Taiwan and the International Community - Softcover

Tsang, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3039115510 ISBN 13: 9783039115518

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2008

Synopsis

This book unravels Taiwan’s anomalous place in the international community. While it is for all intents and purposes treated as a sovereign state by most members of the international community, it is recognized by only twenty-three of them. The book explains how Taiwan’s handling of its foreign relations is affected by the yearning of its people to express their own sense of national identity and to see Taiwan being accepted by the international community as a normal state. The book further examines how Taiwan’s diplomatic isolation has caused it to focus on developing soft power based on its democratic credentials and economic vibrancy, and how its government under President Chen Shui-bian nevertheless failed to project soft power effectively.
In addition to surveying Taiwan’s relations with the international community, the book examines Taiwan’s relations with the United States, Japan, the European Union, South East Asia, and its remaining twenty-three diplomatic allies, and discusses how Taiwan can manage its foreign policy more effectively.

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About the Author

The Editor: Steve Tsang is Louis Cha Fellow and University Reader in Politics at St Antony’s College, Oxford. He is also Director of the Taiwan Studies Programme and the Pluscarden Programme for the Study of Global Terrorism and Intelligence and has previously served as Director of the Asian Studies Centre. He is the author of five books and the editor or co-editor of eight others.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3039115510
• ISBN 13: 9783039115518
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 239