Abstract Although the economies of East Asia emerged from the global financial crisis of 2008 in comparatively strong positions, they remain structurally embedded within global…
Country or Region: Taiwan
Abstract This study examines the two contending theories of racial issues or ethnic politics, namely, the “contact” and “group threat” theories, in an attempt to…
Abstract As long as China considers Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory, China will always be the primary security threat to Taiwan. The modernization…
Summary In South China Sea: Energy and Security Conflicts, foreign policy analyst Christopher L. Daniels analyzes the core causes of the dispute over territorial claims in…
Summary Geopolitics is a crucial element in understanding international relations in East Asia, with major and medium powers competing for influence. This book examines geopolitics…
Summary The South China Sea disputes continue to confuse and confound policymakers. The claims of all of the countries involved – China, Vietnam, Taiwan, the…
Continue reading Valencia, Mark J., Jon M. Van Dyke, Noel A. Ludwig
Abstract It is increasingly clear in the post-Cold War period that the Asia-Pacfic region needs security structures with which to manage developing regional tensions. The…
Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, the potentially oil-rich Spratly (Nansha) Islands have become a flashpoint in the Asia-Pacific. The Spratlys, which consist…
Abstract Taiwan’s economic downturn and wealth gap, under the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis, spurred livelihood/redistributive questions to become electoral issues. This paper…
Abstract This article focuses on how the U.S. military assesses the threat of a Taiwan Strait crisis over the next two decades, America’s possible responses,…
Abstract This study, based on analysis of survey data collected in 2011 in Taiwan and Hong Kong, shows that cultural identification explains the choice of…
Abstract Party systems in East Asia are characterized by a wide variety of party types, as formally institutionalized parties coexist next to informally and weakly…
Abstract For international relations realists, the rise of a world power changes the global distribution of power. By so doing, it redefines national interests and…
Abstract This article conceptualizes the multifaceted concept of national identity in Taiwan. The prevailing measures on national identity were ubiquitous, one-dimensional, and categorical, forcing people…
Abstract This paper focuses on Taiwan’s aid to the Marshall Islands. Three types of Taiwanese aid are discussed: as part of the Marshall Islands trust…
Continue reading Chien, Shiuh-Shen, Tzu-Po Yang, and Yi-Chen Wu
