Book/Printed Material Middle-power equities in a cross-strait conflict

Title

• Middle-power equities in a cross-strait conflict

Summary

• In this report, the authors explore the equities of four middle powers--Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom--and the roles that they might play in deterring or limiting conflict between China and Taiwan over the Taiwan Strait. A country's equities are its long-term interests in a scenario, such as a cross-Strait conflict. Middle powers are nations that are not small but lack the sheer size and influence to significantly disrupt the global order. However, middle-power countries can influence international affairs through mediation and institution-building, and middle powers can also play a balancing role between adversarial great powers. The authors use four countries--Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom--to conduct a case-study analysis on how middle powers perceive China's interests and their own nations' interests in a cross-Strait conflict. The authors held discussions with analysts and policymakers from each middle-power nation on such topics as whether these nations would support Taiwan in a cross-Strait conflict, the threats that China might perceive from these nations, and whether the respondents think that China would initiate a conflict with Taiwan. The authors supplemented these discussions with an open-source literature review on how middle powers have been defined historically to support their analysis of each middle power's equities in a potential cross-Strait conflict. Finally, the authors offer several recommendations for future middle-power strategies that might be useful to policymakers in Taiwan, the United States, and middle powers with a stake in the Asia-Pacific region.

Names

• Dossani, Rafiq, 1954-
• Cooper, Cortez A., author
• Rand Corporation
• Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND National Security Research Division, [2024]

Contents

• Middle Powers: Origins, Sources of Power, and Roles -- Analysis of Four Middle-Power Countries -- Key Findings -- Recommendations.

Headings

• -  Australia
• -  Canada
• -  Geopolitical Strategic Competition
• -  Japan
• -  Security Cooperation
• -  Taiwan
• -  Threat Assessment
• -  United Kingdom
• -  HISTORY / Asia / General
• -  HISTORY / Asia / Japan
• -  HISTORY / Canada / General
• -  HISTORY / Europe / General
• -  HISTORY / Historical Geography
• -  HISTORY / Military / Strategy
• -  POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy
• -  POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Treaties
• -  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research
• -  China--Foreign relations--Taiwan
• -  Taiwan Strait--Case studies
• -  Taiwan Strait--Strategic aspects
• -  Taiwan--Foreign relations--China
• -  Chine--Relations extérieures--Taiwan
• -  Taiwan, Détroit de--Études de cas
• -  Taiwan, Détroit de--Aspect stratégique
• -  Taiwan--Relations extérieures--Chine

Notes

• -  "RAND NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIVISION"
• -  "Sponsored by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs"
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-58).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (x, 58 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

• DS799.63.C6

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739116

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739116

Reproduction Number

• $40.00 £29.99

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• Unrestricted online access

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• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739116

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