Tag Archive for: "Taiwan"
Trump’s Taiwan instinct: a threat to peace?

Donald Trump has signaled his interest in using America’s ‘One China’ policy as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China over economic policy (including currency manipulation). While this ‘instinct’ of his isn’t without merit, it …

Trump, ‘One China’ and regional stability

As a number of commentators have observed, the phone call between Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen and US president-elect Donald Trump has set a cat among the pigeons. It has breached a practice in place since 1979 …

Trump, Taiwan and what it means for Australia

President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning phone call with Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen has overturned decades of US diplomatic protocol when it comes to the thorny cross-Strait issue. The reaction of many analysts and media commentators has …

Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan’s stake in the South China Sea

Taiwan’s new government already faces two major foreign policy challenges. The first is China’s disappointment over President Tsai Ing-wen’s inauguration speech last week. The second—which has hardly been mentioned in the strategic debate—is Taipei’s position …

ASPI suggests

Welcome back, comrades. A fresh batch of new research has been served up in the past week. In time for Tsai Ing-wen’s inauguration in Taipei, the Center for a New American Security has released a …