Mark your calendars! The first book event for Black Island: Two years of activism in Taiwan will be held at Café Philo in Taipei on Thurs...

Despite what President Ma has said, the U.S. does not recognize the so-called 1992 Consensus. Here's why it makes a difference  As T...

Can we name one thing that the Taiwanese do not enjoy at present that China could offer to them?  With a third transition of power in Ta...

With a year left before he must step down, Ma Ying-jeou is starting to sound a bit erratic. This could cause serious headaches for the KMT...

爭論台灣的命運之前，先思考台灣人要的是甚麼 距離台灣的總統和立法委員選舉還有八個月左右，各界多半看好在野的民主進步黨能夠勝選，對此，政治觀察家們在八年的空窗期之後，又開始預告台灣海峽兩岸未來即將面臨的危機。有些評論者唯恐雙方既有的矛盾重新激化，於是提出了各種別出心裁的方...

Experts often talk about grand bargains and strategies to resolve the Taiwan issue once and for all. But rarely, if ever, do they bother t...

Nothing would be more dangerous than for Beijing to conclude that aggression would go unpunished and that the United States and a coterie ...

The KMT chairman’s meeting with his Chinese counterpart on Monday spoke volumes about the gap that continues to exist between the two side...

Forget the hype. The meeting was bereft of substance and in no way a new departure in cross-strait relations Following weeks of anticipa...

Taiwan is ready to send rescue teams to quake-hit Nepal, but Beijing-friendly Kathmandu says no thanks  Given China’s significant presen...

Taiwan’s politics are proving ruinous for the country’s national defense. Here’s what needs to be done  If there is one subject that sho...

Allowing China to conquer Taiwan would almost certainly fan the flames of Chinese expansionism rather than extinguish them  With the pro...

The S-400 is an impressive system, but China’s acquisition of the system shouldn’t spark alarm just yet. Physics is part of the reason w...

Military transformation cannot ignore the human element  Transforming Taiwan’s military to ensure that it can meet the many external cha...

As Tsai Ing-wen gears up to run for Taiwan’s presidency, she will have to wrangle with a tough problem: China  As expected, Taiwan’s opp...

The Diplomat’s Ankit Panda and Shannon Tiezzi speak to J. Michael Cole about Taiwanese politics, society, and his new book, Black Island: ...

台灣想要的東西很多，但不包括戰爭 作為一個以中間偏左的自由派立場而自豪，堅決反對2003年美國出兵伊拉克，甚至一度和古巴領導人卡斯楚（Fidel Castro）一同出現在《反擊》（Counterpunch）雜誌同一頁上的加拿大人，我在這些年來是多麼頻繁地因為主張國際社會有...

Condone Chinese militarism and you are being a realist. Support the defense of democratic Taiwan against authoritarian expansionism, and y...

Security violations are a serious matter. But Taiwanese media and the opposition should not blow things out of proportion  The optics co...

Exactly 14 years after the EP-3 incident near Hainan, and as the PLAAF conducts exercises in the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Phil...