LEADER 03427nam 22005414a 450 001 9910967286903321 005 20251116230624.0 010 $a0-8330-7595-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000521605 035 $a(OCoLC)560151907 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10015444 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284664 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11257228 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284664 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10261627 035 $a(PQKB)11505625 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3031531 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10015444 035 $a(OCoLC)923689288 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3031531 035 $a(BIP)6465640 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000521605 100 $a19991028d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTaiwan's national security, defense policy, and weapons procurement processes /$fMichael D. Swaine 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (91 p.) 300 $a"MR-1128-OSD"--P. [4] of cover. 311 08$a0-8330-2798-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aThis report examines Taiwan's national security decisionmaking structure and process and the primary factors guiding its defense strategy, force structure, and military procurement decisions. It attempts to explain the motives and interests determining Taiwan's national security policy and defense plans and its decisions to acquire major weapons and related support systems from foreign sources, including the United States. The author has determined that Taiwan's national security policy process is poorly coordinated, both within the top levels of the senior leadership and between the civilian and military elite. As a result, Taiwan lacks a strategy that can integrate and guide its foreign and defense policies. He also concludes that Taiwan's defense policy and procurement decisionmaking process are significantly influenced by a variety of non-military criteria that complicate efforts to ascertain the motives and objectives of Taiwan's requests for U.S. arms and call into question Taiwan's ability to effectively absorb such arms. He recommends that the United States continue to acquire more and better information about Taiwan's strengths and weaknesses in these areas and especially to more accurately assess Taiwan's requests for military sales from the United States. He also recommends that the United States (1) avoid providing arms and assistance to Taiwan in ways that provoke greater tension with China without appreciably improving Taiwan's defense capabilities, (2) continue to strengthen contacts with the ROC military but avoid interacting with the Taiwan armed forces in a way that suggests the establishment of joint U.S.-Taiwan operational capabilities, and (3) develop and maintain close contacts with Taiwan's key decisionmakers. 607 $aTaiwan$xMilitary policy 607 $aTaiwan$xArmed Forces$xProcurement 607 $aTaiwan$xArmed Forces$xWeapons systems 676 $a355/.03305124/9 700 $aSwaine$b Michael D$0122818 712 02$aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967286903321 996 $aTaiwan's national security, defense policy, and weapons procurement processes$94477589 997 $aUNINA