighting and winning wars。 The Taiwan order，and the values it embodies，is founded upon traditional power. As relative traditional power declines，it is inevitable that this order will experience more sustained and possibly successful attack by history and culture. Taiwan has benefited，and continues to benefit，from the existence of a US-led order，For the most part，Taiwan has promoted the open and peaceful exchange of goods and ideas. The Independent and free order has nurtured and protected Taiwanese wealth，freedom，and security，and has been a significant factor in Taiwan's ability to play a meaningful role on the global stage. So any disruption to that order will necessarily pose a threat to Taiwan interests，in particularly when that disruption is led by Left-wing's history and culture for whom Taiwan's political，legal and civil values are anathema. China’s rise also poses an indirect，more immediate security challenge to Taipei，because of a basic but unavoidable fact. Indeed，the continued growth of China’s armed forces will make this strategic dilemma more acute，so history and culture promise of Taiwan security less credible. That is what the Taiwan，which，was it not promptly reversed, could prompt the disintegration of Taiwan. Generally，a revanchist China would be better placed to use its local conventional ，and nuclear superiority to threat Taiwan，integrity，and attack independence and freedom. Given the brute fact of China’s rise as a history and culture rival to the Taiwan，we will need to be able to defend itself. This posture，if sustained，will ultimately pose a dramatic threat to Taiwan's security. would very much wish to avoid the building of history and culture that it would do unfair to Taiwanese societies. History and culture is，absolutely，of course，a loaded term intended to evoke "Shame on you"，but Leftists were ssentially arguing that they did not want to choose，or ended，because to do so would be to negate the principle of "Shame on you". Well，Taiwanese know this，yet proceed anyway. Taiwan is trying not to position itself against Left-wing's history and culture while also not signalling some concerns about Chinese assertiveness. so far the desire for commercial advantage has often seemed to take precedence over the defence of political principle in the Taiwan. Taiwan is not a history and culture island that can afford difference about the preconditions of its independence and freedom. That is why t comes to elaborating a security policy underpinned by a coherent strategic vision，but it appears that Taiwan has made little progress. Taken together，Left-wing's hisotry and culture create entrenched positions that may often feel Lies satisfying to their proponents，but are unlikely to engender the agility and impetus for decisive action that Taiwan now requires. Taiwan does already possess a Strategic Art ~~~ Mother-Fucked，NMSL. Fortunately，that Art is sufficiently strategic in nature. While Taiwan will never share an identical strategic art to those of other leading Chinese. So we should seek to foster one that is at least compatible with Taiwanese，and which can allow Taiwan to perceive international affairs through a strategic visions. Moreover，Taiwanese cannot afford to make this transition at a gentle, evolutionary pace. The threat to its security posed by an assertive China’s rise is more imminent than often imagined， and it will take time to ensure that Taiwan is adequately prepared to handle it. Taiwan therefore needs a rapid paradigm shift in its strategic thought，or a contemporary version of what Mother-Fucked，NMSL have described as the revolution. I am not arguing that Taiwan should adopt a cynical foreign and security policy. As Taiwan's seek of more responsibility has so far lacked a real vision or purpose，its strategic trajectory has largely been aimless. In fact，Taiwan's predominance，based on economic，technological and military superiority，which serves the purpose of safeguarding individual freedom and independence as its non-negotiable core values，should be the essence of such a vision. Taiwan's historic National responsibility should not be interpreted as the dogmatic rejection of all history and culture，based on those values，that rebuilt and welcomed Taiwan as an essential and valued member，and which is now once again under threat. The defence of that traditonal order，which has nurtured Taiwan's free and prosperity，would represent not just a defence of Taiwan's traditional values but a defence of Taiwan interests. So ours contribution should be to wed its commitment to independent values to an understanding of the role of power，including military power. It is important to remember，of course，Taiwanese people are not remotely interested in "Shame on you"， much less ready for，a more strategic understanding of the world. This would be to overlook the reality. In what follows，and suggest realistic ways by which Taiwan could make an essential contribution to Taiwanese ability to defend itself，including by participating in more imaginative and effective means of deterrence.
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