#75 John Dotson: Why Taiwan Is Preparing for the Wrong Kind of War
Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl27 Jul 2025

#75 John Dotson: Why Taiwan Is Preparing for the Wrong Kind of War

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This is a conversation with John Dotson, director of the Global Taiwan Initiative, former U.S. Navy officer and an expert on Taiwanese defense and security policy. There are a lot of discussions on Taiwan and its role in a potential conflict with China but quite often in these discussions, Taiwan actually is seen as a passive actor. We talk about a potential war between China and the U.S. over Taiwan - and overlook what role would Taiwan actually play - but its role and its decisions would be pretty fundamental.


I wanted to explore it in more detail and so with John, we talk about how Taiwan is preparing for a war with China, why do people in Taiwan seem a lot less concerned about this than policymakers in the U.S., why is Taiwan criticized for not doing enough or for doing the wrong things or how likely is it that China could get Taiwan without actually needing to fight for it.

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