Taiwan's defense strategy against a potential cross-strait invasion from China is widely known as the "porcupine defense," which aims to deny or significantly degrade a rapid ground assault. In a discussion hosted by Tom Galvin, Ying-Chie Hsieh and Pete Roongsang examine Taiwan’s “whole-of-society” resilience program. Their research focuses on three major defense policies enacted since 2022: strengthening the Reserve Component Initiative, reforming the military force structure and peopl...
