02018nam a2200361Ia 4500 ebr10120590 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050426s2005 dcu sb 001 0 eng d 2005012008 0815797818 081571288X (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)560086432 DS799.63.C6 B87 2005eb 327.951249051 22 Bush, Richard C., 1947- Untying the knot [electronic resource] : making peace in the Taiwan Strait / Richard C. Bush. Making peace in the Taiwan Strait Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005. 416 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Introduction -- 2. Getting to the present -- 3. Economic cooperation, political deadlock -- 4. The sovereignty issue -- 5. The security issue -- 6. Domestic politics and cross-straight relations -- 7. Decisionmaking systems -- 8. The leverage game -- 9. The U.S factor -- 10. Muting pressures, reconciling differences -- 11. If a settlement is not possible? -- 12. Choices ahead. "A comprehensive analysis of the paradoxical relationship between Taiwan and China, characterized by social and economic interaction and political and military tensions, and the diplomatic diffidence of the United States in the face of its high strategic stakes"--Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. International relations. Taiwan Relations China. China Relations Taiwan. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10120590 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 111586 111586