Implications of China's Taiwan Strait Crisis Management Lessons on US Response Strategy and Military Power: Focusing on Jinmun Dao and Mazu Island Crisis
The chapter shows how the Japanese security policymaking elite utilised the North Korean Nuclear Crisis in 1993–4, the Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1996 and the Taepodong Crisis in 1999 to authorise the SDF to adopt a regional defence role within the US–Japan alliance.
Abstract
This article focuses on how the U.S. military assesses the threat of a Taiwan Strait crisis over the next two decades, America’s possible responses, and the U.S. capacity for effective intervention. It examines the drivers behind the U.S. approach, highlighting their implications.
The U.S. Military and American Commitment to Taiwan’s Security