https://taiwanstrait.com/tags/ukraine-lessons/ Recent content in Ukraine Lessons on Taiwan Strait Hugo en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/civil-defense-whether-taiwans-population-is-ready-for-what-its-military-is-preparing-for/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/civil-defense-whether-taiwans-population-is-ready-for-what-its-military-is-preparing-for/ <p>Ukraine&rsquo;s experience since February 2022 has produced a global reassessment of what civil defense means in a modern conflict involving a large, technologically capable adversary striking civilian infrastructure. The Ukrainian example is relevant to Taiwan not because the two situations are identical — they are quite different in geography, military balance, and the specific threats each faces — but because Ukraine demonstrated that societal resilience, the willingness and capacity of a civilian population to sustain normal life and maintain government function under sustained attack, is a military asset of the first order. Taiwan&rsquo;s civil defense posture, measured against the Ukrainian example, has been improving from a low base and remains inadequate for the scenario its military is preparing to fight.</p>