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Defense & Aerospace Roundtable

China’s Cognitive Warfare and Taiwanese Defense Spending

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patrick-cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Taiwanese soldiers walk past a Sky Sword II Land-based Air Defence Missile in Taichung on January 27, 2026. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP via Getty Images)
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Taiwanese soldiers walk past a Sky Sword II Land-based Air Defence Missile in Taichung on January 27, 2026. (Getty Images)

On the Defense & Aerospace Roundtable, Patrick Cronin discusses how China’s strategy of combining cognitive warfare with operational rehearsal is backed by real capability. He also comments on the United States pressuring Taiwan on its defense spending and how China’s AI advances represent a near-term strategic threat.