In this episode we assess the status of U.S.-Taiwan relations. CSIS Senior Associate Dr. Robert Wang discusses how relations between Washington and Taipei have changed since 1979, reviews the Taiwan Relations Act (2:39), and explains how young Taiwanese are playing…
By Bonnie Glaser & Jacqueline Vitello The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a landslide victory in Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections on Saturday, January 16, ousting the Kuomintang (KMT) from office. President-elect Tsai Ing-wen’s DPP has traditionally leaned in favor…
This week we focus on the latest friction surrounding the disputed South China Sea. CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative Director Gregory Poling joins to analyze the range of important diplomatic, legal, and security developments in the waters since President Obama’s…
This week we hear from U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes who discussed his recent trip to Myanmar and what the White House is watching for in the November 8 elections with Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie…
In this week’s episode, we discuss the finalization of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with CSIS’s Matthew Goodman and Scott Miller. Scott and Matt talk through the geostrategic implications and political path ahead for TPP. Then CSIS Korea Chair Dr.…
By Bonnie Glaser & Jacqueline Vitello The complicated question of Taiwan’s sovereignty has led to its exclusion from countless international security organizations. This has left a critical hole not only in the security of Taiwan’s 23 million citizens, but also…
Who is he? Eric Chu is the newly-elected Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) Party in Taiwan, an office he assumed on January 19, 2015 after President and former chairman Ma Ying-jeou announced his resignation following a humiliating rout by the…
Who is she? Tsai Ing-wen is the chair of Taiwan’s independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). A legal scholar, Tsai holds a doctorate from the London School of Economics. She began her public service career in 1993 as an appointed official…
The push by President Ma Ying-jeou’s government for Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan to ratify the Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) has sparked increasing opposition in the form of what has been dubbed the Sunflower student movement. TISA serves as a…
By Nicole White Rapprochement between China and Taiwan has dominated cross-strait headlines in the last two months, and the topic looms large as a factor in upcoming party elections. Expectation of a three-way race between incumbent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)…
