Written by Pei-Hsin Li “About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their
Month: January 2019
Tsai’s Domestic Troubles in 2019
Written by Mark Weatherall and Kai-Ping Huang. For President Tsai Ing-wen, the shock win of the KMT candidate Han Kuo-yu in the mayoral election for
Cross-Strait relations 2019: Promoting and rejecting unification
Written by Qi Dongtao. The dynamics of cross-Strait relations in 2019 were revealed by Taiwan and mainland China’s top leaders’ speeches in the first two
Cross-Strait Narratives of Now and the Future
Written by Michael Mazza. Taiwan’s November 2018 nine-in-one elections looked like a major setback for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. The DPP won only six
Trump Withdrawing: Global Forces and Forecasting Taiwan in 2019 and Beyond (Part 2)
Written by Ian Inkster. The first part of this paper outlined trends that could dominate discussions on Taiwan’s international position in 2019, providing a shaky
Trump Withdrawing: Global Forces and Forecasting Taiwan in 2019 and Beyond (Part 1)
Written by Ian Inkster. Most social scientists now regard global dynamics as a complex system, more akin to a human body than to the workings