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Taiwans Security and Air Power

Recent concern about Mainland Chinas intentions toward Taiwan, and more general concern about the risk of instability in the region, has led to growing interest in Taiwans military strategy. This book brings together a range of experts from the West and from Taiwan itself, who examine the key issues connected with Taiwans air power, which is a key aspect of the ChinaTaiwan military balance. During the 1990s, Taiwan invested considerable resources in thoroughly reequipping its air force with modern US and French air defense and strike aircraft equipped with modern guided missiles and American surface-to-air guided missiles, thereby denying China command of the air in any conflict in the short to medium term. These weapons were supplemented with indigenously designed and developed combat aircraft and air defense missiles. In the longer term, air power will remain a crucial influence on the overall balance as Chinas efforts to upgrade its own Air Forces capabilities begin to undermine Taiwans current advantages.

Martin Edmonds is Professorial Fellow and Director of the Centre for Defence and International Security Studies at Lancaster University. He is also (founding) Editor-in-Chief of the international journal, Defence and Security Analysis (Taylor & Francis) and Co-Director (with Professor Keith Hartley) of the Lancaster and York Universities Defence Research Institute.

Michael M. Tsai is currently the Deputy Taipei Representative in Washington DC with specific responsibility for Taiwans relations with the US Department of Defense and the US Armed Forces. A member of the DPP, he served as a Legislator in the Legislative Yuan and also served as adviser to the Organizational Planning Committee of the Ministry of National Defense. He is the founder of Taiwan Defense Affairs, and the Institute for Taiwan Defense and Strategic Studies (ITDSS).

RoutledgeCurzon Security in Asia Series

1. Taiwans Security and Air Power
   Taiwans defense against the air threat from Mainland China
   Edited by Martin Edmonds and Michael M. Tsai

Taiwans Security and
Air Power

Taiwans defense against the air
threat from Mainland China

Edited by Martin Edmonds and
Michael M. Tsai

First published 2004
by RoutledgeCurzon
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
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This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.

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2004 editorial matter and selection, Martin Edmonds and Michael M. Tsai; individual chapters, the contributors

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ISBN 0-203-31643-6 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-415-32317-7 (Print edition)

Contributors

Kenneth W. Allen is a Senior Analyst at the CNA Corporation where he is responsible for analyzing Chinas national security issues. Prior to this, he was a Senior Associate at the Henry L Stimson Center, and Executive Vice President of the USTaiwan Business Council. While serving for 21 years in the USAF, he served for 2 years as an Assistant Air Force Attache at the US Embassy in Beijing. He holds Bachelors Degrees from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Maryland, and a Masters Degree from Boston University in International Relations.

Peter Brookes was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Office of Secretary for Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. From 1997 to 2001, he was a professional staff member at the US House of Representatives International Relations Committee. From 19921994 he served with the Central Intelligence Agencys Directorate of Operations after which he joined a Washington private technology firm, SAIC. His early career was in the United States Navy where he served as a naval aviator flying intelligence and reconnaissance missions. He is a Commander in the US Naval Reserves assigned to the US Defense Intelligence Agency and is currently Director of the Asian Studies Center, the Heritage Foundation, in Washington DC.

York W. Chen is the Executive Editor of Taiwan Defense Affairs. He holds a Masters Degree from the Graduate Institute of International Affairs, Tam Kang University, and served as Congressional Assistant to Michael M. Tsai from 1996 to 1999. He is now a doctoral candidate at the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University, UK, studying Taiwans military strategy and doctrine. He is Research Associate in the Lancaster Centre for Defence and International Security Studies. His recent publications include (with Michael Tsai) Submarines and Taiwans Defense, (2001), Warfare in theInformation Age (2000) and (with Martin Edmonds) An Assessment of the ROCNs Modernization Program: Strategic and Operational Considerations, in Taiwans Maritime Security (2003).

Chien Chung received his PhD degree in nuclear chemistry from McGill University, Canada. He is currently a full Professor at the National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He is also a Professor Emeritus at both the Military College and the Medical College of the National Defense University, Taiwan. His recent publication includes A Review of the ROCs Military Reform: A Case Study of the Taiwanese Navy, in Defending Taiwan (2002).

Martin Edmonds is Professorial Fellow and Director of the Centre for Defence and International Security Studies at Lancaster University, UK. He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of Defence and Security Analysis and a member of the Editorial Board of Taiwan Defense Affairs. He has published over 150 journal articles, book chapters and memoranda on a wide variety of defense and security issues. His most recent books relevant to Taiwans security include: (edited with Greg Mills and Chyungly Lee) New Security Paradigms (2001); (edited with Greg Mills and Chyungly Lee) Preventing Insecurity: Lessons forand from East Asia (2003); (edited with Michael M. Tsai) Defending Taiwan:The Future Vision of Taiwans Defence Policy and Military Strategy (2003), and (edited with Michael M. Tsai) Taiwans Maritime Security (2003).

Richard D. Fisher is Adjunct Fellow in Asian Studies at the Center for Security Policy, Washington DC, before which he was Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation and before that as Director of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation. His research interests are in Chinas military modernization and its implications for the United States, Russia, and Taiwan. He holds a Bachelors degree from Eisenhower College, New York City.

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