Globalization and security relations across the Taiwan Strait [electronic resource] : in the shadow of China / edited by Ming-chin Monique Chu and Scott L. Kastner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Complex cross-Strait security relations in the age of globalization / Ming-chin Monique Chu and Scott L. Kastner -- 2. Under the shadow of a rising China : convergence towards hedging and the peculiar case of Taiwan / Yu-Shan Wu -- 3. Rethinking the prospects for conflict in the Taiwan Strait / Scott L. Kastner -- 4. Asymmetric options for Taiwan's deterrence and defense / William S. Murray -- 5. Carrier dreams or coherent naval strategy? : China's aircraft carrier program and what it means for Taiwan / Andrew Scobell and Cortez Cooper -- 6. The impacts of economic liberalization and globalization on income distribution in taiwan, 1985-2010 / Peter C.Y. Chow and Bo-Xiang Hsu -- 7. Cross-border mergers and acquisitions between China and Taiwan 1997-2010 / Monica Yang -- 8. Globalization, Ma Ying-Jeou, and the future of transnational criminal networks / Justin V. Hastings -- 9. Cyberpower and cross-Strait security / Paul J. Bolt and Benjamin Shearn -- 10. Rethinking globalization-security linkages with references to the semiconductor industry across the Taiwan Strait / Ming-chin Monique Chu -- 11. China's defense industry in the age of globalization : opportunities vs. Challenges / Arthur S. Ding.