Summary Despite the recent ostensible improvements in relations between Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China, the deteriorating cross-strait military balance continues to worry leaders…
Country or Region: Taiwan
Summary This article examines Taiwan’s cross-strait relations with China by analyzing the linkages between their respective security interests and free trade objectives in the twenty-first…
Abstract This study applies Philip Steinberg’s models of perceptions of the ocean and his territorial political economics to interpret the ocean policy, marine laws and…
Abstract The article discusses China’s diplomatic and military endeavors since the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1995-1996 in an attempt to discourage U.S. involvement in a…
Summary The complicated question of Taiwan’s sovereignty has led to its exclusion from virtually all international security organizations. This marginalization has left a critical hole…
Abstract The risk of conflict in the South China Sea is significant. China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines have competing territorial and jurisdictional…
Abstract Why does Ma Ying-jeou pursue a China-tilting policy when US–PRC relations become more competitive after 2010? Indeed, the president’s mainland policy has gone far…
Summary One issue could lead to a disastrous war between the United States and China: Taiwan. A growing number of Taiwanese want independence for their…
Summary This book provides a systematic analysis of the current state and future trajectory of security cooperation in the world’s most economically dynamic and strategically…
Abstract An investigation into the prospects for including political talks in the cross-strait dialogue enables a better assessment of cross-strait relations. China’s push for political…
Abstract This article identifies the explanatory sources of Asians’ perceptions about China’s rise. The authors try to decipher the relative importance of individual-level explanatory variables…
Abstract China has reoriented its foreign policy strategy since Xi Jinping became president. This could significantly recast China’s relations with Asian countries. The process that…
Abstract Its newly acquired status as the world’s second largest economy has entitled China to a more prominent role in global affairs, and increasingly, its…
Summary Debate surrounding “China’s rise,” and the prospects of its possible challenge to America’s preeminence, has focused on two questions: whether the United States should…
Abstract China has actively begun to increase its naval capabilities since the last decade. As the PLA Navy aims at enhancing its strategic reach and…
