Newt Gingrich
Imagine what would happen if the lights suddenly went out in Taiwan. Its economy would grind to a halt. Food supplies would rot without refrigeration. Infrastructure systems wouldn’t function. Hospital patients would perish as vital machines shut down.
The island nation would essentially be decimated — not from bombs or missiles but from of cyberattacks and supply disruptions. That’s the scenario Adm. Mark Montgomery laid out for me in a recent episode of my podcast, “Newt’s World.”
Adm. Montgomery is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He’s a seasoned national security expert with extensive experience in cybersecurity and defense policy. His insights on China’s growing cyber capabilities are timely and important. We had a remarkable conversation.
As Adm. Montgomery said on the podcast, China may never need to invade Taiwan militarily. Instead, he explained, “they could use cyberattacks, economic pressure and information warfare to bring Taiwan under control without ever firing a shot.”
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