The State of Taiwan : : From International Law to Geopolitics / / Werner Somers.

• Superior document: Geopolitics and International Relations Series ; Volume 2
• VerfasserIn: Somers, Werner, 1974-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Geopolitics and international relations ; Volume 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (911 pages)

"China claims Taiwan as a renegade province. While saying it prefers peaceful unification, it has consistently refused to renounce the use of force to incorporate the democratic island. Increasingly, Taiwan has become a potential flash point for military conflict between China and the United States. After exploring the historical roots of the Taiwan question, The State of Taiwan offers an in-depth analysis of the international legal status of Taiwan. An extensive epilogue throws the bridge between the international legal findings and geopolitics, and outlines the strategy the world's democracies should adopt in light of those findings"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction : description and topicality of the problem -- Historical background of the Taiwan issue -- Views on the international legal status of Taiwan -- The state : importance of a definition and history of formation -- The montevideo criteria for statehood -- Sovereignty and independence -- Additional criteria for statehood -- Modes of acquisition of territory and special territorial regimes -- Taiwan as part of the "state of china" or a condominium? -- Does the Taipei-based Republic of China have a defined territory and a permanent population? -- Does the Taipei-based Republic of China have an effective government? -- Does the Taipei-based Republic of China have the capacity to enter into relations with other states? -- Is the Taipei-based Republic of China a sovereign entity whose origin is not illegal? -- The Taipei-based Republic of China and the will to statehood pseudomorphosis of sovereign Taiwan after the historical Republic of China (1912-1949) -- Epilogue : from international law to international relations and geopolitics. Taiwan, strategic clarity and the cohesion of the democratic world.