Scott Harold

On November 7, 2009, the conference 'Cross-Strait Relations: New Opportunities and Challenges for Taiwan's Security' brought together leading experts on political and military issues from both the United States and Taiwan to consider how a range of political, economic, and military factors are likely to shape Taiwan's security over the coming decade. The panelists' papers, included in these proceedings, represent a variety of views and analyses. One-liner: A November 2009 conference brought together leading experts to consider how political, economic, and military factors are likely to shape Taiwan's security in the coming decade. The papers represented a range of viewpoints and analyses.

The authors evaluate the risks and benefits of increased Chinese foreign investment, aiming to improve understanding of its investment patterns and strategy. They consider how U. S. national security might be compromised as well as how the United States and China can benefit from such investment, providing a way to assess national security risks and benefits and examining Chinese investment patterns in both the United States and elsewhere.