Marcin Jerzewski

Migrant Workers as Subjects of a Taiwan Strait Contingency

Marcin Jerzewski
An escalation of tensions in the Taiwan Strait—whether it transpires as a maritime blockade or a kinetic attack—would bring about disastrous social and economic consequences. Given the importance of the Taiwan Strait to international maritime trade and Taiwan’s critical role in supply chains of strategic technologies, including semiconductors, crisis scenarios consider several grave repercussions. These include immediate disruptions to global economic activity valued at over two trillion dollars, threats to Japan’s energy security, and shortages in the EU, which would exacerbate economic inequality, poverty, and the functioning of critical sectors...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalLaborMay 2025Regional TensionsSocial Movements7 min read

Taken For Granted: Taiwan’s Flagship Foreign Policy Neglects Labor Issues

Marcin Jerzewski
In its quest to diversify its political and economic engagements with the world, Taiwan keeps looking south. At the recent Yushan Forum, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation Chairman Michael Hsiao proudly announced the launch of six new strategic corridors under the framework of the New Southbound Policy (NSP). This includes government-led initiatives to facilitate cooperation on technology, health, and resilience, as well as think tank, NGO, and youth corridors led by civil society...
EnglishInternationalLaborMay 2025PoliticsRegional TensionsSocial Movements7 min read
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Marcin Jerzewski

Marcin Jerzewski is the Head of the Taiwan Office of the European Values Center for Security Policy. He also serves as an analyst contributing to the Center’s research on Taiwan and the broader Indo-Pacific region. Concurrently, he is also a contributor to the China Observers in Central Eastern Europe (CHOICE) platform of the Association for International Affairs (AMO). His previous professional experience includes work at the Taiwan NextGen Foundation, the Taipei City Government, the Polish Office in Taipei, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. Jerzewski delivered expert briefings on Taiwan’s domestic politics and foreign policy to officials of the Legislative Yuan, the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania, and NATO. He is also a frequent commentator on the politics and international relations of Taiwan, with his analyses cited in outlets including Al Jazeera, BBC, The Economist, and Yomiuri Shimbun, among many others. A sinologist and political scientist, Jerzewski was a Ministry of Education Taiwan Fellow in the International Master’s Program in International Studies at the National Chengchi University and studied at the University of Richmond and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.