The Importance of Hard Material Power

Some people make the argument that if we pull out of Ukraine and stop helping them then it's going to be easier for Xi Jinping to do it over Taiwan. We cannot only look at our resolve our will of power we also have to look at our hard material power, he says. The president's decision about whether to attack Taiwan is driven by his assessment of how successful they would be which is a function of how prepared we are in hard power terms weaponsThe readiness of our forces their position the are," said Obama. "That doesn't mean abandoning Ukraine"