Taiwan recently drew attention by launching a new war preparation exercise targeting China. The key to this training is the response to the 'grey zone tactics'. The gray zone tactic is a low-intensity provocation lower than the all-out war. It is diverse, including the destruction of water and power grids, cutting undersea fiber optic cables, and cyberattacks.

In this regard, Foreign Affairs, a diplomatic media outlet, emphasized the importance of 'resilience' in the analysis of 'how to strengthen Taiwan'. They say that national resilience, which is not tired of frequent provocations, is the best deterrent to defeat the enemy's ambition.

The key to this resilience is the people's trust in the country and its leaders, efficient communication between the government and the people, and the people's willingness to fight. Ukraine has shown strong resilience against Russia, but this social capital is running out as the war drags on.

The faces of young Ukrainians on conscription buses revealed a blatant social class structure. Young people from rural areas and poor families who could not bribe the military filled the bus seats. In October last year, 50 prosecutors committed a trick to register the disabled to avoid conscription.

Foreign Affairs contrasts Ukraine and Israel in terms of 'willingness to fight'. In the war with Hamas, the Israeli people have little trust in their leaders, but they have shared a willingness consistent with external threats and have not lost their unique collective identity.

The question posed to the Korean Peninsula by this difference between the two countries is not light. It seems that war is not just a matter of quickly overpowering opponents with an overwhelming weapon system.

The human level and determination to handle this weapon must be supported. Even Russia, which paid for its own citizens to attract North Korean troops, could not afford to fight.

Two global wars clearly show that a country with poor social capital is bound to be defeated.

[Reporter Lee Jae Chul]