Parris H. Chang is Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. ^BMartin L. Lasater is Research Associate at the Center for East Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University.

Chang and Lasater provide a pithy, straightforward analysis that weaves together a broad host of national and international issues into a highly readable and cogent account of the historical tension in the Taiwan Strait. Orbis Chang and Lasater provide a pithy, straightforward analysis that weaves together a broad host of national and international issues into a highly readable and cogent account of the historical tension in the Taiwan Strait. Orbis

• Beijing's Relations with Taiwan, Parris H. Chang; The Use of Military Force Against Taiwan - Potential PRC Scenarios, Paul H.B. Godwin; US Reactions to the PRC Use of Force Against Taiwan, Mark S. Pratt; International Legal Implications of a PRC Use of Military Force Against Taiwan, David J. Scheffer; The International Response, Harvey J. Feldman; Asian Responses to Chinese Pressures on Taiwan, Paul H. Kreisberg; The US and the Changing East Asian Order - Implications for Taiwan's Ability to Deter Possible Threats from the Mainland, Robert G. Sutter; International Reactions and Responses to PRC Uses of Force Against Taiwan, Vernon V. Aspaturian; Principles of Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait, Martin L. Lasater.

Parris H. Chang is Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. ^BMartin L. Lasater is Research Associate at the Center for East Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University.

Chang and Lasater provide a pithy, straightforward analysis that weaves together a broad host of national and international issues into a highly readable and cogent account of the historical tension in the Taiwan Strait. Orbis Chang and Lasater provide a pithy, straightforward analysis that weaves together a broad host of national and international issues into a highly readable and cogent account of the historical tension in the Taiwan Strait. Orbis

• Beijing's Relations with Taiwan, Parris H. Chang; The Use of Military Force Against Taiwan - Potential PRC Scenarios, Paul H.B. Godwin; US Reactions to the PRC Use of Force Against Taiwan, Mark S. Pratt; International Legal Implications of a PRC Use of Military Force Against Taiwan, David J. Scheffer; The International Response, Harvey J. Feldman; Asian Responses to Chinese Pressures on Taiwan, Paul H. Kreisberg; The US and the Changing East Asian Order - Implications for Taiwan's Ability to Deter Possible Threats from the Mainland, Robert G. Sutter; International Reactions and Responses to PRC Uses of Force Against Taiwan, Vernon V. Aspaturian; Principles of Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait, Martin L. Lasater.