The CCP’s Plan for Taiwan: Promises, Control, and Erasure
Taiwan’s democracy is not just a gift from the past. It is a responsibility now.
Taiwan’s democracy is not just a gift from the past. It is a responsibility now.
Under international law, Taiwan’s status is either undetermined or it qualifies as a nation.
LBJ’s example offers a way forward. Through moral framing, personal persuasion, and pragmatic compromise, Johnson transformed gridlock into historic progress.
Until Taiwan acknowledges that it needs major reforms to dramatically raise wages and reduce housing prices instead of only piecemeal improvements, Taiwan will continue to be too severely divided to govern.
Ultimately, Honduras faces a choice: continue with a relationship that has yet to deliver its hoped-for benefits, or return to a partnership that, for decades, offered scholarships, aid and stable markets.
Emerging from the unique circumstances of the 2024 election, opposition party partnerships can play a pivotal role in the future of inter-party cooperation in Taiwanese domestic policymaking and influence the course of US-Taiwan relations.