Building Taiwan’s Second Shield

The silicon shield makes Taiwan indispensable to the global economy. A second shield must make Taiwan indispensable to sustained regional defense.

The Digital Night Market: Why Threads Is So Popular in Taiwan

Threads has become something closer to a digital night market.

Honduras’ Taiwan Question Is No Longer Only About China

Taiwan’s remaining diplomatic space will not be preserved by symbolism or nostalgia, but by understanding how third-party constraints, especially those imposed by the United States, quietly structure decision making in the global south.

Rethinking Taiwan’s Silicon Shield in an Era of Managed Diffusion

Taiwan’s security has never rested on production alone, but on where the technological frontier resides.

Strategic Conditionality: The Lens, the Compass, and the Blueprint of U.S. Taiwan Policy

Taiwan’s future will not be decided solely by American resolve or Chinese restraint.

Dadaocheng: 1920s Cosmopolitan Taipei

Dadaocheng: 1920s Cosmopolitan Taipei

The economic boom brought cultural and social movements, especially as modernism took hold in the early 20th century. The newfangled ideas that were widely spread in the parlors of Paris, the salons of New York, and the cafés of Vienna made their way with cargo ships to Dadaocheng.

誰來制衡民進黨?

誰來制衡民進黨?

在明年的選舉中得到最多席次的新興政黨,就最有機會脫穎而出。只要當選的席次越多,說話就越有份量,能施加的壓力就越大,而國會職員能得到的政府補貼也就越多。只要他們保持認真與理智,如此就能啟動正面回饋機制。

Tsai vs. Chu, the Final Showdown?

Tsai vs. Chu, the Final Showdown?

With only three months to go before the elections, Chu has little time to prove his competency. And if the elections outcome does not bode well for the future of the KMT, Tsai won’t have to worry about Eric Chu running against her again in 2020.

誰來救救國民黨?

誰來救救國民黨?

儘管有朱立倫領導,但國民黨勝選的機會似乎微乎其微,因為國民黨正在一點點土崩瓦解。黑馬如果表現得好,至少可以為國民黨的將來帶來一絲希望,但萬一黑馬最終都沒出現,國民黨就要度過嚴酷的寒冬了。

誰能打敗蔡英文?

誰能打敗蔡英文?

新人候選人若有實力可以動搖蔡英文,就可以獲得新興政黨或勢力的聯合支持,而候選人並不需要真的贏得大選,只需要得到足夠的支持成為有威脅性的挑戰即可,任何可以做到的人,就會是將來形成民進黨反對勢力的有力人選。

Who Will Stand Against the DPP?

Who Will Stand Against the DPP?

The new party that has the biggest chance of breaking out will be the one that gets the most seats in the legislature in the next election. The problem with all of these new parties is that they are all too far off the centre of the political spectrum.