Taiwan’s Ex-Presidents: A Carousel of Legal Problems
On March 14, the former president of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, was charged with leaking classified information related to a...
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Trump, Tsai, and the Three Communiques: Prospects for Stability in US-China-Taiwan Relations
The Shanghai Communique of 1972 and the U.S.-China Joint Communiques of 1979 and 1982 have been essential foundations of...
Clouded Reassurances in Asia
Last week, Secretary of Defense James Mattis made his first official foreign visit as a member of the Trump...
Japan’s Precarious Position in the Asia
Over the last few years, Japan’s foreign policy gained a coherence rarely seen in decades. No doubt pressure from...
Stopover Hysteria: Understanding Tsai’s Stopover in the United States
Photo credit: The Office of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio On January 7, President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan will embark...
Standing Firm, Mostly: Militarization of the South China Sea
Last week, a Chinese naval vessel which had been shadowing the USNS Bowditch, a U.S. Navy oceanographic ship,...
Ascending India and Its State Capacity: Extraction, Violence, and Legitimacy
Purchase Ascending India and Its State Capacity: Extraction, Violence, and Legitimacy India’s ascent as a formidable power on the world...
Revival of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are both free-trade agreements in Asia that...
Desperate for Attention: Hung-Xi Meeting Lacks Meaning
On November 1, 2016, Hung Hsiu-chu, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), met with Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the...
[Taiwan] Is Not Made In China
Recent incidents continue to demonstrate how the People’s Republic of China is attempting to isolate Taiwan from the international...