1. Balancing act: Taiwan's cross-strait challenge
- Author:
- Malcolm Cook and Craig Meer
- Publication Date:
- 04-2005
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Lowy Institute for International Policy
- Abstract:
- Taiwan is in the middle of a deep social transformation that is redefining the way its people identify themselves, how it sees its place in the world and, most urgently, its relationship with China. Taiwan's metamorphosis, and China's reaction to it, are making it more difficult to maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait. Washington and its regional allies, including Australia, need to understand these changes better and to incorporate responses to them into their policies.
- Topic:
- International Relations and Democratization
- Political Geography:
- China, Washington, Taiwan, Asia, and Australia