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The Insurance Trigger: Sovereign Guarantees and Commercial Lawfare as Deterrence Against a Chinese Quarantine of Taiwan
['Guest Author']
Center for International Maritime Security
That episode clarifies the problem in the Taiwan Strait more starkly than any fleet comparison.
The Insurance Trigger: Commercial Lawfare and the Risk CascadeA quarantine of Taiwan need not begin with gunfire.
The Taiwan Strait spans closer to one hundred thirty kilometers at its narrowest point.
The Sovereign Guarantee FrameworkThe architecture of sovereign guarantees in the Taiwan Strait is designed to preserve commercial confidence and deter coercion.
Featured image: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen reviews Taiwan Coast Guardsmen, September 2021.