Webinar | Is Xi Ready for a ‘Civil War’ with Taiwan – and Will He Bring It Here?

Rumor is circulating that Chinese Communist emperor Xi Jinping has told his subordinates he is now ready for a “civil war” with Taiwan. The question is not so much whether he did or did not make such a statement, as whether one along those lines correctly reflects his current calculations, as well as his nation’s readiness to engage in such aggression. And, if so, whether it would be confined to a conflict with Taiwan or include the instigation of sabotage, assassinations and other disruptive acts – perhaps provoking a civil war – in this country, as well.

This week’s CPDC webinar draws upon an all-star cast of subject matter experts to assess the available evidence on these counts and our national readiness to deter Xi and, failing that, contend with whatever he may have in the offing.

Moderator:

- Frank Gaffney, Founder and Executive Chairman, Center for Security Policy; Vice Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China, co-author, “The Indictment: Prosecuting the Chinese Communist Party and Friends for Crimes Against America, China, and the World”

Panelists:

- Dr. Bradley Thayer, PhD, Professor, Member, Committee on the Present Danger: China; co-author, “Engaging Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure”
• Topic: “Xi Jinping Thought: His Personal Ambitions, Domestic Political Considerations and His Strategic Calculations about ‘Going Kinetic’ in the Near Future”

- Captain James Fanell, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet; co-author, “Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure”
• Topic: “Sit Rep: The State of the CCP’s Military Capabilities and Our Readiness to Contend with the Threat, Abroad and at Home”

- Honorable Matthew Pottinger, Marine combat veteran; former Deputy National Security Advisor to the President; editor of “The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan”
• Topic: “What We Must Do Now to Defend Taiwan”

- Brian T. Kennedy, Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China; President, American Strategy Group; former President, Claremont Institute; author, “Communist China’s War Inside America”
• Topic “Taiwan’s ‘Ace in the Hole’? Its Indispensable Source of Chips and Xi’s Calculations for Acquiring It”

- J.R. Nyquist, Author, “Origins of the Fourth World War: And the Coming Wars of Mass Destruction,”and essayist at JRNyquist.blog
• Topic: “Xi’s No Limits Partnership with Russia as an Impetus for War with America”