2020 has 2020 has given Taiwan unexpected opportunities for economic expansion and trade relations. A U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is gaining more momentum than…
Continue reading Taiwan’s New Economic Prospects with the U.S. and Beyond
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After four years of President Donald Trump’s unconventional foreign policies, the 2020 U.S. Election has become the most anticipated political transition closely followed by all…
Continue reading What Are the Rising Powers’ Expectations as the 2020 U.S. Election Approaches?
In the first week of October, the Quad – a strategic forum that includes Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S. – held its second-ever foreign…
Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government resumed in the second week of September, signaling the next iteration of complex negotiations against the…
Continue reading Rising Powers and the Afghan Peace Process: How Do They See the Pros and Cons?
Taiwan’s success story in the pandemic is bringing it unprecedented international attention. Against the backdrop of the current United Nations General Assembly meetings, the Sigur…
News of a massive increase in Chinese foreign investment in Iran has ricocheted across Asia, threatening to upset the geopolitical status quo and causing pundits…
News of a massive increase in Chinese foreign investment in Iran has ricocheted across Asia, threatening to upset the geopolitical status quo and causing pundits…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, announced that he would resign from the position due to his worsening condition of ulcerative…
Continue reading Policy Alert: How Are Rising Powers Viewing Shinzo Abe’s Legacy?
In responding to criticism over its handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, China has adopted a new, more assertive “wolf warrior diplomacy,” but it has also…
Continue reading Policy Alert: China’s Growing Pains the Rising Powers
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The gruesome act was caught on camera and…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Rising Powers Respond to Anti-Racism Protests
In this third installment of RPI’s Revisiting the World Order under a Pandemic Series, we provide an overview of perspectives from China, Taiwan, and the…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Revisiting the World Order under a Pandemic – The Taiwan Factor
RPI’s Special Series on Revisiting the World Order under a Pandemic continues in this Policy Alert, which focuses on how the COVID-19 pandemic is raising…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Revisiting the World Order under a Pandemic – China’s Prospects
As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, debate over the pandemic’s effects on the world order have started to take shape. Will the spread of the…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Revisiting the World Order under a Pandemic
As the number of confirmed coronavirus COVID-19 cases worldwide surges past the one million mark, containing the pandemic has overshadowed most other issues in both…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Coronavirus Tightens Its Grip on Rising Powers
In my previous blogpost, I explained what is development-envy and its role in inspiring Acehnese to engage in a separatist conflict. Here, I demonstrate how…
