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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent shockwaves through Europe and caused the global community to turn its attention toward Taiwan.
As the government seeks to push through further reform of the military, Taiwan needs to exhibit its resolve on an “all-out defense,” for reform should not be strictly limited to the military, but is to be borne by every civilian.
As retired air force lieutenant general Chang Yen-ting (張延廷) has said, the first step is military reform, the second is intensive reservist training and third is an all-out national defense. Building upon Chang’s argument, I would like to suggest the following:
First,
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Kyiv has controlled the narrative with a hybrid approach of news, public opinion, psychological and cognitive elements, and disinformation. Information warfare has displaced traditional political warfare and gained new strategic importance.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been broadcasting live daily, as well as at significant times during the conflict, to show his country and the world his resolve to fight to the end and to castigate Russia for launching an unjust, unprovoked war.
During particularly tense episodes, he has given impassioned speeches, telling Ukrainians to stay alive so that they can once again sit down to eat together.
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