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The Study of International Relations in Taiwan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2016

Szu-yin Ho  and
Lang Kao
Szu-yin Ho
Affiliation:
National Chengchi University
Lang Kao
Affiliation:
National Taiwan University
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Abstract

Taiwan is diplomatically isolated in international politics and yet it now has a thriving IR community with links the world over. As diplomatic isolation has increased, the government has felt a strong need to reach out in other spheres of the international community, and this has led to a demand for a better understanding of international relations. This can be compared to an ‘industrial policy’ — the government has supported and guided certain IR research agenda and institutions in accordance with the perceived needs of the territory. At the same time, the political science community was able to respond in kind. Since the early 1970s many of those who had received advanced degrees in American universities began to flow back to Taiwan, reversing a brain drain in political science in the previous decade. Their teachings and publications laid a firm foundation for the study of international relations in Taiwan. After three decades, this sub-field of political science has genuinely come of age. Whilst this has been on the back of US-inspired methodologies and academic role models, it is applied to challenges and problems that are unique to Taiwan and its regional environment.

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Journal of East Asian Studies , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 89 - 110
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