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It’s Not Time to Start Worrying About Taiwan

March 29, 2017by Michal Thim Leave a comment

Good policy making benefits from factually up-to-date, open-source analysis taking place in a public space and conducted by policy specialists, journalists, and scholars. This kind of analysis is even more […]

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Authors, Guest, Michal Thim, The National Interest

Taiwan Can’t Save the South China Sea

June 16, 2015by Michal Thim Leave a comment

Despite its best intentions, Taiwan cannot be a major player in solving the South China Sea dispute.

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Authors, The National Interest

Taiwan’s RIMPAC dream

June 7, 2015by Michal Thim Leave a comment

Taiwan’s participation in RIMPAC exercise is still far away from realization despite push from the U.S. Congress

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Authors, The National Interest, The Strategist (ASPI)

Here Comes Taiwan’s Big Political Realignment

December 3, 2014by Michal Thim Leave a comment

Co-author: Jonathan Sullivan* A calamitous performance in Saturday’s local elections confirmed 2014 as an annus horribilis for the Kuomintang (KMT) and its Chairman Ma Ying-jeou. The embattled Ma signaled on […]

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Authors, The National Interest
C-602 anti-ship cruise missile

Five Chinese Weapons of War Taiwan Should Fear

August 11, 2014by Michal Thim Leave a comment

Note: this is a longer version of an article published on The National Interest. It has become conventional wisdom when referring to the current state of ties between Taipei and Beijing […]

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Authors, The National Interest

Ma’s Taiwan: Year of the Lame Horse (The National Interest)

February 4, 2014by Michal Thim Leave a comment

Co-author: Jonathan Sullivan* Published in The National Interest. The year of the horse began last week, but for Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou (whose surname means horse) the signs are inauspicious. […]

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