Taiwan has been excluded from the United Nations and other organizations for which statehood is
required and its presence in IGOs is mainly limited to functional and regional organizations
that allow flexible models of participation having a specific name status and activity space
in each organization. Taiwan's exclusion from major IGOs derives from itsunique international
status as well as the political controversy over the representation of China in the
international arena. Björn AlexanderLindemann provides a substantial analysis of the
relationship between Taiwan and China in and with regard to IGOs in the time period between
2002 and 2011. Based on a neoclassical realist approach he takes a look at the case studies of
the WTO APEC WHO and UN and explains Taiwan's new IGO strategy under President Ma Ying-jeou
after 2008 and its impact on Taiwan's international space.
