Description |
1 online resource (21 pages) |
Series |
Policy analysis / CATO Institute ; Number 800 |
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Policy analysis (Cato Institute) ; no. 800.
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Summary |
This paper outlines three broad policy options for the United States: shoring up the defense commitment by restoring military superiority over China; sustaining a minimum level of military advantage over China; or step- ping down from the commitment to use military force to maintain Taiwan's de facto independence. It concludes that the United States should step down from the defense commitment eventually, ideally through an incremental and reciprocal process with China that would draw concessions from Beijing. In the long term, the U.S. security commitment to Taiwan is neither beneficial nor advantageous for the United States. Taiwan will have to take responsibility for its own defense |
Notes |
"September 28, 2016." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-21) |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF caption (CATO, viewed October 19, 2016) |
Subject |
Military relations.
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Military relations -- Taiwan
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Taiwan -- Military relations -- United States
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Subject |
Taiwan.
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United States.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Cato Institute, publisher.
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