Bøger af Brendan Taylor

Asia is at a dangerous moment. China is rising fast. Young, reckless North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is engaging in territorial spats with the US president over nuclear missiles. Japan's nationalist government is remilitarising, throwing off the constitutional constraints imposed at the end of World War II. Washington is charting a different course, too: Donald Trump is the first US president to have contact with Taiwanese leaders since the 1970s, and also the first to edge his finger so firmly towards the nuclear button over North Korea. The doomsday clock has reached two minutes to midnight, as the possibility of global catastrophe looms ever closer.In this revelatory analysis, strategic expert Brendan Taylor examines the four Asian flashpoints that are most likely to erupt in sudden and violent conflict: the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, the South China Sea and the East China Sea. He argues that crisis can only be averted by understanding the dynamics of these global hotspots and the complex interrelations between them. Drawing on history, contemporary sources and in-depth reports to weave an analysis both pertinent and chilling, Taylor asks what the world's major powers can do to avoid an eruption of war -- and what role Australia, as both a force in this region and a historical ally of the United States, can play to change the course of this otherwise disastrous history.

Tensions over Taiwan threaten to grow into a strategic crisis, amid the background of a deteriorating relationship between China and the United States - Brendan Taylor's new Adelphi book explores the potential triggers for a conflict over Taiwan and calls for the development of robust crisis-management mechanisms to avoid escalation.

Covers US sanctions policy in the Asia-Pacific. Using the Bill Clinton and George W Bush presidencies as a basis for comparison, this book examines nine prominent episodes involving the US use of sanctions toward countries in this economically and strategically vital part of the world.