{
  "id": 17586,
  "url": "https://warontherocks.com/how-can-u-s-special-operations-forces-help-defeat-china-on-taiwan",
  "title": "How Can U.S. Special Operations Forces Help Defeat China on Taiwan?",
  "summary": "It is conceivable that in one blistering campaign, the People’s Republic of China could invade, occupy, and forcibly annex Taiwan. One question would dominate the post-occupation debate: “What more could have been done?” The obvious answers will be better intelligence, bigger exercises, more weapons. One underexamined answer is a different model for U.S. special operations forces advising.The United States has spent decades using rotational military teams to train foreign partners. This approach",
  "authors": "Brian Petit",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us,china",
  "published_at": "2026-08-07T07:00:55.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-08T05:10:34.355Z",
  "source_slug": "x-war-on-the-rocks",
  "source_name": "War on the Rocks",
  "source_homepage": "https://warontherocks.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17586",
  "original_url": "https://warontherocks.com/how-can-u-s-special-operations-forces-help-defeat-china-on-taiwan",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}