POLI 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Taiwan Relations Act, Defensive Realism, Nuclear Proliferation
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Bounding the analysis: analysis based off of defensive realism: china accumulating power for its own security, not for greed + international structure pressures china rise peacefully. The conditions of the two states (far away, protected by ocean, both have nuclear retaliatory capabilities) make us and china both very secure = no security dilemma: assumption that the us maintains its strategy of (cid:498)selective/deep engagement(cid:499): Increasing china(cid:495)s security, especially if there were us troops on or beyond. These credible signals make military build up/security competition the territory in question, and creating credible signals of peaceful intentions unnecessary. * the stronger us is compared to china, the lower the benefits from accommodation. The cost of giving up the territory, measured in security, prosperity, etc. Possibly encouraging china to expand/demand more (motive dependent) Increasing china(cid:495)s ability to challenge the us by increasing their own power. Decreasing china(cid:495)s assessment of us credibility on defending their other.
