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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784150003321

Titolo

Identity and change in East Asian conflicts [[electronic resource] ] : the cases of China, Taiwan, and the Koreas / / edited by Shale Horowitz, Uk Heo, Alexander C. Tan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

1-281-36174-7

9786611361747

0-230-60313-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

HorowitzShale Asher

HeoUk <1962->

TanAlexander C

Disciplina

327.5

355/.033051

Soggetti

Conflict management - East Asia

National security - East Asia

East Asia Politics and government 21st century

East Asia Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Democratization and National Identity in the China-Taiwan and Korean Conflicts; 2 The Evolution of China's National Interest: Implications for Taiwan; 3 Taiwan: Political and National Security of Becoming "Taiwanese"; 4 Economic Integration between China and Taiwan: No Spillover into the Identity and Security Realms; 5 Explaining U.S. Policy toward China and Taiwan; 6 Rising China versus Estranged Taiwan; 7 North Korea in Crisis: Regime, Identity, and Strategy

8 South Korea's Response: Democracy, Identity, and Strategy9 U.S. Strategy in the Korean Conflict; 10 Japan's Response to Asia's Security Problems; 11 The North Korean Nuclear Crisis; 12 The United States and East Asia: Past and Future; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the changing national identities that are transforming East Asia - pushing China and Taiwan apart and toward a showdown, while propping up a weakened North Korea. Accomplished contributors analyze the dynamics and the U.S.'s policy response.