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The U.S. Navy SEAL raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and Islamabad's subsequent turn toward China have highlighted one of the most remarkable legacies of the Cold War: the persistence of a strategic triangle composed of China, Pakistan, and the United States. Throughout much of the Cold War, China and the United States competed to keep Pakistan within their particular sphere of influence, while Pakistan deftly took advantage of the subtle power struggle to improve its security profile vis-à-vis India. Despite persistent competition, the nations of the strategic triangle enjoyed three major convergence points: (1) the 1969-71 period, when Pakistan acted as a conduit for secret talks between Beijing and Washington, which subsequently led to mutual coordination during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war; (2) the decade following the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979; and (3) the years following the 9/11 attacks in the United States, when global focus turned to Afghanistan and terrorism. This third convergence around terrorism is particularly salient, as Pakistan is increasingly viewed globally as both a source of terrorist activity and a victim of terrorist violence. In the long term, the strategic triangle may act as a modulating force that may prevent instability within nuclear-capable Pakistan, as well as constrain activities by certain Pakistani state organs that may be linked to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and clandestine support for militant organizations.
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109076
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2011.
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In January 1979 the Republic of China (ROC) government in Taipei was derecognized as a result of United States recognition of the government in Beijing as the legitimate government of all of China. Devastated and demoralized as it was, the ROC government was determined to face the crisis and find a pathway to survive and prosper under new circumstances. It reset plans and priorities by focusing on improving the economic and social life of local citizens, instituted new reforms, encouraged civil society and democratic development, while dismantling the institutional bodies from the mainland to reflect the realities on the island. Taiwan's political evolution was accelerated dramatically both domestically and externally. Without repeating many of the domestic changes, this essay focuses mainly on three issues in Taiwan's external relations - 1) conduct of unofficial government relations, 2) question of Taiwan sovereignty, and 3) arms sales under Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) - all three imbued with heavy doses of varying political as well as legal interpretations without foreseeable resolutions.
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109075
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2011.
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It is important to identify the real intention of North Korea's nuclear program in order to predict the nation's future nuclear posture and more effectively engage in nuclear talks and negotiations with its government. Nuclear proliferation cases have mainly been explained using three theoretical frameworks: the security model, the domestic politics model, and the symbol/norms model. However, these models have serious shortcomings in explaining the root cause of North Korea's nuclear program. This article examines North Korea's political and economic situation during the critical periods of the first and second North Korean nuclear crises and argues that the nation's nuclear program can be explained using the regime survival model.
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