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On November 7, 2009, the RAND Corporation, the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, and the Council for Advanced Policy Studies in Taipei held the conference "Cross-Strait Relations: New Opportunities and Challenges for Taiwan's Security," which brought together leading experts on political and military issues from both the United States and Taiwan. The goal was to consider how a range of political, economic, and military factors are likely to shape Taiwan's security over the coming decade. The conference featured panels on the implications of recent improvements in relations between Taiwan and mainland China, the potential role of confidence-building measures in improving cross-Strait stability and security, the effect of changes in the military balance on cross-Strait relations, and longer-term (five to ten or more years in the future) challenges to security in the Taiwan Strait and possible responses to those challenges. The panelists' papers, presented in these proceedings, included examinations of current cross-State tensions and the feasibility of confidence-building measures, U.S.-Taiwan and U.S.-China relations, political change and military capabilities in Taiwan and China, deepened cross-Strait rapprochement, and challenges to Taiwan's defense program and potential Chinese military operations in the Strait.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Recent Developments in Cross-Strait Relations and Their Security Implications: PRC Perspectives
Chapter Two
The Security Implications of China-Taiwan Economic Integration
Chapter Three
China's Approach to CBMs with Taiwan: Lessons from China's CBMs with Neighboring Countries
Chapter Four
Cross-Strait CBMs: Taiwan's Views on Opportunities, Obstacles, and Challenges
Chapter Five
Cross-Strait CBMs: Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle?
Chapter Six
Limits of Coercion: Compellence, Deterrence, and Cross-Strait Political-Military Affairs
Chapter Seven
Implications of Improvements in PRC Naval Capabilities: 2000-2010
Chapter Eight
The Red Rockets' Glare: Implications of Improvements in PRC Air and Missile Strike Capabilities
Chapter Nine
Implications of Recent and Planned Changes in Taiwan's Defense Posture
Chapter Ten
Taiwan's Long-Term Challenges and Strategic Preparations
Chapter Eleven
Alternative Futures: Long-Term Challenges for the United States
Chapter Twelve
Deeper Cross-Strait Rapprochement and PLA Modernization: Implications for China's Relations with Asia and the United States
Chapter Thirteen
A New Taiwan Strategy to Adapt to PLA Precision Strike Capabilities
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