Obama’s Silence on Taiwan Masks Its Significance in Asia

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Vance Serchuk, Obama’s Silence on Taiwan Masks Its Significance in Asia. Washington Post, May  (2013 (a monthly column).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/op ... a60512a7_story.html

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"the Taiwan Strait is the only flash point in Asia where globalization and economic integration seem to be trumping historical antagonisms.

"While the Obama administration has been deepening US alliances across Asia, Taiwan has been conspicuous for its absence from that conversation.

"All of this poses a challenge to the once-popular notion that, if only the threat of conflict over Taiwan could be disposed of, US-China relations would be assured a stable, peaceful footing.

Note: "Tetsuo KOTANI, one of Tokyo’s top maritime security experts"

小谷 哲男; Expert 研究者. Research Institute for Peace and Security (established by 防衛庁 & 外務省) 平和 安全保障研究所, undated.
http://www.rips.or.jp/experts/j-l/kotani_tetsuo.html
(法政大学兼任講師)