United States-Taiwan Security Ties: From Cold War to Beyond Containment

This book is an introductory study of the complex security relationship that exists between the United States and Taiwan. It explains how U.S. security policy toward Taiwan has been steered primarily by Cold War calculations and how the U.S. has sought to respond creatively to the constraints on military support for Taiwan imposed by the normalization of relations with the People's Republic of China. Hickey suggests that, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the time has arrived for adjustments in the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. These modifications should not, however, include a change in American security policy, which should continue to serve U.S. interests in the post-Cold War environment.

DENNIS VAN VRANKEN HICKEY is a Foreign Policy Analyst and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southwest Missouri State University. He has lived and taught in the People’s Republic of China, and his writings have appeared in publications such as Asian Affairs, Orbis, Asian Survey, and Pacific Review.