China competition intensifies, Taiwan occupies not the margins of a regional dispute, but a central position within a global contest whose consequences extend far beyond the Taiwan Strait.

With the 2016 general elections right around the corner, the island nation of Taiwan will once again exercise its hard-won democracy in a contest heralding exciting political change. On January 16, ...

The United States has been rocked by large street protests over the past two weeks, sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while being arrested by four police officers. These ...

There are two very different impressions for the East Asian island nation of Taiwan. The more contemporary one is that of a high tech powerhouse, a critical node in the global supply chain, especially ...

In recent years, the Taiwanese government has worked actively to consolidate cultural resources, using public funding and platforms such as the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) to connect ...

In 1985, Taiwan witnessed the birth of its first test-tube baby conceived through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). In 2007, following numerous negotiations between the governing and opposition ...

This is a translation of the original 進步本土的小黨，如何成為有政治實力的第三勢力？ by Yi-Hsuan Lin (林邑軒), a journalist and columnist ...

Taiwan’s politics are in a crisis. The 2024 elections left the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holding the presidency but outnumbered in the Legislative Yuan. Since then, failed recall campaigns ...

This article is based on a Taiwan Report podcast, Taiwan Report News Brief–DPP Factions, prepared for Ketagalan Media by the author. Recently, while working on an entry in an upcoming book, the ...

Taiwan’s democratic institutions are often hailed as some of Asia’s most vibrant. But even vibrant systems are not immune to strain. The opposition-controlled Legislative Yuan recently passed two ...

This article is partially based on a Taiwan Report News Brief podcast. Who becomes the next KMT chair is more important that most people realize. It will determine who leads the party into the 2022 ...

This article is by Emilie Hu, a senior at Scripps College and a GTI intern in the Fall of 2020. Originally published by the Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, ...