Tensions in the Taiwan Strait. Issue 3 (16th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Is Part Of: Strategic comments. Volume 25:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: vi
• Page End: viii
• Publication Date: 2019-03-16
• Subjects: World politics -- 1989- -- Periodicals; Security, International -- Periodicals; Strategy -- Periodicals; Military policy -- Periodicals; 320.9
• DOI: 10.1080/13567888.2019.1615234
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1356-7888

Abstract

Abstract : Despite China's recent menacing rhetorical and military gestures, armed conflict in the Taiwan Strait remains unlikely in the near-term. Chinese military intimidation has failed to achieve its desired effects on the Taiwanese population, whose identity is increasingly distinct from that of mainland Chinese. It is possible, however, that a change of government in Taipei next year will lead to closer cross-strait relations.