DENNIS VAN VRANKEN HICKEY is a Foreign Policy Analyst and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southwest Missouri State University. He has lived and taught in the People's Republic of China, and his writings have appeared in publications such as Asian Affairs, Orbis, Asian Survey, and Pacific Review.

• IntroductionEconomic and Political Development in TaiwanThe United States, Taiwan and the Cold WarUnited States Security Ties to Taiwan: Institutionalized AmbiguityAmerican Technological Assistance, Technology Transfers and Taiwan's Drive for Defense Self-SufficiencyThe Sale of F-16 Fighters to TaiwanChina's Threat to TaiwanPolicy OptionsUnited States- Taiwan Security Ties and the End of the Cold WarAppendix 1: Taiwan Relations ActAppendix 2: United States-China Joint CommuniqueAppendix 3: George Bush's Remarks to General Dynamics Employees in Fort Worth, TexasAppendix 4: Excerpts of the Press Briefing on F-16 Sale to TaiwanSelect BibliographyIndex

DENNIS VAN VRANKEN HICKEY is a Foreign Policy Analyst and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southwest Missouri State University. He has lived and taught in the People's Republic of China, and his writings have appeared in publications such as Asian Affairs, Orbis, Asian Survey, and Pacific Review.

• IntroductionEconomic and Political Development in TaiwanThe United States, Taiwan and the Cold WarUnited States Security Ties to Taiwan: Institutionalized AmbiguityAmerican Technological Assistance, Technology Transfers and Taiwan's Drive for Defense Self-SufficiencyThe Sale of F-16 Fighters to TaiwanChina's Threat to TaiwanPolicy OptionsUnited States- Taiwan Security Ties and the End of the Cold WarAppendix 1: Taiwan Relations ActAppendix 2: United States-China Joint CommuniqueAppendix 3: George Bush's Remarks to General Dynamics Employees in Fort Worth, TexasAppendix 4: Excerpts of the Press Briefing on F-16 Sale to TaiwanSelect BibliographyIndex

DENNIS VAN VRANKEN HICKEY is a Foreign Policy Analyst and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southwest Missouri State University. He has lived and taught in the People's Republic of China, and his writings have appeared in publications such as Asian Affairs, Orbis, Asian Survey, and Pacific Review.

• IntroductionEconomic and Political Development in TaiwanThe United States, Taiwan and the Cold WarUnited States Security Ties to Taiwan: Institutionalized AmbiguityAmerican Technological Assistance, Technology Transfers and Taiwan's Drive for Defense Self-SufficiencyThe Sale of F-16 Fighters to TaiwanChina's Threat to TaiwanPolicy OptionsUnited States- Taiwan Security Ties and the End of the Cold WarAppendix 1: Taiwan Relations ActAppendix 2: United States-China Joint CommuniqueAppendix 3: George Bush's Remarks to General Dynamics Employees in Fort Worth, TexasAppendix 4: Excerpts of the Press Briefing on F-16 Sale to TaiwanSelect BibliographyIndex