so they don t want to do it right now and the united states really increased its focus and operations in the region. however, the more they get to do this level of exercise, the more confident they are going to become in their capabilities. and in my assessment, the only thing keeping them from making a move against taiwan is right now they re not 100% sure that that operation would go well. so the more they do these exercises, the more confident they are, the more likely we re going to see beijing initiate force against the island. oriana, always a pleasure to have you on. thank you for your insights. next on gps, i will be back with a terrific panel, richard haass, susan shirk. is this crisis over or did we just see the prelude to a war? like fading, stretching and pilling. woolite has a first of its kind formula that keeps today s fabrics looking like new. woolite damage and darks defense. i typed in grandma s name and birth year.
taiwan, and it delivered. earlier today taiwan s defense ministry said some of china s activities was a simulated attack against the island. to understand more, let me bring in oriana schuyler mast row, a fellow at stanford s freeman institute and scholar at ai, also an officer in the air force reserve, but she is speaking today in her civilian capacity. welcome oriana. give us a sense, how would you characterize these live fire exercises? how should we think of them? well, of course these live fire exercises are a show of force. china telling us they re unhappy with speaker pelosi s visit, but much more importantly, sure a combat rehearsal. xi jinping has been very clear they need to do more realistic exercises if they re going to prepare to take taiwan by force. so me what is really significant is the unprecedented scale. not only the live fire tests,