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As #Kissinger shouted at 1969 football game, "On what theory?"
nytimes.com/1970/02/19/arc…
An alternative possibility—the "Ducks in a Row" approach:
Ambitious but failure averse, #Xi faces strong incentives to max forces before attempting one of (recent) history's greatest gambles.
nytimes.com/1970/02/19/arc…
An alternative possibility—the "Ducks in a Row" approach:
Ambitious but failure averse, #Xi faces strong incentives to max forces before attempting one of (recent) history's greatest gambles.
"Ducks in a Row" model ≠ theoretical speculation.
#Xi himself has charged #PLA w/ achieving 2027 "Centennial #Military Building Goal" (#建军一百年奋斗目标).
DoD: "this would provide Beijing w/ more credible military options in a #Taiwan contingency."
>>andrewerickson.com/2021/12/prc-pu…
#Xi himself has charged #PLA w/ achieving 2027 "Centennial #Military Building Goal" (#建军一百年奋斗目标).
DoD: "this would provide Beijing w/ more credible military options in a #Taiwan contingency."
>>andrewerickson.com/2021/12/prc-pu…
"Ducks in a Row" model allows ZERO room for complacency.
#Xi may well PREFER +-5 years more #PLA prep to attempt max-stakes mark on #history.
But many factors now in play, stakes high, margins thin.
#PRC rhetoric re @SpeakerPelosi trip suggests growing tensions moving forward.
#Xi may well PREFER +-5 years more #PLA prep to attempt max-stakes mark on #history.
But many factors now in play, stakes high, margins thin.
#PRC rhetoric re @SpeakerPelosi trip suggests growing tensions moving forward.
