World Briefing Plus - From Kyiv to Taipei: The Porcupine Doctrine Goes Global
How Ukraine’s battlefield lessons reshaped Washington’s eye-popping $11.1 billion military aid package for Taiwan - and what it signals about the next war the U.S. is preparing for
In this week’s World Briefing Plus analysis, I take you behind the headlines to explain how Russia’s war on Ukraine has quietly transformed U.S. military thinking far beyond Europe. Washington’s unprecedented $11.1 billion security package for Taiwan is no coincidence - it is a direct descendant of the weapons and tactics that have allowed Ukraine to bloody, slow, and blunt a far larger Russian force.
From HIMARS mobile artillery to Javelin anti-tank systems, the emphasis is on speed, mobility, and lethality - the so-called “porcupine strategy” designed to make any invasion painfully costly, if not impossible. What began as an emergency response to Putin’s aggression is now being exported to the Indo-Pacific, with profound implications for deterrence, escalation, and global security.
🎥 World Briefing Plus: This exclusive analysis takes paid subscribers behind the headlines to show how Ukraine’s war reshaped America’s biggest-ever military bet on Taiwan.
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