IDENTITY AND CHANGE IN EAST ASIAN CONFLICTS: THE CASES OF CHINA, TAIWAN, AND THE KOREAS; ED. BY SHALE HOROWITZ

Changing national identities have transformed the China-Taiwan and Korean conflicts. Democratization in Taiwan and South Korea, and liberalization in China, have forced leaders to compete for popular legitimacy by appealing to national identities. Along with the collapse of the Soviet Union, these contested national identities have been the main factors driving change in the conflicts--pushing China and Taiwan inexorably apart and toward a showdown, while helping to prop up what appeared to be a mortally wounded North Korea. This explains why one U.S. ally, Taiwan, becomes more hawkish, while the other, South Korea, becomes more dovish. U.S. foreign policy is struggling to adjust. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Figures and Tables......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 9 Contributors......Page 10 1 Democratization and National Identity in the China-Taiwan and Korean Conflicts......Page 14 2 The Evolution of China’s National Interest: Implications for Taiwan......Page 40 3 Taiwan: Political and National Security of Becoming “Taiwanese”......Page 62 4 Economic Integration between China and Taiwan: No Spillover into the Identity and Security Realms......Page 84 5 Explaining U.S. Policy toward China and Taiwan......Page 104 6 Rising China versus Estranged Taiwan......Page 128 7 North Korea in Crisis: Regime, Identity, and Strategy......Page 144 8 South Korea’s Response: Democracy, Identity, and Strategy......Page 162 9 U.S. Strategy in the Korean Conflict......Page 178 10 Japan’s Response to Asia’s Security Problems......Page 198 11 The North Korean Nuclear Crisis......Page 220 12 The United States and East Asia: Past and Future......Page 236 C......Page 250 E......Page 251 K......Page 252 N......Page 253 S......Page 254 T......Page 255 Z......Page 256 Democratization and national identity in the China-Taiwan and Korean conflicts / Shale Horowitz, Uk Heo, and Alexander C. Tan The evolution of China's national interest : implications for Taiwan / Peter R. Moody, Jr. Taiwan : political and national security of becoming "Taiwanese" / Hans Stockton Economic integration between China and Taiwan : no spillover into the identity and security realms / Cal Clark Explaining U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan / Steven B. Redd Rising China versus estranged Taiwan / Shale Horowitz and Alexander C. Tan North Korea in crisis : regime, identity, and strategy / Terence Roehrig South Korea's response : democracy, identity, and strategy / Uk Heo and Jung-Yeop Woo U.S. strategy in the Korean conflict / Milica Begovic and Karl DeRouen, Jr. Japan's response to Asia's security problems / Dennis Patterson The North Korean nuclear crisis / In-Tack Hyun and Sung Deuk Hahm The United States and East Asia : past and future / Shale Horowitz This book examines the changing national identities that are transforming East Asia - pushing China and Taiwan apart and toward a showdown, while propping up a weakened North Korea. Accomplished contributors analyze the dynamics and the U.S.'s policy response.