{"id":10205,"date":"2022-08-06T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T06:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=10205"},"modified":"2022-08-18T12:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T06:39:18","slug":"taiwans-porcupine-strategy","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/taiwans-porcupine-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan&#8217;s &#8220;porcupine strategy&#8221;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Taiwan is focusing on the porcupine strategy to fight back in case China attacks it<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-08-06T12:04:00+05:30\">6th August 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Taiwan said that it was &#8220;preparing for war without seeking war.&#8221; So what is Taiwan&#8217;s strategy to fight back in case China attempts to occupy it by force?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Porcupine strategy &#8211; The aim is to make Taiwan&#8217;s defense so secure, making the invasion very difficult and costly for the enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>The<strong>&nbsp;&#8220;porcupine doctrine<\/strong>,&#8221; proposed by US Naval War College research professor William S Murray in 2008, is an asymmetric warfare strategy that focuses on fortifying a weak state&#8217;s defenses in order to exploit the enemy&#8217;s weaknesses rather than taking on its strengths. In other words, it is about constructing defenses that will ensure Taiwan &#8220;can be attacked and damaged but not defeated, at least not at unacceptably high costs and risks.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Three defensive layers in this approach are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n><li>The outer layer is about intelligence and surveillance.<\/li><li>Guerrilla warfare at sea.<\/li><li>The innermost layer relies on the geography and demography of the island.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/world\/explained-what-is-porcupine-doctrine-and-how-can-taiwan-deter-potential-chinese-invasion-505193#:~:text=What%20is%20%E2%80%9Cporcupine%20strategy%E2%80%9D%3F,William%20S%20Murray%20in%202008.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wionews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan is focusing on the porcupine strategy to fight back in case China attacks it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","portfolio-category":[428,447,426],"class_list":["post-10205","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-428","portfolio-category-august-2022","portfolio-category-newsfeed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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