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
Category: Cross-Strait
The 1995-96 Taiwan Strait Crisis: Three What Ifs?
Written by Joseph A. Bosco. There has been much talk about the recent comments of a Chinese military official issuing a dire warning against the
Taiwan, Prospects for 2019
By Gerrit van der Wees. Taiwan got an auspicious start for the New Year 2019: on the first day of the year, President Tsai Ing-wen
China’s Xi and Taiwan’s Tsai – the Opening Salvoes in 2019
Written by Kerry Brown. For a leader imputed with such huge powers by the rest of the world, we often lose sight of the fact
China’s Greatness and Taiwan’s Vulnerability
Written by Edward Friedman. Recent threats by the CCP Supreme Leader Xi Jinping to use force in order to annex Taiwan have focused attention on
Motion Without Movement: The Latest (Non-) Developments in Cross-Strait Relations
Written by June Teufel Dreyer. No Taiwan president has an easy job balancing pressure from China on unification with domestic pressures from those who advocate