Abstract This study examines Taiwan’s policy toward the territorial dispute in the East China Sea and explains why it has yielded some dividends. The paper…
Country or Region: Taiwan
Abstract How is East Asia responding to the rising China? Pertinent literature suggests that explicit balancing or containment has been rare and engagement, if not…
From the Publisher: This book looks at the relationship between Chinese international relations (IR) scholarship and China’s rise as a world power. Specifically, it addresses how…
Publisher’s Note This comprehensive book explores contemporary Taiwan from the perspective of the Taiwanese themselves. In a unique set of original essays, leading Taiwanese figures…
From the Publisher: Why Taiwan Matters offers a comprehensive but compact introduction to a country that exercises a role in the world far greater than its…
Summary China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics: the Shaping of a New Regional Order, edited by Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee, examines how China’s remarkable…
From the Publisher: This classic history of the Korean War—from its origins through the armistice—is now available in English for the first time. Wada Haruki, one…
Summary As we look to enter the second decade of the 21st century, Taiwan’s quest for identity remains the most contentious issue in the domestic arena…
Summary China’s transformation from a poor and underdeveloped country into a global market power has profoundly altered its socioeconomic power relations with the other countries…
Summary In 2008 Ma Ying-jeou was elected President of Taiwan, and the Kuomintang (KMT) returned to power after eight years of rule by the Democratic…
Continue reading Cabestan, Jean-Pierre, and Jacques deLisle ed
Abstract Soft power, like so much else in relations between the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, is asymmetrical and freighted with implications for U.S.…
Summary The “Taiwan question” has long been considered one of the most complicated and explosive issues in global politics. In recent years, however, relations between…
Continue reading Blanchard, Jean-Marc F., and Dennis V. Hickey, eds
Summary Taiwan has been hailed as a successful case of democratization. Compared with many other nations, the transition from authoritarian rule occurred in a rather…
Summary The relationship between the United States and China is one of the most important issues in the twenty-first century, and is, ultimately, hostage to…
Summary Using the developmental history of Taiwan as a starting point, Flexibility, Foresight and Fortunacritically examines several prevalent formulations of domestic development and international economy. The…
