Economic Integration, Democratization and National Security in East Asia

Edited by Peter C.Y. Chow, Professor of Economics, City College and Graduate Center, City University of New York, US

• Contents:ForewordMichael YahudaPrefacePART I: INTRODUCTION1. The Shifting Paradigm in US, China and Taiwan Relations: Causes and Implications for US Economic, Security and Strategic Interests Peter C.Y. ChowPART II: DEMOCRATIZATION IN TAIWAN AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE TRIANGULAR RELATIONS 2. China’s Incorporation of Taiwan: The Manipulation of Community TensionsEdward Friedman 3. Taiwan’s Party System, Coalition Politics and Cross-Strait Relations Tun-Jen Cheng and Yung-Ming Hsu 4. US Response to Rising Taiwanese Identity and China’s Emerging Power June Teufel Dreyer 5. Legislating the Cross-Strait Status Quo? China’s Anti-Secession Law, Taiwan’s Constitutional Reform and Referenda, and the United States’ Taiwan Relations ActJacques deLisle6. Taiwan’s Choices Nat BellocchiPART III: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND SECURITY OF THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS 7. Growing East Asian Trade and Economic Integration:Implications for Economic Relations Across the Taiwan StraitDan Ciuriak 8. Taiwan and East Asian IntegrationTain-Jy Chen and Ying-Hua Ku9. Prospects of a US–Taiwan Free Trade Agreement: The China Factor and Critical Assessments Frank S.T. Hsiao and Mei-Chu W. Hsiao 10. Taiwan’s FTA Bid: Process and Prospects from the Global IT Supply Chain PerspectiveMerritt T. CookePART IV: US STRATEGIC AND SECURITY INTERESTS IN ASIA11. US Leadership in Asia in the Second Term of the Bush Administration and the Challenge of China’s Rise Robert Sutter12. North Korea’s Nuclear Threat and its Impact on Taiwan’s SecurityRichard D. Fisher13. Has There Been a Shift in Japanese Policy Toward China?Alexander K. Young14. The Lifting of the EU Arms Embargo on China: An American PerspectivePeter BrookesPART V: POSTSCRIPT15. China’s Strategy: ‘Licking the US Without Firing a Shot’Alexander K. YoungIndex

'The book offers such significantly in-depth evidence of the tremendous complexities involved in PRC-ROC relations that scholars and policymakers alike will greatly appreciate its broader applicability to current comparative research on contemporary East Asia.'