Abstract The present study examines the ingredients of strategic state intervention in growth driven by special economic zones (SEZs). Analyzing the experiences of Taiwan, South…
Country or Region: Taiwan
Abstract The future of nuclear energy use has become increasingly contentious across the world. This is especially the case in Taiwan, which simultaneously suffers from…
Continue reading Su, Xiaochen, Chung-li Wu, Yen-chieh Liao, Tai-De Lee, and Chen Tsao
Abstract While the thought of a regional community in East Asia comparable to the European Union is premature, I consider the transforming international relationships among…
Abstract The authors offers their perspectives regarding concerns raised by the public on both sides of the Taiwan Strait whether Taiwanese president Ma Ying-Jeou will…
Abstract The conviction that economic ties will engender peace in Asia has been a lynchpin of the US strategic response to a rising China for…
Abstract In recent years tensions across the Taiwan Strait have been overshadowed by fear of war on the Korean Peninsula. Commentators have even suggested that…
Abstract Taiwan’s declining defense capability has increasingly tilted the balance of power in the Taiwan Strait towards China. While the current status quo suits Taiwan’s…
Summary Maritime issues are particularly important for Asian countries, where there is a high reliance on shipping routes for international trade, many difficult disputes over…
Summary The South China Sea is a major strategic waterway for trade and oil shipments to Japan, Korea as well as southern China. It has…
Continue reading Buszynski, Leszek, and Christopher B. Roberts, eds
Summary Many scholars of international relations in Asia regard bilateralism and multilateralism as alternative and mutually exclusive approaches to security co-operation. They argue that multilateral…
Abstract Because it is a producer and supplier of high-tech dual-use goods as well as a major transit point for WMD-related and military items, Taiwan…
Summary American foreign policy in Asia has long been preoccupied with mainland China. But the end of the Cold War and the 1989 Tiananmen massacre…
Summary Arguing for a strategy that promises to achieve greater regional stability, this overview of security relations in the Asia-Pacific finds that current approaches by…
Abstract This Asia Policy roundtable brings together experts and former policy practitioners to assess the opportunities and challenges arising from the United States’ strategic rebalancing…
Abstract The treatment of the wartime period in Japan’s history textbooks has long been a subject of debate and controversy, even a source of international…
