Defense experts at the Stimson Center, a Washington-based foreign affairs think tank, discussed the unlikelihood of an invasion of Taiwan last Thursday.

China is “rehearsing for the real deal,” an invasion of Taiwan, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned at the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier defense summit.

Contrary to the alarmism about a possible Chinese assault on Taiwan voiced by many military leaders, including Hegseth, experts at the Stimson Center argued that such an invasion is highly unlikely.

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