{"podcast":{"title":"Strait Forward","slug":"strait-forward-7247611","podcast_index_feed_id":7247611,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/_OPbaGO7","website_url":"https://strait-forward.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/c1d5476c-8cb9-47c4-b717-5aeec4144685/27cb3928-ebd1-4b5c-8c5a-45ec0eb53fa9/3000x3000/strait_forward.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP","episode_count":36,"summary":"Strait Forward is a podcast series from the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), where Channing Lee takes a deep-dive into Taiwan, the island at the forefront of technological innovation and the global fight for democracy. Hear Taiwanese experts discuss geopolitics, technology, and culture.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T22:21:27.139754+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611"},"episode":{"title":"A Strategy for Defending Taiwan","slug":"a-strategy-for-defending-taiwan","published_at":"2026-05-26T12:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611/a-strategy-for-defending-taiwan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611","url":"https://strait-forward.simplecast.com/episodes/a-strategy-for-defending-taiwan-_mBEGzYG","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/373c28e2-36eb-4099-a957-82cb2df2ee52/39ae4125-98ec-4f49-aad0-9d642501eaad/episodes/audio/group/61374a2e-48c5-418e-9179-a5b50ccc6324/group-item/dea63320-dcd0-4114-8981-6b8a3087ac8f/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_OPbaGO7","summary":"Channing Lee hosts a live conversation at the 2026 AI+ Expo Bookstore with historian Eyck Freymann, a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University. Drawing from Freymann’s new book, Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China, the discussion delves into the \"deterrence stack,\" a multi-layered defense framework encompassing political, military, strategic, and economic pillars. Freymann explains that while the United States is well-prepared for conventional military scenarios, it remains vulnerable to gray-zone tactics and economic coercion, making a comprehensive strategy essential for navigating future cross-strait crises.","meta_description":"Channing Lee hosts a live conversation at the 2026 AI+ Expo Bookstore with historian Eyck Freymann, a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University. Drawing from F…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2588,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/strait-forward-7247611/episodes/a-strategy-for-defending-taiwan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611/a-strategy-for-defending-taiwan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}