During his administration from 2008 to 2016, Ma Ying-jeo u advocated the "New
Three Noes" policy of "no reunification, no independence, and n o use of force" in
cross-strait relations, and the "1992 Consensus" opened up opportunities for dialogue
with China, and also through his "diplomatic truce" policy, cross-strait relations
gradually eased from a tight state to relaxation, in exchange for Taiwan's international
participation space and the signing of the ECFA, but Ma Ying-jeou still lost gambia, a
country with diplomatic relations, showing that Taiwan is diplomatically Still
constrained by China, Ma Ying-jeou has allowed Taiwan to spend eight years safely by
easing cross-strait relations and moving toward the international strategic design of
"peace with the mainland, pro-US, and friends.".
Since Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016, she has stated in cross-strait and
foreign policy that "there will be no provocations and no accidents", but because she
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does not recognize the "1992 Consensus", cross-strait relations have frozen sharply,
losing 8 countries with diplomatic relations in just over 5 years, leaving only 14
countries with diplomatic relations, and limiting Taiwan's diplomatic space. Moreover,
in recent years, China has continuously sent warplanes to harass Taiwan, increasing
Taiwan's pressure on national defense and security, indicating that cross-strait
relations are deteriorating day by day. On the other hand, the gradual escalation of the
strategic confrontation between the United States and China has also made the
bilateral relations between Taiwan and the United States more meticulous. Through
the opportunity of the Indo-Pacific strategy, Taiwan has strengthened its security
cooperation with the United States in the posture of "align with the United States to
resist China" to counter China's pressure, but it has also promoted cross-strait
tensions.
From the above observations, it can be seen that the Ma Ying -jeou government
and the Tsai Ing-wen government differ in strategic thinking, political diagnosis,
strategic diagnosis and action strategy. This article hopes to compare and analyze the
strategic thinking, political diagnosis and strategic diagnosis of the ma Ying -jeou
government and the Tsai Ing-wen government in the national strategy during their
administration through the strategic perspective of action put forward by Andre
Beaufre. Then, in the face of the external environment of "China's rise" and "strategic
competition between the United States and China", how to strive for the living space
and freedom of action of the country through political, economic, military and
diplomatic actions?