China's Strategic Culture and Cross-Straits Relations

A Perilous Triangle
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-83221-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Asian Security Studies

This book explores China’s strategic culture in the context of relations across the Taiwan Strait.

The USA has long played a stabilising role, deterring China from attacking Taiwan. However, as China’s economy has grown, so has its military might, and it is now in a position to challenge America for the leading role in the security of the Western Pacific. This book closely examines how China’s interests in Taiwan have emerged from its identity as a modern, socialist nation- state, placing it on a collision course with Taiwan’s consolidated liberal democracy and the US vision of itself as a guarantor of global order. On the basis of an examination of operational doctrines, force structure and training, it offers an interpretation of the three powers’ intentions and analyses possible scenarios for conflict. This provides the context for analysing China’s strategic behaviour, notably the development over the past 30 years of military capabilities which would be sufficient for an invasion.

This book will be of much interest to students of strategic culture, Chinese security, foreign policy and international relations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yi, Duanyi

Munro, Neil

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Nachrichtendienste, Geheimdienste
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: Debates around China’s strategic culture Chapter 2. Concepts: A constructivist framework for strategic culture Chapter 3. Interests and Identities in the Taiwan Strait Chapter 4. Intentions: Comparing the military strategies of China, Taiwan and the US Chapter 5. Dependencies: Hypothetical scenarios in the Taiwan Strait Chapter 6. Behaviour: China’s military preparations for a Taiwan Strait conflict Chapter 7. Strategic Culture: What to expect from an “offensive realist” China

Über Autor(innen)

Neil Munro is Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics at Glasgow University, UK, and author of four books.

Duanyi Yi is a postgraduate research student at Glasgow University, UK.