The Changing of the Guard

In this volume, Martin Lasater explores changing U.S. security interests in Taiwan triggered by the end of the Cold War. He considers new factors influencing U.S. policy, including the reduction of U.S. military forces in the region, a new arms race in the Taiwan Strait, tensions in Sino-American relations, and the shifting balance of power in the region. Considering the difficult issues President Clinton must weigh, Lasater provides a timely analysis of Taiwans security in the 1990s within the broader context of Sino-American relations. The increased military power of China since the close of the Cold War has forced the United States to reconsider its security policy toward Taiwan. In this volume, Martin Lasater explores the many new factors that are now influencing U.S. calculations of one of its more enduring and important security interests in Asia. He considers such security concerns as the reduction of U. S. military forces in the western Pacific, a new arms race in the Taiwan Strait, Sino-American tensions over human rights and arms proliferation issues, increased calls for Taiwans independence, the Clinton administrations concentration on domestic issues, and the shifting balance of power in the Asia Pacificespecially the PRCs growing influence. Considering the difficult issues President Clinton must weigh, Lasater provides a timely analysis of Taiwans security in the 1990s within the broader context of Sino-American relations.