April 20, 2023

Lawmakers will (literally) game out a Chinese attack on Taiwan

Featuring: Becca Wasser, Stacie Pettyjohn, and Andrew Metrick

Source: The Washington Post

Journalist: Olivier Knox

Under the watchful eye of “game-master” Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the CNAS defense program, the lawmakers will play advisers to the president, a.k.a. the Blue Team.
Becca Wasser, who leads the CNAS gaming lab, and CNAS fellow Andrew Metrick will play Beijing, a.k.a. the Red Team.
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Wasser told The Daily 202 the TTX “is to help members look at different potential strategies in a potential future conflict over Taiwan and be able to test these out in a safe-to-fail setting” that may help them identify items that need “additional attention and potential advocacy.”

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Authors

  • Becca Wasser

    Senior Fellow, Defense Program

    Becca Wasser is a Senior Fellow for the Defense Program and lead of The Gaming Lab at the Center for a New American Security. Her research areas include defense strategy and o...

  • Stacie Pettyjohn

    Senior Fellow and Director, Defense Program

    Stacie Pettyjohn is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Her areas of expertise include defense strategy, post...

  • Andrew Metrick

    Fellow, Defense Program

    Andrew Metrick is a Fellow with Defense Program at CNAS. His research focuses on the linkages between strategic objectives and operational plans with a specific interest in un...