{"product_id":"taiwan-tinderbox","title":"Taiwan Tinderbox","description":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world and overturned assumptions that large-scale conventional war was inconceivable in the twenty-first century. On the other side of the planet, democratic Taiwan faces the rising threat of a military takeover by China a conflict whose impact on the international community would be catastrophic. \u003cp\u003eRenowned Taiwan expert and former intelligence officer J. Michael Cole explains how this Pacific nation has become a tinderbox that could ignite a full-scale global conflict. Drawing on unparalleled access to Taiwanese government sources and two decades of on-the-ground observation, he explores the root causes of the conflict between Taiwan and China - from the identity politics that make \"peaceful unification\" inconceivable, to the rise of Xi Jinping, the most powerful and authoritarian Chinese leader since Mao Zedong. With in-depth analysis of how the war in Europe is influencing preparations by Beijing, Taipei, and Washington for a potential cross-Strait confrontation, \u003ci\u003eThe Taiwan Tinderbox\u003c\/i\u003e is an impassioned plea for the defense of Taiwan as a priority for the international community and the future of democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54925714456920,"sku":"9781509568055","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781509568055_0a430af2-2134-4c39-97da-ee6a58d74f9e.jpg?v=1781010980","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/taiwan-tinderbox","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}