A Game Theory View of the Relationship Between the U.S., China and Taiwan

Abstract

The Taiwan Strait issue has been a major concern for those interested in the foreign policy of the United States. For quite some time, the peaceful solution to the Taiwan Strait issue has been a joint objective of the U.S., China and Taiwan. In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis between the Soviet Union and the U.S. almost brought about a destructive nuclear war. However, the U.S. applied a brinkmanship strategy that ended the crisis peacefully. Brinkmanship is one of the more interesting applications of game theory. I will apply game theory and analyze possible results of a brinkmanship strategy in the context of the present Taiwan Strait situation. I will use this idea and other examples to illustrate how game theory might be applied to understand the Taiwan Strait issue.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473254

Entities

People

  • Chin-hao Chang

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Game Theory
  • Governments
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • International Relations
  • Medium Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Military Budgets
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Recreation
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Zero-Sum Games

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Systems Analysis and Design