Parliamentary Diplomacy of Taiwan in Comparative Perspective: Against Isolation and Under-representation
Zlatko Sabic and David Huang
Abstract
Parliamentary diplomacy has provided a crucial, promising outlet in Taiwan's challenging pursuit of its own interests in the international arena. This book assesses both the potentials and the constraints of parliamentary diplomacy for Taiwan. Through a comparative perspective, and using evidence from the relations of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan with the US Congress and the European Parliament, the book investigates the implementation of parliamentary diplomacy in Taiwan and its impact in Taiwan's foreign policy. In the book's analysis, it draws vital lessons that will have important implic ... More
Parliamentary diplomacy has provided a crucial, promising outlet in Taiwan's challenging pursuit of its own interests in the international arena. This book assesses both the potentials and the constraints of parliamentary diplomacy for Taiwan. Through a comparative perspective, and using evidence from the relations of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan with the US Congress and the European Parliament, the book investigates the implementation of parliamentary diplomacy in Taiwan and its impact in Taiwan's foreign policy. In the book's analysis, it draws vital lessons that will have important implications for other entities which have similar challenges and aspirations.
Keywords:
Taiwan,
parliamentary diplomacy,
Legislative Yuan,
foreign policy,
comparative perspective
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2021 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781529211184 |
Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2022 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781529211184.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Zlatko Sabic, author
University of Ljubljana
David Huang, author
Academia Sinica
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