24 Nov 2023 China and Taiwan are big Pacific donors – but not for gender equality Jessica Collins More clarity on the flows of funds would help to assign what little credit is due.
15 Sep 2023 Beijing’s plan for Taiwan challenges its offshore wind push Joseph Webster , Zoe Leung Fujian’s coast hasn’t kept up with wind power in other provinces – and military strategy seems to be blowing the other direction.
15 Aug 2023 Pipe dreams: Turning an interconnected ASEAN gas market into a reality Massita Ayu Cindy Putriastuti , Nadira Asrifa An old idea for a regional network might hold the answer for energy demand into the future.
17 Jul 2023 The emergence of “collective strategic ambiguity” on Taiwan Rupert Schulenburg With a change in language, has Washington over-promised on its allies’ appetite for conflict with China?
6 Jun 2023 US-China: A Cold War lesson to apply “rules of the road” at sea Donald R Rothwell Soviet and American warships had a code to prevent dangerous encounters and the US and China should have the same.
18 May 2023 Why the WHO needs Taiwan Joel Keep Taiwan’s early warning and pandemic response should be offered as a model to the world, not hostage to China’s whim.
26 Apr 2023 The two big flaws in Penny Wong’s talk of deterrence over Taiwan Hugh White It’s wishful thinking to dismiss debate on the most difficult and important foreign policy question as a “parlour game”.
13 Apr 2023 Taiwan: Far from lost in translation, Macron said exactly what he meant David Vallance The French President’s comments are the latest example of his consistent call for Europe to set its own path.
22 Mar 2023 AUKUS commits Australia to fight China if America does, simple Hugh White Whatever the flag, Washington would not sell nuclear-powered boats unless it could count on them in war over Taiwan.
6 Feb 2023 A Chinese invasion of Taiwan isn’t inevitable Daniel R. DePetris The logistics pose a momentous challenge. And more so, Xi Jinping knows a war will entail enormous costs.
1 Feb 2023 Indonesia gets the ball rolling on domestic worker rights Ratih Kabinawa , Pamungkas A. Dewanto Jakarta’s call to legislate its informal workforce should be a model for all countries that receive migrant workers.
30 Dec 2022 How to Interpret 2022: A Taiwan crisis Daniel Flitton One of Asia’s flashpoints again tested regional relations, as well as analysts.
18 Oct 2022 Will the three Ts tie India and Taiwan? Melissa Conley Tyler If New Delhi wants Taipei to help build supply chain security, it should expect Taiwan to ask for more political support.
26 Sep 2022 Taiwan: Biden risks talking himself into a war he cannot win Hugh White The military balance is shifting China’s way, and half-abandoning a policy of strategic ambiguity won’t change that.
20 Sep 2022 What does Biden mean on Taiwan? Robert Ayson When Washington doesn’t speak with one voice, its powers of strategic ambiguity are slowly chipped away.
24 Aug 2022 What are the prospects for stability across the Taiwan Strait? Jade Guan A democratic Taiwan has considerable agency and capacity to affect the dynamics of power in East Asia.
19 Aug 2022 The social media spectacle of China’s Taiwan military exercises Manya Koetse The whole world’s a stage when it comes to promoting the power behind the “one China” narrative.
17 Aug 2022 Why can’t Beijing renounce force against Taiwan? Jade Guan History, nationalism, the Party, deterrence and the military make for a heady mix.
16 Aug 2022 China’s Taiwan policy in the “new era” Cherry Hitkari Beijing’s latest white paper on Taiwan is a marked shift in tone from the more accommodating versions past.
16 Aug 2022 What the Philippines has at stake in Taiwan Susannah Patton Strategic choices by Manila will matter to Washington and Beijing.
9 Aug 2022 When serious, careful US management of China–Taiwan policies … isn’t John Culver The status quo in the Strait has changed. But is anyone really tuning in as the drama unfolds?
2 Aug 2022 Will Pelosi’s trip trigger the next Taiwan crisis? Adam Lockyer The speaker has a long history of standing against Beijing. But Asia’s balance of military power has changed.
30 Jun 2022 Australians worry about China and muscle-flexing over Taiwan Natasha Kassam New polling shows Beijing and its intentions have overtaken climate, Covid and cyberattacks as major concerns.
28 Jun 2022 Contingency plans: South Korea and cross-Strait security Henry Storey Seoul’s new administration faces critical choices over Taiwan and its relationships with Washington and Beijing.
25 Jan 2022 China’s new reality Evan Freidin Forget geopolitics and military muscle flexing. Reality TV is where Beijing and Taipei can put aside their differences.
23 Dec 2021 Myths that stir trouble in the South China Sea John Quiggin A major shipping route, yes, but vital? False claims about the value of these waters only make diplomacy harder.
24 Nov 2021 Paul Keating may be the “Grand Appeaser”, but is he wrong? Simon Cotton The lessons of history are many and few are simple. Empty threats can be just as damaging to a country’s reputation.
29 Oct 2021 The legal case for defending Taiwan Christopher R Hughes If a narrow interpretation of international law saw China attack Taiwan, a League of Nations-style crisis would ensue.
14 Oct 2021 Would a war over Taiwan be legal? Ben Saul International law defines statehood and provides the rules of war, but ambiguities abound in the case of Taiwan.
6 Oct 2021 Chinese warplanes overhead Taiwan (or maybe not) Peter Layton Multi-aircraft flights – some at night – signal a growing sophistication. But there are still limits.
13 Aug 2021 Taiwan: The age-old question of who gets a vote Timothy S. Rich , Isabel Eliassen , Madelynn Einhorn A proposal to lower the voting age to 18 leaves the electorate surprisingly apprehensive – even younger Taiwanese.
5 Aug 2021 “I am a Taiwanese”: Eastern Europeans see a Cold War in East Asia Josh Stenberg Memories of life under authoritarianism forge ties between Taiwan and a growing number of Eastern European states.
13 Jul 2021 Taipei’s growing legion of friends Natasha Kassam There’s serious regional clout behind Taiwan’s goal of peace and stability.
1 Jul 2021 Sweet and sour: Taiwan’s pork and pineapple battles Melissa Conley Tyler , Liam Gibson Nationalist consumer sentiment has become a decisive factor in Taiwan’s food bans with the US and China.
29 Jun 2021 Hsinchu: Taiwan’s city at the centre of China’s conundrum Perry Q Wood Semiconductors are the drivers of the digital economy. The US needs them. So does China. And Taiwan makes the most.
30 Apr 2021 Taiwan: Renewing a southbound vision Kannan R. Nair Increasing economic ties with Southeast Asia has been a success for Tsai Ing-wen. She should look beyond to India, too.
1 Apr 2021 Closer Taiwan-US ties are stabilising the region, not the opposite Natasha Kassam Displays of solidarity for Taiwan won’t contain Beijing’s ambition, but US support must factor in its thinking.
2 Nov 2020 Taiwan: Rising stakes for Australia Jade Guan , Wen-Ti Sung America’s policy of “strategic ambiguity” is being hotly contested, but multilateralism might offer a fresh approach.
30 Sep 2020 The unfinished Chinese civil war John Culver Many frame China’s options against Taiwan as peace or invasion. This is a dangerous oversimplification.
17 Jul 2020 Taiwan tiptoes in cross-strait relations Nicholas Chiu Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has carefully navigated Beijing’s bullying and wishful thinking about Washington.
9 Jul 2020 The semiconductor industry is where politics gets real for Taiwan Kate Sullivan-Walker These tiny strategic products can profoundly change the world as the US and China fight over the brains of electronics.
19 Jun 2020 COVIDcast: Foreign Minister Joseph Wu on Taiwan’s place in the world Natasha Kassam The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region and the world.
9 Apr 2020 WHO and China: Compounding politics and policy Rowan Callick The World Health Organization has been heavily criticised for appeasing China instead of leading the Covid-19 fight.
15 Jan 2020 Taiwan voters reject Beijing, but not populism Nick Aspinwall Tsai Ing-wen’s party used fear of Beijing to see off a weak opponent. She’ll have much to prove during her second term.
7 Jan 2020 The absurdity shaping Taiwan’s presidential elections Natasha Kassam The country that isn’t a country might one day reunify with the PRC, of which it was never a part. That’s just a start.
29 Nov 2019 Taiwan embraces Southeast Asian migrant workers, one book at a time Randy Mulyanto A bookstore in New Taipei aims to bring a little piece of home to new migrants and help locals connect to the region.
11 Oct 2019 For China, “national reunification” with Taiwan remains a dream Randy Mulyanto Xi Jinping regularly invokes “one country, two systems” to unite China and Taiwan, yet wins little support.
19 Sep 2019 China-Taiwan: Solomon Islands’ switch and a “new normal” Dan McGarry Should the US and Australia really be surprised that Pacific nations see China filling a vacuum?
12 Sep 2019 The wisdom of Solomons: Taiwan and China’s Pacific power play Graeme Smith Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare offers an insight on the whys and why nots of diplomatic recognition.
29 Jul 2019 Can Taiwan’s President fend off a populist wave? Nick Aspinwall <p>The next election is cast as a Clinton v Trump-like contest between a breezy populist and “adult in the room”.</p>