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題名 | The U.S. Balancing Role in Cross-Strait Relations: The Irony of "Muddling Through"= |
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作者 | Clark, Cal; |
期刊 | Issues & Studies |
出版日期 | 20060900 |
卷期 | 42:3 民95.09 |
頁次 | 頁129-163 |
分類號 | 573.07 |
語文 | eng |
關鍵詞 | Cross-strait relations; U.S. foreign policy; Muddling through; Two-level game; Chen Shui-bian; |
英文摘要 | This paper provides a conceptualization of cross-Strait relations during the first decade of the twenty-first century. In particular, it traces the path by which the Bush administration came to play a balancing role in cross-Strait relations. As will be seen, there is more than a little irony about the current state of cross-Strait relations. First, the Bush administration's policy toward the conflict between China and Taiwan has been measured and primarily reactive, in contrast to its aggressive initiatives elsewhere, suggesting a policy of "muddling through." Second, President George W. Bush has evidently become upset with President Chen Shui-bian on several occasions for acting like, well, President Bush: appealing to his base constituency and being "bold" in foreign affairs. Finally and more analytically, a policy of muddling through (which can be discerned in Beijing and Taipei as well as in Washington) does not imply very good policymaking, especially in such a vital area as the relations between Taiwan and China. Yet, at least so far, muddling through seems to have worked tolerably well in the sense that crises in cross-Strait relations have been defused and that they now appear fairly stable, despite the fundamental disagreement between Beijing and Taipei over Taiwan's sovereignty. |
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