U.S. Taiwan policy

The arguments that U.S. credibility on Taiwan hinges on Ukraine is the latest version of the discredited domino theory.

Insights from Seth Cropsey.

The trip came amid a busy diplomatic stretch, including Taiwan-Europe exchanges as well as the Biden-Xi phone call.

Kaohsiung beat out Washington D.C. to host WorldPride 2025.

Renaming Taiwan’s de facto embassy in the U.S. to “Taiwan Representative Office” would be both meaningful and consistent with U.S. foreign policy.

“Strategic ambiguity” is not a policy; it is a tactic. The difference matters.

Washington has strategic, economic, and normative reasons for safeguarding the island from Chinese coercion.

For Taipei, Beijing, and Washington, the standoff is about national identities as much as territory.

Insights from Russell Hsiao.

U.S. strategic ambiguity toward Taiwan restricts any unilateral decisions by both sides of the strait that could potentially escalate the situation.

The latest Taiwan National Security Survey contains both good and bad news for cross-strait stability.