Foreign Policies

Continental China and Taiwan

Surveying the Experts: U.S. and Taiwan Views on China's Approach to Taiwan in 2024 and Beyond | ChinaPower ProjectThis report summarizes the results of a survey of leading U.S. and Taiwan experts and former officials on China’s approach to Taiwan.

Preventing War in the Taiwan StraitThe danger of armed confrontation over Taiwan is growing, raising the spectre of a direct conflict between China and the U.S. that would have severe global repercussions. Managing this risk will require the parties to rebuild trust by shoring up decades-old understandings.

Divergent Approaches to Development

What Does China Really Spend on its Military? | ChinaPower ProjectA country’s defense spending represents the most direct way of measuring its potential military capability.

Understanding China’s 2021 Defense Budget

Silicon Gold RushTaiwan’s chip makers can’t resist the lure of China, the world’s largest consumer of semiconductors

Does it matter if Taiwan loses formal recognition? | East Asia ForumThe myopic focus on Taiwan’s formal recognition perpetuates a victimisation narrative that ignores the depth of unofficial relations and how the Taiwanese public views diplomatic relations.

The US and Taiwan

U.S., Taiwan to Push an Alternative to China’s Belt and Road - Bloomb…

Overcoming Taiwan’s Energy TrilemmaTaiwan needs to look not just to the energy it needs right now but also to the energy it will need ten to twenty years from now if it is to power its future.

US Speeds Arms Sales for Taiwan as Island Revamps China StrategyU.S. officials are speeding arms sales to Taiwan this year as the Asian island revamps its defense strategy against old, and more powerful, foe China, and experts on both sides say Washington is extra keen to show support. Taiwan is shifting toward asymmetric warfare -- the use of unconventional tactics against a stronger enemy -- and analysts believe the U.S. government figures the right defensive weaponry should follow. U.S.

TSMC’s new US fab sparks debate in Taiwan, mainlandThe plan of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest chip maker, to build a 5-nanometer fab in the US has recently caused

A Taiwan Crisis May Mark the End of the American EmpireAmerica is a diplomatic fox, while Beijing is a hedgehog fixated on the big idea of reunification.

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Inside Taiwanese Chip Giant, a U.S. Expansion Stokes TensionsEmployee doubts are rising about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s $40 billion investment in an Arizona factory.

How the US war on Taiwanese semiconductors might benefit Japan : Peoples DispatchIn April, Berkshire Hathaway’s leader Warren Buffett told Nikkei that the geopolitical tension between the United States and China was “certainly a consideration” in his decision to divest from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC)

Latin America and Taiwan

Paraguay’s new government remains loyal to Taiwan | East Asia ForumMeagre trade volume risks upending Taipei’s last diplomatic link in South America, though Paraguayan President-elect Santiago Pena appears confident in relationship.

Taiwan’s Future in Latin AmericaPatricio Giusto, Julieta Heduvan, and Brian Hioe discuss the future of Taiwan’s diplomatic recognition in Latin America.

China Displaces Taiwan in Latin America and Gains Greater InfluenceGuatemala, Haiti, Belize and Paraguay are the only countries in the Americas that recognize Taiwan's independence; the rest maintain commercial and bilateral relations with the People's Republic of China, which is gaining more and more ground in Latin America.

Latin America increasingly turning to China at Taiwan’s expenseParaguay’s opposition candidate is pushing for closer relations with Beijing in a presidential election that could have high stakes for the autonomous island.

Honduras Ditches Taiwan for China - Foreign Policy Research InstituteIn March 2023, China signed a joint communique with the Honduran Foreign Ministry declaring that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory,”

Can Taiwan Hold On to its Caribbean Allies?Small countries are bulwarks of Taipei’s influence abroad.

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