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

By: Bush, Richard C, 1947-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005Description: 416 p.Other title: Making peace in the Taiwan Strait.Subject(s): International relations | Taiwan -- Relations -- China | China -- Relations -- TaiwanGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 327.951249051 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.