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The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Center of the New Cold War

The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Center of the New Cold War - Hardcover

by J. Michael Cole
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Availability:In StockContributor:J. Michael ColePublish date:11/18/2025Pages:250
Language:EnglishPublisher:Polity PressISBN-13:9781509568055ISBN-10:1509568050UPC:9781509568055Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Security (National & International), WorldBook Topic:AsianProduct ID:SCYWARRS87
Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world and overturned assumptions that large-scale conventional war was inconceivable in the twenty-first century. On the other side of the planet, democratic Taiwan faces the rising threat of a military takeover by China a conflict whose impact on the international community would be catastrophic.

Renowned Taiwan expert and former intelligence officer J. Michael Cole explains how this Pacific nation has become a tinderbox that could ignite a full-scale global conflict. Drawing on unparalleled access to Taiwanese government sources and two decades of on-the-ground observation, he explores the root causes of the conflict between Taiwan and China - from the identity politics that make "peaceful unification" inconceivable, to the rise of Xi Jinping, the most powerful and authoritarian Chinese leader since Mao Zedong. With in-depth analysis of how the war in Europe is influencing preparations by Beijing, Taipei, and Washington for a potential cross-Strait confrontation, The Taiwan Tinderbox is an impassioned plea for the defense of Taiwan as a priority for the international community and the future of democracy.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Polity PressISBN-13:9781509568055ISBN-10:1509568050UPC:9781509568055Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Security (National & International), WorldBook Topic:AsianProduct ID:SCYWARRS87
J. Michael Cole is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow with the Global Taiwan Institute in Washington, D.C., the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa, Canada, and the Taiwan Hub at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is also a Research Fellow and Executive Editor with the Prospect Foundation in Taiwan, and a strategic consultant for various governments and the private sector. Until May 2024, he was the Senior Advisor on Countering Foreign Authoritarian Influence (CFAI) with the International Republican Institute (IRI). He is a former analyst with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) in Ottawa.
Publisher: Polity Press

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