Tensions in the Taiwan Strait

This edited volume offers international perspectives on managing the escalating tensions surrounding Taiwan.

Keiko Hirata is Eugene Price Professor and Chair of political science at California State University, Northridge USA. She is the author of Civil Society in Japan: The Growing Role of NGOs in Tokyo's Aid and Development Policy (2002), co-author of Japan: The Paradox of Harmony (2014), and co-editor of Norms, Interests, and Power in Japanese Foreign Policy (2008). Hidekazu Sakai is Professor of International Relations at Graduate School of Language and Cultural Studies Division at Kansai Gaidai University, Japan. He is the author of The US-Japan Security Community: Theoretical Understanding of Transpacific Relationships (2018) and co-editor of Re-rising Japan: Its Strategic Power in International Relations (2017) and Alternative Perspectives on Peacebuilding: Theories and Case Studies (2022).

Introduction: Taiwan in Global Context Chapter 1: Balancing Acts in the U.S.-China-Taiwan Triangular Relationship Chapter 2: The Geostrategy Underlying Japan's Commitment to Taiwan Chapter 3: South Korea-Taiwan Relations: Evolving Language, Enduring Policy Chapter 4: India's Shifting Stance on Taiwan: Multi-Alignment and Strategic Autonomy Chapter 5: Towards One China 2.0? Analyzing Australia's Deepening Engagement with Taiwan amid the U.S.-China Rivalry Chapter 6: How the UK 'Discovered' Taiwan: Implications for the UK, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific Region Chapter 7: Canada's Strategic Turn and Response to Tensions in the Taiwan Strait Chapter 8: ASEAN Ways: Southeast Asian Responses to the Taiwan Dilemma Chapter 9: EU-Taiwan Cooperation: A Partnership Rooted in Democracy Conclusion: Prospects for Stakeholder Strategies on Taiwan