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Describes Taiwan's foreign and defense policies and influences on them; assesses their implications for U.S. policy. Taiwan's foreign and defense policies have evolved greatly since the days of Chiang Kai-Shek. Its leaders have created a government based on popular sovereignty rather than Chinese nationalism; adopted pragmatic and creative approaches to expanding its international presence, and sought to make itself safe from attack or coercion by Mainland China through acquiring modern weapons, building a more efficient military, and developing closer military and political ties with the United States. China, in turn, has adopted a complex strategy of pressures and enticements to arrest Taiwan's moves toward greater independence. The United States and Japan also wield substantial influence over Taiwan's foreign and defense policies, but U.S. influence is clearly the dominant influence on Taiwan's decisions about theater ballistic missile defenses(-providing information and advice that will strongly shape the course of Taiwan's planning, procurement, and deployment. The authors conclude that the United States should continue to maintain a public allegiance to the "One China" concep

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Central government

• Full title: Taiwan
• Subtitle: Foreign and Defense Policymaking
• Author: Michael Swaine, James C. Mulvenon, Kevin Pollpeter
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172
• EAN: 9780833030948
• ISBN: 0833030949
• ID: 04733789
• Publisher: RAND
• Weight: 540 g
• Dimensions: 279 × 215 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 1999

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