Glimmers of Optimism: Evaluating Taiwan’s Evolving Political Landscape
Since President Lai Ching-te was inaugurated in May 2024, Taiwan’s domestic politics have been in relative turmoil. Large-scale protests,...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Glimmers of Optimism: Evaluating Taiwan’s Evolving Political Landscape
A nation must think before it acts.
Taiwan
Searching for Taiwan’s South China Sea Policy under Lai Ching-te
The multi-state dispute in the South China Sea has enveloped the region for decades, with no signs of abating....
China’s Cyber Playbook for the Indo-Pacific
Cyber operations are now a defining feature of modern warfare, as the war in Ukraine has demonstrated—and China is...
Partners or Rivals? Areas of Convergence and Divergence of Interests in the Indo-Pacific
Introduction The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China announced that their friendship had “no limits” and “no...
Taiwan Relations Act in a New Era of Security Cooperation
For a document intended to carefully outline relations with a key US partner while navigating a region’s complex history...
Beyond Recall: Prospects for Taiwanese Unity after July 26
Introduction If there was ever any doubt, Taiwan’s July 26 “Great Recall” election makes one thing clear: Taiwanese politics...
Forging India-Taiwan Engagement: Theoretical Foundations, Policy Debates, and Pragmatic Pathways
This report is published in collaboration with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), also available on their website. Introduction The...
President Lai Ching-te on Taiwan’s National Unity and Defense
Earlier this summer, in June 2025, President Lai Ching-te delivered the first of his “Ten Lectures on National Unity,”...
Taiwan’s Recall Vote and Its Implications
On July 26, only a year and a half after the most recent general election, Taiwanese voters will once...
The Impacts of Trump’s Tariffs on Taiwan
Three months on, the aftershocks of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff spree in April 2025 continue to reverberate across...