J. Michael Cole, Cross-Strait Relations since 2016: the End of the Illusion (Routledge: London and New York, 2020) 202p. $35.96 Paperback; $124 Hardback; $35.96 Ebook.

Cole concludes with three chapters assessing the efficacy of multiple policy discourses of the Tsai administration, presenting some strong political scenarios for the near future, and examining possible future trajectories. Cole also examines Japan's perspective of the first Tsai term, before returning to the PRC perspective and the continued policy of isolating Taiwan from international institutions. Cole also shows how Kuomintang and other unification parties continue to contribute to the fabric of democracy in Taiwan, including the New Party, the China Unification Promotion Party and also indigenous policy voices. [Extracted from the article]