This week the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released Lights Out? Wargaming a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan, a detailed simulation-driven enquiry by Mark F. Cancian, Matthew F. Cancian and Eric Heginbotham. Over the course of 26 separate wargames, Beijing was cast as the aggressor seeking to choke off Taiwan’s maritime lifelines. The results suggest … Continue reading Lights Out Over the Strait: Taiwan, Blockade, and a Conflict That Could Reshape the Pacific