| ID | 163450 |
| Title Proper | Confronting China in an Asymmetric Relationship |
| Other Title Information | the case of peace efficacy in Taiwan |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shih, Chih-Yu |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | is study seeks to explain how a weaker party could decide on its own
to confront a stronger party. e weaker party relies on relational turn
in international relations to provide an alternative to the realist view.
On the basis of relational turn, which stresses the importance of
discovering the processual mechanisms of behavior instead of the
structure or corelationship among variables, this study o ers an empirically based speculation of the plausible psychological mechanisms that
enable a weaker party in Taiwan to resort to confrontation against a
stronger party in China. ese psychological mechanisms are arguably
necessary processes that lead to confrontational policy. This study
argues that a small party is epistemologically equal to its stronger
counterpart in relational coupling. is assumption is based on prior
understandings that constitute the identities of both parties. The
former exerts agency for confrontation when acting upon the senses of
e cacy, determination, and/or legitimacy that are embedded in relational coupling.
North Korean Leader Kim Jung Un executed his uncle Jang Song-thaek
for treason on 13 December 2013. e execution was conducted in the
most theatrical fashion and was seemingly designed for the entire world
to see. Jang was a top-ranking pro-China veteran who believed in the
Chinese style of reform. A year before, Jang was still collaborating with |
| `In' analytical Note | China Review Vol. 19, 1, Feb-2019; p), 57–87 |
| Journal Source | China Review 2019-02 19, 1 |
| Key Words | Taiwan ; Determination ; Confronting China ; Asymmetric Relationship |