Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China
From Pekingology by Center for Strategic and International Studies
April 16, 2026 · 46 min
About this episode
The episode discusses strategies to prevent war with China over Taiwan, featuring insights from Eyck Freymann.
In this episode of Pekingology, CSIS Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Eyck Freymann, a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University and author of the new book, Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China. Eyck unpacks Beijing’s real goals vis-à-vis Taiwan, how Taiwan fits into the Party’s domestic and international ambitions, and how the United States and its allies can manage the bedeviling challenge of gray zone coercion while also deterring high-end conflict.
People in this episode
Host: Henrietta Levin
Guest: Eyck Freymann
Topics covered
- Taiwan
- China
- U.S. foreign policy
- gray zone coercion
- deterrence strategy
Keywords
- Taiwan
- China
- defense strategy
- gray zone coercion
- U.S. allies
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Stanford University, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Books & works: Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China
Places: Taiwan, China
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