With calls for the "normalization" of Taiwan on the rise, the climate is ripe to begin discussing the scope of what is possible and what is not possible for Taiwan at the present political moment as a means to permanently secure Taiwan's de facto independence...
Seeing as Latin America has long been a diplomatic battleground for Taiwan and China, with China hoping to poach Taiwan’s remaining diplomatic allies and Taiwan attempting to hang onto them, news of Panama deciding to break ties with Taiwan in favor of recognizing China should not be the most surprising. But are there any lessons we can take away from this?...