New Opportunities and Challenges for Taiwan's Security - INSS and RAND Collaboration
"Cross-Strait Relations: New Opportunities and Challenges for Taiwan's Security"
Roger Cliff, Scott Harold, Phillip Saunders, Editors
RAND and the Institute for National Security Studies
On November 7, 2009, the RAND Corporation, the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, and the Council for Advanced Policy Studies in Taipei held the conference "Cross-Strait Relations: New Opportunities and Challenges for Taiwan's Security," which brought together leading experts on political and military issues from both the United States and Taiwan.
Cross-Strait Relations consists of leading experts from the United States and Taiwan who examine a range of political, economic, and military aspects of the relationship between mainland China and Taiwan likely to shape the challenges and opportunities for Taiwan's security over the next decade.
The chapters are drawn from papers presented at the November 2009 CAPS-RAND-NDU Conference, held at National Defense University in Washington, D.C. The volume presents revised versions of the most policy-relevant conference presentations, covering a range of topics related to four broad issues: the opportunities created by improved cross-Strait relations and what further progress will be supported by domestic politics on both sides of the Strait; the potential for confidence-building measures (CBMs) to play a role in managing or reducing cross-Strait tensions; the military balance and the impact of changes in key Chinese and Taiwanese military capabilities; and the potential impact of positive trends in cross-Strait political relations on PLA modernization.
It is expected that the analysis in this volume will contribute significantly to understanding the cross-Strait security dynamics.
Contents
Chapter One
Recent Developments in Cross-Strait Relations and Their Security Implications: PRC Perspectives
Chapter Two
The Security Implications of China-Taiwan Economic Integration
Chapter Three
China's Approach to CBMs with Taiwan: Lessons from China's CBMs with Neighboring Countries
Chapter Four
Cross-Strait CBMs: Taiwan's Views on Opportunities, Obstacles, and Challenges
Chapter Five
Cross-Strait CBMs: Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle?
Chapter Six
Limits of Coercion: Compellence, Deterrence, and Cross-Strait Political-Military Affairs
Chapter Seven
Implications of Improvements in PRC Naval Capabilities: 2000-2010
Chapter Eight
The Red Rockets' Glare: Implications of Improvements in PRC Air and Missile Strike Capabilities
Chapter Nine
Implications of Recent and Planned Changes in Taiwan's Defense Posture
Chapter Ten
Taiwan's Long-Term Challenges and Strategic Preparations
Chapter Eleven
Alternative Futures: Long-Term Challenges for the United States
Chapter Twelve
Deeper Cross-Strait Rapprochement and PLA Modernization: Implications for China's Relations with Asia and the United States
Chapter Thirteen
A New Taiwan Strategy to Adapt to PLA Precision Strike Capabilities
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