Øystein Tunsjø's US Taiwan Policy: Constructing the Triangle (Asian Security PDF

By Øystein Tunsjø

ISBN-10: 0415452023

ISBN-13: 9780415452021


The dating among the U.S. and China is without doubt one of the most vital concerns within the twenty-first century, and is, finally, hostage to stipulations around the Taiwan Strait. This ebook is the 1st to try to track the historic foundation of what's often called the ‘Taiwan factor’ in US-China family from a constructivist standpoint, in response to certain archival examine.


The research used supplementations the mainstream rationalist procedure through constructing a brand new theoretical standpoint on US Taiwan coverage that includes constructivism’s emphasis on identification, norms and discourse research. students have by no means formerly constructed or elaborated upon this method of any major volume. The ebook re-examines the safety of Taiwan by way of army ability following the outbreak of the Korean struggle, and the institution of the ‘one China’ coverage with regards to the method of rapprochement in the course of President Nixon’s first time period in workplace. It additionally considers the modern demanding situations posed to the ‘one China’ coverage by means of the elevated significance of selling human rights and democracy in US international coverage, arguing that the present US China coverage is guided by way of a brand new process in accordance with ‘engagement plus hedging’.

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