Politics – Page 5 – Taiwan Insight

From ‘China’s Last Frontier’ to ‘Ghost Nation’: Rethinking Taiwan Across Three Decades of Change

7 May 2026 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley. The article compares Simon Long’s 1991 book, Taiwan: China’s Last Frontier and Chris Horton’s recent publication, Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and Its Struggle for Survival (2025). The author traces Taiwan’s transformation from an authoritarian frontier within a China-centric framework to a democratic, identity-driven political subject central to global geopolitics, yet still diplomatically constrained. By examining the two frameworks, the author reveals both profound change and enduring discourse on Taiwan’s self-determination and the limits of international recognition.

Six Assurances and Trump’s Arms Sale Policy toward Taiwan

6 May 2026 Adrian Chiu

Written by Baosheng Guo. This article argues that Trump’s recent comments about arms sales to Taiwan at least violated the principle and tradition of the second article of the Six Assurances. Though his foreign policy is rife with unpredictability and uncertainty, his willingness to abide by the rule of law provides a measure of assurance to Taiwan’s security.

Taiwan’s Second Line of Defence: Taiwan needs a strategy for preventing war, not just fighting one

29 April 2026 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Yingtai Lung. The article proposes that, in contrast to the preparation for war, Taiwan should prioritise resilience, communication, and goodwill diplomacy to prevent escalation, sustain trust, and protect society from panic, thereby making peace an active, practiced strategy.

Learning Across Borders: Taiwan, Gaza, and My Responsibility in an Unequal Reality

27 April 2026 NGA Shi Yeu

Written by Roi Silbeberg. This essay traces an encounter between Taiwan’s White Terror memory and the unfolding devastation in Gaza to argue that peacebuilding must confront asymmetries of power, not obscure them. Moving across intergroup dialogue, identity formation, and international responsibility, it insists that silence sustains violence, and that ethical clarity, political engagement, and global accountability are conditions for any meaningful future.

Good friction: A design principle for positive peace

22 April 2026 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Emma Baumhofer. This article argues that “good friction” supports trust, deliberation, and coexistence. Drawing on Taiwan’s civic tech and public life, it proposes designing systems that balance efficiency with social cohesion and the demands of positive peace.

Taiwanese Peace as a crucial engagement to advance decolonisation for Japan

15 April 2026 Adrian Chiu

Written by Yoshitaka Ota. This article argues that the first step toward contributing to Taiwanese peace is to stop creating a common enemy between Taiwan and Japan and to start taking Taiwanese agency seriously. Japan should also exercise its agency to recognise and depart from the permanence of coloniality, which continues to create China as a common enemy, rather than looking at itself as the enemy once.

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