This paper aims to examine US arms transfer policy toward Taiwan in the 2000s. The paper begins with a theoretical analysis of fears of entrapment and abandonment in an asymmetrical alliance between the US and Taiwan. It then elaborates the policy intent and stipulations of the Taiwan Relations...

This unique volume highlights Taiwan's ongoing efforts to mediate between competing political actors, a means to ensure domestic stability and national security without severely affecting its continuous economic growth and sovereign status in international society. Taiwan's Politics in the 21st...