1st Edition
Cross-Strait Relations Since 2016 The End of the Illusion
Part 1: The illusion is broken
1. The road to the "deep freeze"
2. The gloves come off: China’s punitive strategy
3. Trouble in the green camp
Part 2: The regional and global context
4. Taiwan and China’s greater ambitions: geopolitics and ideology
5. U.S.-Taiwan rapprochement
6. The future of the Japan-Taiwan partnership
7. Taiwan and the world: isolation vs. creative engagement
Part 3: The road ahead
8. Democracy under the DPP: a scorecard
9. Reinventing Taiwan for the 21st century
10. What’s next? 2019 and beyond
Biography
J. Michael Cole is a Taipei-based senior non-resident fellow with the Global Taiwan Institute in Washington, D.C., the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa, Canada, and the Taiwan Studies Programme at the University of Nottingham, UK.
"Cole presents a sobering perspective that fully examines the limitations Taiwan faces and analyzes what the nation can realistically do to ensure its survival."
Taipei Times
"When it comes to Tsai's governing model and approach to foreign policy, the complex dynamics of Taiwan's international relationships, and the challenges Taiwan faces domestically, Cole's latest book contributes a fresh and engaging perspective on many of today's most talked-about issues."
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