This book brings together a number of distinguished scholars from the US, Asia, and Europe who use the latest political science and international relations thinking to provide insights into the origins, recent dynamics, and prospects of the Taiwan Issue.

Introduction: More than Two "Sides" to Every Story: An Introduction to New Thinking about the Taiwan Issue Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Dennis V. Hickey 1. Normative Convergence and Cross-Strait Divergence: Westphalian Sovereignty as an Ideational Source of the Taiwan Conflict Chengxin Pan 2. Useful Adversaries: How to Understand the Political Economy of Cross-Strait Security Ching-Chang Chen 3. Ethnic Peace in the Taiwan Strait Shiping Zheng 4. Unbalanced Threat or Rising Integration? Explaining Relations across the Taiwan Strait Steve Chan 5. Informal and Nonofficial Interactions in the New Start of Cross-Strait Relations: The Case of Taiwanese Businessmen Jorge Tavares da Silva 6. Structural Realism and Liberal Pluralism: An Assessment of Ma Ying-jeou's Cross-Strait Policy T.Y. Wang, Sufeng Cheng, Ching-hsin Yu, and Lu-huei Chen 7. Envisioning a China- Taiwan Peace Agreement" Phillip C. Saunders and Scott L. Kastner 8. "Democratic Peace" or "Economic Peace"? Theoretical Debate and Practical Implications in New Cross-Strait Relations" Yuchao Zhu. Conclusion: International Relations Theory and the Relationship across the Taiwan Strait Scott L. Kastner