Taiwan's Political Re-Alignment and Diplomatic Challenges

This edited volume investigates and evaluates the context, causes, and consequences of various essential issues in Taiwanese domestic politics and external relations before and after the regime change in 2016. It offers theoretical interpretation and temporal delineation of recent electoral shifts, party realignment, identity reformulation, and subsequent foreign policy adaptation in the 2010s. Contributors address these issues in three sectionsDemocracy and New Political Landscape, The China Factor and Cross-Strait Dilemma, and Taiwans International Way-outto advance conclusions about Taiwans political transformation from both comparative and international perspectives.