Public Policy
公共政策
Controlling China’s “Little Brother”: China’s National Security Interests and the North Korea Nuclear Threat
Introduction Since the 1980s, North Korea’s nuclear program has been a persistent source of international concern.1 These concerns gained renewed importance during the 2017-2018 North
Storytelling, Trash-chasing & Break-dancing: An Inside Look at an Iranian-American Girl’s Journey through Taiwan
September 4, 2017. Taipei. 12 hours over the Pacific, and I felt invincible. “This is it,” I told myself, pushing three pieces of
Charting the Evolution of China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Financial Services in a Sea of Digital Disruption
Every morning when I woke up in my apartment on the campus of National Tsinghua University in Hsinchu, I was greeted by the
Bringing a Piece of Kentucky to the Taiwanese Classroom
For the 2017-18 academic year, my alma mater, Western Kentucky University (WKU), hosted a Taiwanese Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) to help tutor
Chinese Energy Security and the South China Sea
Oil has been a critical national resource since the early 20th century, when the British Empire began using oil to power its ships,
One Belt One Road and China’s Energy Security
The Belt and Road Initiative, initially known as One Belt One Road, is China’s latest national development strategy, which aims to: Promote the
Unpacking U.S. Aid in Taiwan: Developmental Perspectives
For development scholars, few postwar success stories are more fascinating than that of the four Asian Tigers in the twentieth century. Due to
A Case of China’s Economic Power
A case study provides the opportunity to delve deeper into the perceived advantage that China wields over the United States in monetary power. By analyzing
Research and Reflections from Hualien County
When I visited Taiwan in the summer of 2002, there were no direct flights between the island and mainland China, Freedom Square was