Representative Mike Waltz has gained the reputation of being an outspoken China hawk during his relatively short political career. As Trump’s pick for
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Rubio Is Good News for Taiwan, if MAGA Doesn’t Get in the Way
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio would be the first Secretary of State to be sanctioned by China (twice). Having served on the Senate Foreign Affairs East
What Does Trump’s Win Mean for Taiwan?
As the reactions rolled in to Trump’s victory in the U.S. election, many election night viewers worried his unilateral and isolationist tendencies in
GCAP: One Plane, Three Countries
The defense ministers of the U.K., Italy and Japan met on Sunday to discuss, confirm and announce the next steps in the Global Combat Air Programme,
U.S. Support for Israel in Gaza Hits Its Credibility and Popularity. China Stands to Benefit
Twenty-one years since the Iraq War began, there is a strong case that its lack of legitimacy helped nudge the world toward multipolarity. During
Why China Is Spreading Disinformation About a U.N. Resolution
At this year’s Ketagalan Forum in Taiwan, former United States ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley was invited to give a keynote address,
Pangolin Diplomacy: How Taiwan’s Pangolins Came to Prague
In April 2022, two animals left Taipei Zoo and began a long journey to Prague in the Czech Republic. There, an unexpected event would propel them to
The U.S. Is Role-Playing Strategic Ambiguity in the South China Sea. It Isn’t Going Well
On June 17, Chinese Coast Guard vessels attacked Filipino resupply boats attempting to reach the Sierra Madre on the Second Thomas Shoal in the
‘Thread of Beads’: China’s Cartographic Aggression Against India
The wind caught me differently and the people were all welcoming wherever I went. They spoke Hindi rather than Mandarin and proudly identified
Kicking the Can Down the Road: The Struggle With Rebalancing China’s Economy
This can’t go on. But it does. For decades Western commentators on China’s economy have predicted collapse, and for decades China has proven them
The Unusual Shape of the Debate Around Fertility Treatment in Taiwan
In its 2020 census data, Taiwan’s working-age population was shown to have fallen for the first time, with its 16.55 million people aged 15 to 64
Disinformation in Taiwan: The Case for Trust Over Paranoia
Much of the coverage of academic disinformation studies and fact-checking bodies in Taiwan reflects what the academic Eve Sedgwick called a “paranoid