2018 - 3rd Quarter
Deconstructing the Many Taiwan/China Memes
Nineteenth Century American journalist, Ambrose Bierce, was a prolific writer, but he is best known for The Devil's Dictionary where with wit and sardonic satire, he regularly panned the idiosyncrasies and foibles of the human condition and perspective. ...
Taiwan, Carl Schmitt and a Nation's Enemies
Taiwan, the Republic of China (ROC) is a mid-sized nation. In population it is larger than 70 percent of the nations in the UN; in GDP it exceeds some 85 percent of those same nations. However, more importantly, it can take pride in being a newly established democracy. ...
KMT Diaspora and Taiwan's Imagined Community
With the November Nine-in-One elections a scant 4 months away, voters will have many questions to put to the candidates. ...
Taiwan Democracy, Third Parties and the Mammon Factor
Taiwan has enjoyed a full, flourishing multiparty democracy since 1996 when—in addition to the legislature—the people directly elected Taiwan's president. ...
Mayor Ko, the KMT and the Upcoming Elections
All politics is local or so the saying goes, but for a nation like Taiwan, which has a large, hegemonic and covetous neighbor, even local elections cannot escape some international influence and flavor. ...