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Public opinion research shows that American citizens utilize domain-specific political values to guide opinion formation in the key issue areas that comprise the American political agenda. One set of political values operates on economic welfare opinions, a different set of values applies to cultural issue positions, a third set shapes foreign policy preferences, and so on in other policy domains. Drawing on Shalom Schwartz's theory of basic human values, this paper argues that two socially focused values-self-transcendence and conservation-guide opinion formation across all major policy domains. By contrast, the personally focused values of self-enhancement and openness-to-change should play a more limited role in preference formation. These hypotheses are tested using data from a novel 2011 national survey and the 2012 General Social Survey. The statistical results affirm expectations. We show that self-transcendence and conservation values predict scores on symbolic ideology, economic conservatism, racial conservatism, cultural conservatism, civil liberties, and foreign policy opinions. Self-enhancement and openness-to-change values play a modest role in shaping preferences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although the government and society of the Republic of China's (ROC or Taiwan) have changed markedly in the new millennium, the fundamentals of US policy toward the island remain intact. This study outlines recent developments in Taiwan and shows how they represent challenges to the US. It also discusses American policy toward Taiwan and examines several proposals for change that an American administration may wish to consider. In conclusion, the paper explains why the current policy, albeit contradictory and ambiguous, is in the best interest of the United States. There is a strong possibility that any major change in policy would succeed only in undermining peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article studies China's policy towards the U.S. in the critical period of the mid-1990s, and examines the difficulties in the bilateral relationship. It analyzes the evolution of the Chinese leadership's ‘authoritative conceptualizations of the foreign policy framework,’ their implications for China's policy towards the U.S., and the domestic factors in both countries, especially the leadership succession process in Beijing, that affect the bilateral relationship. China's U.S. policy has reached a turning point: if it is treated like an enemy by the U.S., China will turn into an enemy of the U.S. ; if it sees the U.S. as hostile, it will be hostile to the U.S. A stable and friendly Sino-U.S. relationship based on mutual trust and respect is in line with the long-term economic interests of the U.S. The U.S. wants to benefit from the economic growth of the Asia-Pacific region. It is also essential for the U.S. to attract China to work hard and compete in the capitalist world according to the U.S. rules of the game. A stable China concentrating on economic development within the capitalist world is a key factor in maintaining stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region.. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]