Power, Interests, and Internal Factors A Neoclassical Realist Perspective on the Taiwan Issue /

• Main Author: Sang, Xiaochuan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Asia-Politics and government.; Political theory.; Asia-History.; Asian Politics.; Political Theory.; Asian History.

This book frames the contentious political disputes surrounding Taiwan within the perspective of neorealist political theory. Analyzing the motives and relative importance that the actors involved bring to bear, Dr. Sang offers a timely intervention and a much-needed reality check on the role that T...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Evolution of Taiwan's Policy towards Mainland China since Late 1980s
• 3. The Political Transformation and the Fundamental Change in the Definition of Cross-Strait Relations
• 4. The Evolution of Policy Made by Mainland China towards Taiwan
• 5. China's Perception of Relative Power and Its Pursuit of National Interests in the Taiwan Issue
• 6. The Evolution of the US Policy toward Taiwan Issue: From Swinging Back and Forth to Establishing the Double Deterrence
• 7. The Role of Japan in the Taiwan Issue
• 8. The Future of the Taiwan Issue: Perception of National Interests and Internal Restriction
• 9. Relations between the US Hegemony and its Position in Taiwan Issue
• 10. Conclusion.