Taiwan’s 2024 elections were not just about China Wei-ting Yen - January 31, 2024 These five points help decode the January election outcome.
Good to Know: The U.S. commitment to Taiwan Jeremy Wallace - January 10, 2024 U.S.-Taiwan relations are complicated. Here's an explainer.
Taiwanese people will be reassured by Pelosi’s visit, research says Yao-Yuan Yeh, Fang-Yu Chen, Charles K.S. Wu, and Austin Horng-En Wang - August 2, 2022 A high-level visit might boost confidence in U.S. security commitments
Taiwan is moving away from ‘zero-covid.’ That’s harder than it seems. Wei-ting Yen and Li-Yin Liu - June 1, 2022 When people see the virus as a national threat, they expect strict government policies to remain in place
Has Japan’s policy toward the Taiwan Strait changed? Adam P. Liff - August 17, 2021 Its approach is far more stable and nuanced than recent headlines suggest
Legislators threw pig guts in Taiwan’s parliament. Here’s what you need to know about legislative brawls. Shelley Rigger and Nathan Batto - December 11, 2020 Disruptive tactics around the world get rewarded, sometimes.
How China sees the U.S. policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’ in the Taiwan Strait Jie Dalei - October 15, 2020 Changes in U.S. policy have heightened Beijing’s concerns about an incremental drift toward Taiwan independence.
China already leads 4 of the 15 U.N. specialized agencies — and is aiming for a 5th Shing-Hon Lam and Courtney J. Fung - March 3, 2020 Beijing is campaigning to lead the global intellectual property agency
Taiwan’s first female president easily won reelection. Are Asian women taking note? Shan-Jan Liu - February 10, 2020 This election was about more than Taiwan’s uneasy relations with China
What Taiwan’s election says about Beijing’s Taiwan policy Shelley Rigger - January 22, 2020 It’s more complicated than it seems
Why Taiwan is watching Hong Kong very closely Shelley Rigger - September 3, 2019 How ‘one country, two systems’ plays out in Hong Kong could factor into Taiwan’s 2020 elections.
The Trump administration wants to be able to break into your encrypted data. Here’s what you need to know. Tim Maurer and Garrett Hinck - July 29, 2019 And so do governments around the world.
How cyber operations can help manage crisis escalation with Iran Brandon Valeriano and Benjamin Jensen - June 24, 2019 The research suggests this might be a digital off-ramp to war.
What will Taiwan’s same-sex marriages mean in the rest of Asia? Joseph O'Mahoney and Enze Han - May 24, 2019 It’s likely to inspire activists, but other legislatures have a long way to go.
Three big takeaways from Xi Jinping’s 2019 Taiwan speech Jie Dalei - January 10, 2019 Xi voiced a new sense of urgency for unification — but no timetable.
Four key takeaways from Taiwan’s recent election surprises Kevin Luo and Fang-Yu Chen - December 17, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81654" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A voter reacts during the initial
Taiwan votes on 10 referendums this week. Here’s what you need to know. Shan-Jan Liu and Austin Wang - November 21, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80530" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivered a
China just held its National People’s Congress. Here are three key points. Lynette Ong - March 21, 2017 [caption id="attachment_55598" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A man looks at souvenir plates
How can Donald Trump reassure nervous U.S. allies? By giving them weapons. Zack Cooper, Keren Yarhi-Milo, and Alexander Lanoszka - January 13, 2017 [caption id="attachment_52485" align="aligncenter" width="960"] U.S. and Ukrainian soldiers take part
The Taiwanese see themselves as Taiwanese, not as Chinese Wei-ting Yen, Fang-Yu Chen, Brian Hioe, and Austin Horng-En Wang - January 2, 2017 On Dec. 2, President-elect Donald Trump startled observers when, departing
Will Beijing cut Trump some slack after that phone call with Taiwan? Kacie Miura and Jessica Chen Weiss - December 6, 2016 In a single phone conversation with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen
How to build the better cities of tomorrow? It takes careful planning — and political science research. Jeffrey Paller - October 20, 2016 [caption id="attachment_48150" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In 1975, only three cities worldwide
Japan is building tiny islands in the Philippine Sea. Here’s why. T.Y. Wang - May 20, 2016 [caption id="attachment_40813" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Taiwanese fishermen throw eggs at Japan's
Will Beijing be gobsmacked by Taiwan’s election results on Saturday? T.Y. Wang - January 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_34425" align="aligncenter" width="908"] FILE: Taiwan's 2016 presidential election candidates
How to stop worrying and love the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Raj Desai and James Vreeland - April 6, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23427" align="aligncenter" width="644"] Chinese President Xi Jinping and his