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Deterring China over Taiwan does not require being able to beat it, which the United States probably cannot do anyway.

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  1. John Mearsheimer

    Professor of political science at the University of…

    A lot of people think that to make deterrence work, you have to be able to beat the Chinese and therefore, you need a much bigger military. And I don't think over time that's possible. I think it's probably not even possible now to beat the Chinese in a war over Taiwan or in a war in the South China Sea.

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    ↗John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 | Lex Fridman Podcast #401youtube.com

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