Taiwan is Indefensible

CA 9+ #taiwanisindefensible #intelligencesquared #iq2us Taiwan is Indefensible 127,959 views May 21, 2021 2.7K 382 Share Save IntelligenceSquared Debates 173K subscribers The fate of Taiwan is uncertain. As a revanchist China builds up forces near the island, the Biden administration is warning Beijing against an invasion, bolstering its defense with the sale of military hardware. While the United States does not officially recognize Taiwan’s government, it remains its strongest international backer. Beijing, meanwhile, sees Taiwan as lost territory, which needs to be “reunified” with the mainland. Recently, Beijing sent 25 warplanes into Taiwan's air defense identification zone, the largest ever incursion into the region by the People’s Liberation Army. And some argue that the scale of China’s military presence has already surpassed anything the U.S. or Taiwan militaries could stop. It is indefensible, both militarily and from a political capital perspective; the notion of risking American soldiers in this geostrategic flashpoint unthinkable. Others say American credibility is actually on the line, that the U.S. could indeed win if it had to, and that its political posturing should reflect that. So, here’s our question: Is Taiwan indefensible? Presented in partnership with Foreign Affairs. FOR THE MOTION: Lyle J. Goldstein Research Professor, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College & Charlie Glaser Anthropologist & Drug Policy Expert AGAINST THE MOTION: Elbridge Colby Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense & Elizabeth Larus Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, University of Mary Washington #taiwanisindefensible #intelligencesquared #iq2us #debate #taiwan #china =================================== Subscribe: http://bit.ly/IQ2onYouTube Official site: https://www.iq2us.org IQ2US Twitter: http://bit.ly/IQ2Twitter IQ2US Facebook: http://bit.ly/IQ2onFacebook =================================== 7,373 Comments Auggie Giuseppe Add a public comment... G L G L 3 weeks ago Lyle, question for you. Why US defending Israel? It was and is a big risk. Taiwan is a Island, it is more defendable than Israel. 107 007kingifrit 007kingifrit 3 weeks ago 7:55 so you're willing to defend allies as long as there is no risk to america.....so you're not willing to defend american allies at all 154 timmy chang timmy chang 3 weeks ago This is not about only Taiwan but what happens to us afterwards. 161 walker Zven walker Zven 3 weeks ago this smells like some Chinese scheme to win without having to fight for Taiwan 16 Jonathan Lin Jonathan Lin 1 month ago It's funny that Lyle dispels the domino theory, but one of his argument about China not a threat to other countries is that other countries are farther away from China than Taiwan is. I guess Lyle did not realize that the closet distance between Japan and Taiwan is only 67 miles, even closer than Taiwan to China. So once Taiwan becomes part of China, Japan will not be that far from China. Or does Lyle not recognize Okinawa Prefecture as part of Japan? 93 romelle jacinto romelle jacinto 3 weeks ago I am a filipino and the Chinese are almost literally on our shores. 118 timmy chang timmy chang 3 weeks ago If you just want to destroy a place, is that victory. 55 John Inton John Inton 1 month ago CUT AND RUN- its why countries are abandoning America, look what it did to the Kurdish fighters of the YSG, South Vietnam, its reason why Philippines flip-flops between Chinese patronage against American hegemony. If America abandons Taiwan, America's military credibility will suffer irreparable damage. 147 Sm Tx Sm Tx 3 weeks ago Lol Charlie is very clearly on daddy Xi's pay roll 66 Nick Dial Nick Dial 3 weeks ago They sit there and claim China would have no interest in Japan or the Philippines? China is already encroaching on islands held by Japan, and they're already encroaching on fishing waters of the Philippines. These guys are totally full of crap. 22 timmy chang timmy chang 3 weeks ago Reading state run propaganda gets you no where. 94 Stephen Fowler Stephen Fowler 3 weeks ago Taiwan has the right to self determination and just as individual rights to self determination have to be protected so a nations right to self determination also must be protected. Appeasement by the United States resulted in WW2 and appeasement will result in war with China. China will not stop with Taiwan any more than Japan stopped at Pearl Harbor. 49 Allan Hunnicutt Allan Hunnicutt 2 hours ago ith a cost of 29k US lives we took Okinaw form Japan, despite ferocious defense