The US Needs to Anticipate a Surprise Attack by the Chinese Regime

The US Needs to Anticipate a Surprise Attack by the Chinese Regime
The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier sails in the South China Sea on Oct. 16, 2019. Catherine Lai/AFP via Getty Images
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Commentary

Concern over a surprise attack by China against Taiwan is a major concern. But the world should be aware that the Chinese regime may launch attacks against India, Japan, or the United States because a clear and intuitive lesson of history is that strategic surprise succeeds, and a review of the evidence demonstrates that it often does in international politics.

Bradley A. Thayer
Bradley A. Thayer
Author
Bradley A. Thayer is a founding member of the Committee on Present Danger China and the coauthor with Lianchao Han of “Understanding the China Threat” and the coauthor with James Fanell of “Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure.”
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