US Strategic Pivot to Asia and Cross-Strait Relations

Dean Chen, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USAYork Chen, Tamkang University, TaiwanTun-Jen Cheng, College of William and Mary, USAPeter C.Y. Chow, City University of New York, USAYong Deng, United States Naval AcademyLowell Dittmer, University of California at Berkeley, USARichard D. Fisher, Jr., International Assessment and Strategy CenterEdward Friedman, University of Wisconsin, USAScott L. Kastner, University of Maryland, USAChien-Pin Li, Kennesaw State University, USASteven Phillips, Towson University, USAJohn J. Tkacik, Jr., International Assessment and Strategy CenterMichael Yuhuda, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK

• Foreword; Michael Yuhuda PART I: THE ROLE OF TAIWAN STRAIT IN THE U.S. STRATEGIC PIVOT TO ASIA 1. Introduction; Peter C.Y. Chow 2. Taiwan's Narrowing Strait: A Triangular Analysis of the Taiwan's Security Since 2008; Lowell Dittmer 3. An Indispensable Pillar of Obama's 'Pivot' to Asia: Continuing Strategic Ambiguity across the Taiwan Strait; Dean Chen 4. America's Pivots to Asia and Taiwan Strait Crises; Edward Friedman PART II: ECONOMIC-SECURITY NEXUS AND CHINA'S RESPONSES 5. The Unwelcome Return: China Reacts to the U.S. Strategic Pivot to Asia; Yong Deng 6. US Rebalancing: Implications for Taiwan's Security and Stability across the Taiwan Strait; Scott L. Kastner 7. The TPP and the Pivot: Economic and Security Nexus; Tun-Jen Cheng, Peter C.Y. Chow 8. The U.S.-China Economic Relations: Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Chien-Pin Li PART III: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT OF CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AMID U.S. PIVOT TO ASIA 9. Why Taiwan? ROC Leaders Explain Taiwan's StrategicValue; Steven Phillips 10. Taiwan's Geo-Strategic Significances: From the Past to U.S. Contemporary Pivot Strategy; York Chen 11. Reflections on China's Military Trajectory and the U.S. Pivot; Richard D. Fisher, Jr. 12. Pacific Pivot, Taiwan Fulcrum : Maritime Taiwan and Power Transition in Asia; John J. Tkacik, Jr.