Basic Reading:

1.          Hickey, Dennis V. (2007). Foreign Policy Making in Taiwan: from Principle to Pragmatism. London and New York: Routledge:  Chapter 2 and Chapter 7.

2.          Yahuda, Michael (1996). "The International Standing of the Republic of China on Taiwan." The China Quarterly (148): pp. 1319-1339. (O)

3.          Li, Chien-pin (2006). "Taiwan's Participation in Inter-Governmental Organizations: An Overview of Its Initiatives." Asian Survey 46 (4): pp. 597-614.

4.          Julian Kuo “Cross-Strait Relations: Buying Time without Strategy,” in Assessing the Lee Teng-hui Legacy in Taiwan’s Politics, pp. 204-217.*

5.         Mikael Mattlin “Policy Laced with Strategy: Cross-Strait Relations During the DPP Administration,” in Dafydd Fell, Henning Kloeter and Chang Bi-yu eds, What has Changed? Taiwan before and After the Change in Ruling Parties (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2006), pp. 41-60. *

6.          Yu-shan Wu “Taiwan’s Domestic Politics and Cross-Strait Relations” China Journal (2005), Vol. 53, pp.35-60. **

Discussion Questions:

1.          How has democratization affected Taiwan’s cross-strait and international policy making?

2.          How has Taiwan coped with the “Rise of China?”

3.          Is Taiwan’s search for international space incompatible with stable cross-Strait relations?

4.          What has been the impact of the change of ruling parties in Taiwan?