The Role of Culture in Threat Perception Formation: What Do Australian and Taiwanese Cultural Relations with China Mean for the United States?

As the United States embarks upon their ”Asian Century”, it is crucial to understand the importance of cultural affiliation in the Asia Pacific and how this can strongly effect both inter-governmental interaction and foreign policy. This paper explores the role of threat perception in Australian and Taiwanese foreign policy and offers potential policy prescriptions for the United States. Australia and Taiwan are used as comparative case studies because they are both simultaneously reliant on China economically and dependent on the United States strategically. While on the surface Australia and Taiwan may seem to face the same choice, being torn between divergent security and economic interests, in reality their choices are influenced by one crucially important factor, culture.

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Threat Perception Formation ； Asia Pacific Security ； International Security ； Australian International Relations ； Taiwanese International Relations

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The Role of Culture in Threat Perception Formation: What Do Australian and Taiwanese Cultural Relations with China Mean for the United States?

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