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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784480003321

Autore

Bush Richard C. <1947->

Titolo

Untying the knot [[electronic resource] ] : making peace in the Taiwan Strait / / Richard C. Bush

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-81325-3

9786610813254

0-8157-9781-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Disciplina

327.951249051

Soggetti

International relations

Taiwan Relations China

China Relations Taiwan

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

1. Introduction -- 2. Getting to the present -- 3. Economic cooperation, political deadlock -- 4. The sovereignty issue -- 5. The security issue -- 6. Domestic politics and cross-straight relations -- 7. Decisionmaking systems -- 8. The leverage game -- 9. The U.S factor -- 10. Muting pressures, reconciling differences -- 11. If a settlement is not possible? -- 12. Choices ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.