The United States' Next Move in the China-Taiwan Conflict: The Argument for a Conditional Commitment
| dc.contributor.advisor | Popescu, Ionut | |
| dc.contributor.author | Malcom, Alexia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-13T18:46:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-13T18:46:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines the United States’ role regarding the potential Chinese invasion of the island of Taiwan. By examining this ongoing case, I recount the history between the three nations that has led to the start of this conflict. Then, I discuss the three major policy options being debated by scholars today—maintaining the status quo of strategic ambiguity, abandoning all defense commitments to Taiwan, and taking a stance of strategic clarity on the situation. This thesis then advocates for a fourth position that I argue the United States should take, a conditional commitment. My main research method to do so is literature reviews of the most renowned scholars on the topics, as well as an in-depth examination of a conditional commitment in practice today with South Korea. In order to make my argument, I address topics such as the legality of defending Taiwan and the reality of a war against China. Despite these risks, I conclude that Taiwan is worth defending due to the moral and strategic interests of the United States. | |
| dc.description.department | Political Science | |
| dc.format | Text | |
| dc.format.extent | 71 pages | |
| dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Malcom, A. (2022). The United States' next move in the China-Taiwan conflict: The argument for a conditional commitment (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/16469 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | China | |
| dc.subject | Taiwan | |
| dc.title | The United States' Next Move in the China-Taiwan Conflict: The Argument for a Conditional Commitment | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| thesis.degree.department | Honors College | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Political Science | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas State University |