| ID | 075475 |
| Title Proper | Does economic integration across the Taiwan Strait make military conflict less likely? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kastner, Scott L |
| Publication | 2006. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Deepening economic ties across the Taiwan Strait are widely believed by analysts and scholars to be a stabilizing force in cross-Strait political relations. Yet within the broader international relations literature, the relationship between economic interdependence and military conflict continues to be controversial. This article examines the impact of growing cross-Strait economic links on the likelihood of cross-Strait military conflict within the context of this broader literature. A description of three separate causal mechanisms-identified in the existing literature-through which economic ties could promote peace, is followed by a discussion of how widely these processes are operating in the Taiwan Strait case Although the article does not rule out the possibility that economic integration across the Strait makes a military confrontation less likely, it shows that the evidence in support of such a proposition is ambiguous. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of East Asian Studies Vol. 6, No. 3; Sep-Dec 2006: p319-351 |
| Journal Source | Journal of East Asian Studies Vol: 6 No 3 |
| Key Words | China ; Taiwan ; Economic Integration ; International Economic Relations ; Conflict |