RAND researchers Marta Kepe and Scott Harold tackled this question in a recent study, looking closely at Taiwan's civilian resilience. So in 2016, Taiwan elected the Democratic Progressive Party, a party that does not necessarily share China's view that Taiwan is part of China. There's a lot of discussion about what the United States may or may not do in the event of an attack by China against Taiwan. If China can induce doubt in Taiwan society, make members of Taiwan society think, I'm not sure I can trust my neighbor. I will say there are some people in Taiwan who think China wouldn't dare attack Taiwan because the United States or the rest of the international community will come to their aid.