RSVP HERE A livestream will appear on this page during the event During the election campaign and in his inaugural address, Donald Trump declared that he would make American interests and national security the top priorities in all foreign policy decis …
Published August 30, 2017 / Held September 18, 2017
There have been no dramatic developments in cross-Strait relations of late. Instead, Beijing continues its steady pressure on the Taiwan authorities while courting private interests. President Tsai’s bid for acceptance of reciprocal responsibility for …
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s return of a Chinese asylum seeker this week is a likely bid by President Tsai Ing-wen to stabilize relations with Beijing that have been in sharp decline since her election last year, analysts said Thursday. -snip- “Altho …
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Taiwan is pursuing a two-pronged upgrade to its armed forces as people on the island worry about recent shows of force by powerful rival China during a political stalemate. -snip- “With the cross-Strait situation not only stagnant …
Wang Hao thrived during her semester as an exchange student in Taiwan. As a native of mainland China, she found it exotic to hang out with Taiwanese students, sitting under a thicket of banyan trees and listening to local bands. -snip- Sun Yun, East As …
TAIPEI — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is showing signs of steering a middle course between China and the United States, despite a unique connection with Donald Trump, to balance competing voter sentiments and reduce the risk of escalating anger i …
Watch the event video below or click here. Cross-Taiwan Strait relations have been troubled over the past several months by the stalemate between Beijing’s insistence that the Tsai Ing-wen administration embrace the “1992 Consensus” or some other “one …
Published January 23, 2017 / Held February 24, 2017
Hours after Sao Tome and Principe severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan on Dec. 21, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Javier Hou (侯清山) addressed lawmakers’ concerns of further defections to Beijing. Speaking to the Foreign and National Defense Committee …
Suddenly, Taiwan sees an opening. Having spent most of the last half a century in a diplomatic no man’s land, in which it technically does not exist as far as most of the world is concerned, Taiwan is hoping to parlay President-elect Donald T …
United States President-elect Donald Trump is “well aware” of what the US stance has been on Taiwan and is “not trying to make policy or make waves”, his adviser Kellyanne Conway said after he broke with decades of American foreign policy to speak with …
In the assessment community in Washington November 2 (Reporter Yu Donghui) famous American Taiwan expert Romberg (Alan Romberg), “said Xi Hung meeting” reflects Beijing’s intentions, that Taiwan’s new political climate, if Tsai do refuse to support a C …
Diplomatically isolated Taiwan had a chance to send a delegation to listen in at the International Civil Aviation Organization’s annual assembly. The UN group, in place since World War II, brings together 191 governments to agree on the best commercial …
In the assessment community in Washington September 1 (Reporter Yu Donghui) to be held in Hangzhou, “Xi Olympic” could refer to the Taiwan issue, but the United States in the Taiwan Strait issue most experts do not believe this will be the key topics o …
Hung-Jen Wang, a Stimson Center visiting fellow and political science assistant professor at National Cheng Kung University in Taipei, talked about the future of U.S.-China relations as China attempts to expand its military presence in the South China …
Taiwan has 22 diplomatic allies, mostly small countries that look to it for development aid. China and Taiwan, political rivals of seven decades, used to play checkbook diplomacy to buy off each other’s friends and Taiwan with bigger aid packages, and …
Watch the event video below or click here. The up-and-down, cooperation-competition nature of U.S.-China relations has been a major focus in the United States during this campaign season, but its impact on regional actors is less discussed. Hung-jen Wa …
“While the view in Taipei seems to be hopeful that all will be well by the end of that period, one senses a rather more downbeat expectation on the Mainland [China],” said Romberg, who is now director of the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center …
In her May 20 inaugural address Tsai Ing-wen laid out in stark terms the daunting economic and social challenges that Taiwan faces in the months and years ahead, as well as her determination to meet those challenges. Addressing cross-Str …
中評社華盛頓6月8日電(記者 余東暉)作為美方代表團成員出席蔡英文就職典禮的美國台海問題專家容安瀾(Alan Romberg)表示,對北京談論要看蔡英文的行動而不只是看她是否說那個“咒語”的做法感到鼓舞,北京確實會關注蔡英文作為台灣領導人說什麼、做什麼。他對中評社記者說,蔡英文也想對岸能更多關注她保存現狀的所作所為,而不只是堅持要她重複以前要求她說的“魔咒”。 Read the full article here.
中評社華盛頓5月27日電(記者 余東暉)甫作為美方代表團一員參加蔡英文就職典禮回美的美國台海問題專家容安瀾(Alan Romberg)向中評社解讀蔡英文就職後的兩岸形勢。他認為,兩岸正目睹對和平穩定再肯定過程的開端,但積極的勢頭得到保持和滑坡得以避免,既不容易,也不是注定的結論。 To read the full article click here.
A new president took office in Taiwan Friday without fully agreeing to talks with her government’s old political rival China. Chinese officials have warned that Taiwan must come to the table on their conditions. Despite anxiety from Beijing to Washingt …
蔡英文正在做早餐。这位总统候选人打了五个蛋,和著平底锅裡面的培根一起滋滋作响,再把一片片白色的厚片土司叠起来。料理手法学自英国名厨杰米奥利佛(Jamie Oliver),但是她忍不住要说,烹调食材属于最纯粹的台湾原料。培根来自「快乐猪」农场,距离她那简单却有品味的公寓不远,而麵包是从她家附近的烘培坊买来的。她递了一颗橘子给我,用英文跟我说:「有机的!当然也是在地的。」 Read the full article here.
The United States on Friday congratulated Taiwan’s first female president Tsai Ing-wen on her inauguration, saying that the peaceful transition of power marks another milestone in Taiwan’s democracy -snip- The photo shows former United States Trade Rep …
Nearly 700 heads of states, diplomats and foreign dignitaries from 59 countries around the world are to attend president-elect Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) inauguration today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. -snip- The ministry said the US dele …
Taipei, May 19 (CNA) Former U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk praised President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) during their meeting at the Presidential Office Thursday for his efforts in consolidating Taiwan-U.S. relations during his eight years in office. T …
To discuss President elect Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan’s foriegn policy. Alan Romberg is a Distinguished Fellow and the Director of the East Asia program at Stimson. Watch the interview here.
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) on Friday released the names of delegation members who are to represent the US at president-elect Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) inauguration in Taipei on May 20. Former US trade representative Ron Kirk is to lead the deleg …
-snip- Among the other U.S. officials present at the meeting were Bonnie Glaser, director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Alan Romberg, director of the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center; …