Untying the knot : making peace in the Taiwan Strait /

"A comprehensive analysis of the paradoxical relationship between Taiwan and China, characterized by social and economic interaction and political and military tensions, and the diplomatic diffidence of the United States in the face of its high strategic stakes"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bush, Richard C., 1947-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ©2005.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctt1287b6d
Table of Contents:
  • Getting to the present
  • Economic cooperation, political deadlock
  • The sovereignty issue
  • The security issue
  • Domestic politics and cross-strait relations
  • Decisionmaking systems
  • The leverage game
  • The U.S. factor
  • Muting pressures, reconciling differences
  • If a settlement is not possible?
  • Choices ahead.