Taiwan’s Challenges in the Changing Landscape of Regional Security and Economy in the Asia-Pacific Region after the Cold War

• Authors: Chih-Mao Tang

Title variants

PL

Wyzwania Tajwanu w zmieniającym się krajobrazie regionalnego bezpieczeństwa i gospodarki w regionie Azji i Pacyfiku po zimnej wojnie

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

After the Cold War, international politics and economy of the Asia-Pacific region has changed tremendously. Regional economic integration accelerates up with the rapid increase of bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements between regional countries, whereas regional security is continually confronted with conflict flashpoints, including regional maritime sovereignty disputes. This article provides the recent development of regional economy and security with emphasis on maritime disputes in East China Sea and South China Sea and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and discusses the possible challenges to Taiwan in these issues.

PL

Po zimnej wojnie międzynarodowa polityka i gospodarka regionu Azji i Pacyfiku zmieniła się ogromnie. Regionalna integracja gospodarcza przyspiesza wraz z szybkim wzrostem dwustronnych i wielostronnych umów o wolnym handlu między krajami regionalnymi, podczas gdy bezpieczeństwo regionalne jest stale konfrontowane z punktami zapalnym konfliktu, w tym sporami dotyczącymi regionalnych suwerenności morskich. Artykuł ten przedstawia niedawny rozwój regionalnej gospodarki i bezpieczeństwa, z naciskiem na spory morskie w Morzu Wschodniochińskim i Południowochińskim oraz Partnerstwie Trans-Pacyficznym (TPP) i Regionalnym Kompleksowym Partnerstwie Gospodarczym (RCEP) i omawia możliwe wyzwania dla Tajwanu w tych kwestiach.

Keywords

EN

TPP; RCEP; East China Sea; South China Sea; Taiwan; the Asia-Pacific region; TPP; RCEP; East China Sea; South China Sea; Taiwan; the Asia-Pacific region

PL

TPP; RCEP; morze Wschodniochińskie; morze Południowochińskie; Tajwan; region Azji i Pacyfiku

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
• Journal: Studia z Polityki Publicznej
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 4(12)
• Pages: 155-175

Dates

published

2016-10-24

Contributors

author

Chih-Mao Tang

• Soochow University (Taiwan)

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Identifiers

DOI

10.33119/KSzPP.2016.4.7