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Dittmer, L.; He, Baogang: Introduction: Australia's strategic dilemma. - S. 215-222

Merging a strong theoretical component with state-of-the-art scholarship, Asia-Pacific Security examines the region's key players and security challenges, as well as a spectrum of proposed solutions for improving regional stability. This textbook will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students of security studies.

SECTION I: THE ROLE OF TAIWAN STRAIT IN THE U.S. STRATEGIC PIVOT TO ASIA. - 1. Introduction; Peter C.Y. Chow 3. - 2. Taiwan's Narrowing Strait: A Triangular Analysis of the Taiwan's Security Since 2008; Lowell Dittmer 15. - 3. An Indispensable Pillar of Obama's 'Pivot' to Asia: Continuing Strategic Ambiguity across the Taiwan Strait; Dean Chen 31. - 4. America's Pivots to Asia and Taiwan Strait Crises; Edward Friedman 55. - SECTION II: ECONOMIC-SECURITY NEXUS AND CHINA'S RESPONSES. - 5. The Unwelcome Return: China Reacts to the U.S. Strategic Pivot to Asia; Yong Deng 79. - 6. US Rebalancing: Implications for Taiwan's Security and Stability across the Taiwan Strait; Scott L. Kastner 97. - 7. The TPP and the Pivot: Economic and Security Nexus; Tun-Jen Cheng, Peter C.Y. Chow 113. - 8. The U.S.-China Economic Relations: Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Chien-Pin Li 135. - SECTION III: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT OF CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AMID U.S. PIVOT TO ASIA. - 9. Why Taiwan? ROC Leaders Explain Taiwan's Strategic Value; Steven Phillips 159. - 10. Taiwan's Geo-Strategic Significances: From the Past to U.S. Contemporary Pivot Strategy; York Chen 179. - 11. Reflections on China's Military Trajectory and the U.S. Pivot; Richard D. Fisher, Jr. 207. - 12. Pacific Pivot, Taiwan Fulcrum : Maritime Taiwan and Power Transition in Asia; John J. Tkacik, Jr. 227