Charting a Course: Addressing Chinese Maritime Coercion Around Taiwan

Summary

In this episode Anthony Marco and Nils Peterson examine the Chinese Coast Guard’s escalating gray‑zone incursions around Taiwan’s peripheral islands, especially the recent series of violations at Dongsha Atoll. They explain how these maritime coercion tactics aim to erode ROC sovereignty, threaten vital sea lines of communication that carry Taiwan’s semiconductor exports, and could force the United States to consider a military response. The hosts argue that U.S. policy should pivot to using the U.S. Coast Guard, through expanded bilateral and multilateral maritime law‑enforcement agreements, to deter CCG activity and protect the SLOCs essential to U.S. and regional security.