The US Strategic Pivot to Asia and Cross-Strait Relations

2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-36462-3
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 571 g

Providing a coherent and current account of how the U.S. manages to 'pivot to Asia' amid a rising China, this book provides an insightful glimpse into China-US relations, and the complexities of the two nations' economic and defense issues as China asserts is financial and military might in Asia and beyond.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chow, P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Michael Yuhuda PART I: THE ROLE OF TAIWAN STRAIT IN THE U.S. STRATEGIC PIVOT TO ASIA 1. Introduction; Peter C.Y. Chow 2. Taiwan's Narrowing Strait: A Triangular Analysis of the Taiwan's Security Since 2008; Lowell Dittmer 3. An Indispensable Pillar of Obama's 'Pivot' to Asia: Continuing Strategic Ambiguity across the Taiwan Strait; Dean Chen 4. America's Pivots to Asia and Taiwan Strait Crises; Edward Friedman PART II: ECONOMIC-SECURITY NEXUS AND CHINA'S RESPONSES 5. The Unwelcome Return: China Reacts to the U.S. Strategic Pivot to Asia; Yong Deng 6. US Rebalancing: Implications for Taiwan's Security and Stability across the Taiwan Strait; Scott L. Kastner 7. The TPP and the Pivot: Economic and Security Nexus; Tun-Jen Cheng, Peter C.Y. Chow 8. The U.S.-China Economic Relations: Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Chien-Pin Li PART III: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT OF CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AMID U.S. PIVOT TO ASIA 9. Why Taiwan? ROC Leaders Explain Taiwan's StrategicValue; Steven Phillips 10. Taiwan's Geo-Strategic Significances: From the Past to U.S. Contemporary Pivot Strategy; York Chen 11. Reflections on China's Military Trajectory and the U.S. Pivot; Richard D. Fisher, Jr. 12. Pacific Pivot, Taiwan Fulcrum: Maritime Taiwan and Power Transition in Asia; John J. Tkacik, Jr.

Über Autor(innen)

Dean Chen, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA

York Chen, Tamkang University, Taiwan

Tun-Jen Cheng, College of William and Mary, USA

Peter C.Y. Chow, City University of New York, USA

Yong Deng, United States Naval Academy

Lowell Dittmer, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Richard D. Fisher, Jr., International Assessment and Strategy Center

Edward Friedman, University of Wisconsin, USA

Scott L. Kastner, University of Maryland, USA

Chien-Pin Li, Kennesaw State University, USA

Steven Phillips, Towson University, USA

John J. Tkacik, Jr., International Assessment and Strategy Center

Michael Yuhuda, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK