00:00A former high-ranking legislator from the Czech Republic is in Taiwan.
00:04She's urging democracies in Europe and the Indo-Pacific to come together to confront threats posed by authoritarian regimes.
00:13Coordination must deepen across regions.
00:18Ukraine has demonstrated that deterrence fails when commitments are ambiguous.
00:25This brings me to Taiwan.
00:26Taiwan is not merely a regional issue.
00:31It is a test case for whether democracies can uphold stability without surrendering principles or provoking unnecessary escalation.
00:42Marketa Pekarova-Aramova previously served as the speaker of the Czech Parliament's Chamber of Deputies.
00:49She warned that authoritarian states are increasingly using hybrid tactics that are short of open conflict to pressure democracies.
00:57Her remarks come as the war in Ukraine approaches its fifth year and China intensifies its coercion against Taiwan.
01:05Go on.
01:05Go on.
01:05Go on.
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