Charting America's Cold War Waters in East Asia Book contents
- Charting America’s Cold War Waters in East Asia
- Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
- Charting America’s Cold War Waters in East Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, Tables, and Maps
- Abbreviations
- Conventions
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Finding a Local Partner in Post-war Maritime East Asia
- 2 The Creation of a Mainland-Based Forward Strategy
- 3 Vying for Top Dog: The Navy–Army Struggle in Maritime East Asia
- 4 Termination of the Mainland-Based Forward Strategy
- 5 The 1950 Crises and America’s Changing Posture of Defence
- 6 The Making of a New Maritime Strategy
- 7 The International Law of the Sea and America’s Unreliable Partners
- 8 America’s Strange Bedfellows in the International Arena
- 9 Fishing for Protein in Cold War East Asia
- 10 Jostling for Position: Black Gold, Natural Resource Exploration, and Shifting Political Contours
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 May 2024
- Charting America’s Cold War Waters in East Asia
- Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
- Charting America’s Cold War Waters in East Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, Tables, and Maps
- Abbreviations
- Conventions
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Finding a Local Partner in Post-war Maritime East Asia
- 2 The Creation of a Mainland-Based Forward Strategy
- 3 Vying for Top Dog: The Navy–Army Struggle in Maritime East Asia
- 4 Termination of the Mainland-Based Forward Strategy
- 5 The 1950 Crises and America’s Changing Posture of Defence
- 6 The Making of a New Maritime Strategy
- 7 The International Law of the Sea and America’s Unreliable Partners
- 8 America’s Strange Bedfellows in the International Arena
- 9 Fishing for Protein in Cold War East Asia
- 10 Jostling for Position: Black Gold, Natural Resource Exploration, and Shifting Political Contours
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The western Pacific has had its share of the international spotlight. In August 2022, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. China launched the military exercises around Taiwan to express its dissatisfaction. A war across the Taiwan Strait was on the verge. To ease the tension, President Joe Biden had a meeting with Xi Jinping during the G20 Bali Summit in November. While both sides reached nothing, the United States took advantage of this occasion to demonstrate its determination of maintaining the status quo in the Taiwan Strait again. It is because, in addition to chip production and democratic values, Taiwan occupies the position of geostrategic value.
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- Charting America's Cold War Waters in East AsiaSovereignty, Local Interests, and International Security, pp. 1 - 17Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024