News Analysis If Russia invades Ukraine, could it embolden the Chinese regime to also attack Taiwan? Moscow is clearly looking to Beijing for moral support, as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to China would indicate. As The New York Times puts it, Putin sees Chinese leader Xi Jinping as offering a “lifeline” to Russia, if not a formal alliance. At the very least, Beijing could help block the United Nations Security Council from taking any action in support of Ukraine. Nothing is more speculative than a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, but a Russian victory over Ukraine could encourage Beijing to tighten the screws on Taipei. For Taiwan, deterrence is a job that never ends. For these reasons, a recent paper by Drew Thompson, a visiting fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, makes for particularly relevant, and compelling, reading. His monograph, “Winning …