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Anxiety about China's growing military capabilities to threaten
Taiwan has induced alarm in Washington about whether the United
States remains capable of deterring attempts to seize Taiwan by
force. This alarm has fed American impulses to alter longstanding
policy, and to increasingly view challenges confronting Taiwan
through a military lens. While Taiwan clearly is under growing
military threat, it also is facing a simultaneous and intensifying
Chinese political campaign to wear down the will of the Taiwan
people. This latter line of effort receives less attention, but
left unaddressed, has the potential to do far more damage to
American interests. This book rightsizes the risks confronting
Taiwan by taking a holistic view of China's national ambitions and
Taiwan's role in them, China's strategies for pursuing unification
with Taiwan, and America's most effective responses. Contrary to
many other books on the market, the authors make the case for why
conflict in the Taiwan Strait is not preordained, and in fact, it
would be strategic folly for the United States to conclude that
conflict is inescapable. Hass, Bush, and Glaser argue that the
center of gravity for determining the future of Taiwan is the will
of Taiwan's 23 million people. American policy should focus on
their hopes and fears if the United States wishes to maintain
influence over events in the Taiwan Strait. This calls for American
resoluteness and steadiness of purpose in fortifying Taiwan's
economic dynamism, political autonomy, military preparedness, and
dignity and respect on the world stage. Maintaining credible
military deterrence is the minimum threshold, not the measure of
success. U.S.-Taiwan Relations will be an invaluable resource for
students, researchers, and journalists to understand this critical
moment in U.S. foreign policy.
Anxiety about China's growing military capabilities to threaten
Taiwan has induced alarm in Washington about whether the United
States remains capable of deterring attempts to seize Taiwan by
force. This alarm has fed American impulses to alter longstanding
policy, and to increasingly view challenges confronting Taiwan
through a military lens. While Taiwan clearly is under growing
military threat, it also is facing a simultaneous and intensifying
Chinese political campaign to wear down the will of the Taiwan
people. This latter line of effort receives less attention, but
left unaddressed, has the potential to do far more damage to
American interests. This book rightsizes the risks confronting
Taiwan by taking a holistic view of China's national ambitions and
Taiwan's role in them, China's strategies for pursuing unification
with Taiwan, and America's most effective responses. Contrary to
many other books on the market, the authors make the case for why
conflict in the Taiwan Strait is not preordained, and in fact, it
would be strategic folly for the United States to conclude that
conflict is inescapable. Hass, Bush, and Glaser argue that the
center of gravity for determining the future of Taiwan is the will
of Taiwan's 23 million people. American policy should focus on
their hopes and fears if the United States wishes to maintain
influence over events in the Taiwan Strait. This calls for American
resoluteness and steadiness of purpose in fortifying Taiwan's
economic dynamism, political autonomy, military preparedness, and
dignity and respect on the world stage. Maintaining credible
military deterrence is the minimum threshold, not the measure of
success. U.S.-Taiwan Relations will be an invaluable resource for
students, researchers, and journalists to understand this critical
moment in U.S. foreign policy.
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