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CENTER FOR ETHICS AND THE RULE OF LAW With British courts now having issued a formal order approving the extradition of Julian Assange, the debate sparked by Assange’s continuing legal saga will undoubtedly embrace the controversial question of whether...
Read more »Taiwan Insight Fifty years ago, with the passage of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, the United Nations admitted the People’s Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China (Taiwan). Since then, Taiwan has been internationally isolated and largely...
Read more »Global Taiwan Brief Note: This analysis of air incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone is focused on the period from September 2020 to September 2021, while also accounting for the large-scale incursions between October 1-4, 2021. This article...
Read more »Taipei Times The proverbial dam appears to be breaking with respect to countries’ view on Taiwan and its security. Throughout this summer, a number of countries and major international groupings have come out in support of “peace and stability...
Read more »Taipei Times The Baltic nation of Lithuania has recently become the European face of resistance against the People’s Republic of China — and also a new friend to Taiwan. Vilnius is the latest to make waves over changes to...
Read more »Just Security The Department of Justice’s use of compulsory process to obtain information from journalists in criminal investigations has been much in the news after an outcry following revelations that the Trump Justice Department had secretly seized reporters’ telephone records in search of...
Read more »Taipei Times Over the past several months, Taiwan has been a textbook study of COVID-19 vaccination diplomacy in action. Looking back on the major vaccine-related events of this summer could provide some insight into how the growing divergence between...
Read more »Defense Security Brief Every four years, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) is required by law to conduct a defense review to provide overarching guidance for the Republic of China’s Armed Forces and to set priorities for acquisition, research...
Read more »Taipei Times The administration of US President Joe Biden on June 4 released a 100-day supply chain review titled “Building Resilient Supply Chains, Revitalizing American Manufacturing, and Fostering Broad-based Growth.” It lays out just how much the US —...
Read more »Taipei Times The administration of US President Joe Biden has continued its ongoing efforts to increase bilateral ties with Taiwan with the announcement about the return of US-Taiwan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks. TIFA was signed in...
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