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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horowitz, Shale Asher.

Heo, Uk, 1962-

Tan, Alexander C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management.

Politics and government.

East Asia--Politics and government--21st century.

East Asia.

East Asia--Foreign relations.

International relations.

Conflict management--East Asia.

National security--East Asia.

National security.

Physical Description:

xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

Changing national identities have transformed the China-Taiwan and Korean conflicts. Democratization in Taiwan and South Korea, and liberalization in China, have forced leaders to compete for popular legitimacy by appealing to national identities. Along with the collapse of the Soviet Union, these contested national identities have been the main factors driving change in the conflicts- pushing China and Taiwan inexorably apart and toward a showdown, while helping to prop up what appeared to be a mortally wounded North Korea. This explains why one U.S. ally, Taiwan, becomes more hawkish, while the other, South Korea, becomes more dovish. U.S. foreign policy is struggling to adjust.

Contents:

Democratization and national identity in the China-Taiwan and Korean conflicts / Shale Horowitz, Uk Heo, and Alexander C. Tan

The evolution of China's national interest : implications for Taiwan / Peter R. Moody, Jr.

Taiwan : political and national security of becoming "Taiwanese" / Hans Stockton

Economic integration between China and Taiwan : no spillover into the identity and security realms / Cal Clark

Explaining U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan / Steven B. Redd

Rising China versus estranged Taiwan / Shale Horowitz and Alexander C. Tan

North Korea in crisis : regime, identity, and strategy / Terence Roehrig

South Korea's response : democracy, identity, and strategy / Uk Heo and Jung-Yeop Woo

U.S. strategy in the Korean conflict / Milica Begovic and Karl DeRouen, Jr.

Japan's response to Asia's security problems / Dennis Patterson

The North Korean nuclear crisis / In-Tack Hyun and Sung Deuk Hahm

The United States and East Asia : past and future / Shale Horowitz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403977879

OCLC:

70878053

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