August 12, 2026
Inside Taiwan’s Plan to Deter a Chinese Invasion
As Taiwan runs its largest annual war games this week, we look at its strategy of overwhelming any Chinese invasion force with mass-produced, low-cost drones. It's a defense strategy modeled partly on lessons from the war in Ukraine. Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security, who co-authored a major report on Taiwan's drone defense strategy, tells us whether the plan can really work.
Watch the full interview on Deutsche Welle.
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