A library is a place for quiet reflection. Join our growing family of thinkers in the Oracles Library, and let us search for the trends that criss-cross our identities, economies, and civilizations. We ponder the deeper meaning of how seemingly distant world events affect one another, and deliberate on the future that we will build together.
Why the Media Doesn’t Get Trump’s Taiwan Call
A call between Donald Trump and Tsai Ing-wen generated much hullaballoo. The histrionic reporting in its aftermath by the American media certainly seems to have done so.
We Are Not Greedy, Just Asking For What Is Ours
Both the Taiwanese indigenous people and the LGBT community have long lived in an environment that discriminates with a smile.
Moral Implications Inherent in Taiwan-China-Vatican Ties
The Vatican’s announcement of an impending understanding with China, though still unspecified, has generated immense worry in Taiwan.
Book Review: To Formosa, a Message in a Bottle
Wu Rwei-ren left his nostalgia with messages in the bottle for a utopian polis, that what is hoped for is realized from real ordeals, as his concluding remark to Formosa.
What’s Tsai Administration’s Real Pingpuzu Challenge?
In the past few years, the government has already discussed every proposed solution. The question is not whether the Pingpuzu should be recognized, but how to deal with the politics.
面對平埔族，蔡英文的挑戰
為何目前臺灣針對原住民的定義，既是如此武斷、帶有殖民時代色彩，又被拿來限制有關臺灣「真正的主人」所遭受不公平歷史待遇的討論呢？
Tsai Ing-wen’s Pingpuzu Aborigines Challenge
In practice, the legitimization of Pingpuzu claims opens up a Pandora’s Box of challenges that, no matter how they are resolved, will undoubtedly leave many indigenous activists very unhappy.
書評：從國際法和政策看美-臺-中關係
陳教授指出臺灣的公投應由一個委員會全權負責所有事務，來執行人民最後的選擇。陳教授的提議是否可行？
Book Review: The U.S.-Taiwan-China Relationship in International Law and Policy
Chen has made a convincing case for a plebiscite to decide Taiwan’s future throughout the book by showing the historical and current development of Taiwan in the international community,
書評：台灣知識份子與國族認同
台灣 1920 年代的知識與社會運動便是受了國內衝突與國際影響的滋養，成為台灣史上最燦爛的一頁。
Book Review: Of Taiwanese Intellectuals and National Identity
The Taiwanese intellectual movements in the 1920s absorbed both internal conflicts and global influences, and was the most splendid and marvelous in Taiwan’s history.
台灣：實現性別平等半路上
然而，即使樂觀預估新政府在將來八年內可能會持續推動兩性平等，但仍有其限制，因為真正的阻礙是深植於人民心中的沙文主義以及性別刻板印象。