The current international situation is somewhat similar to how it was before the Second World War in that there’s tension and conflict over the ownership of islands in the Indo-Pacific around China. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched into 2021 with a new round of wolf warrior diplomacy. At the same time, the PLA military is taking an aggressive posture, flexing its muscles in the Taiwan Strait, East China Sea, and South China Sea and engaging in “grey zone conflicts.” In 2020, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the official name for the CCP’s military, flew warplanes into Taiwan’s airspace 380 times (over one incursion a day). The trend continued into 2021. On March 26 alone, a total of 20 PLA military aircraft entered the southwestern airspace of Taiwan, setting a new record for 2021. On March 23, the official Weibo (a Chinese social media site) account of the China Coast …