Graduation Year
2025
Date of Submission
12-2024
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Reader 1
Michael Fortner
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Abstract
US foreign policy to Taiwan has been defined by strategic ambiguity ever since the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act. However, changes and variations in the intensity of strategic ambiguity have come to the fore in recent years, specifically beginning under the first Trump Administration. This has undermined US China relations in certain cases.The findings reveal that while US actions, such as arms sales and symbolic gestures, provoke short-term tensions with China, the broader bilateral relationship remains defined by economic interdependence and strategic competition.
Recommended Citation
Cheah, Thomas, "The Effect of Variations in US Policy Toward Taiwan on US – China Relations" (2025). CMC Senior Theses. 3754.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3754
