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International

Japan Poised To Seek Closer Relations With The US And Russia Following Abe-Trump Meeting

Garrett Dee02/16/2017

Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe visited the United States last week to meet with US president Donald Trump to discuss the future of US-Japan relations, often considered a key relationship in the Asia Pacific, but one that had faced significant strain in the wake of Trump’s election. The substance of the weekend-long discussion between the two heads of state warrants a closer examination given the shifting balance of power in the Asia Pacific...

#16EnglishFebruary 2017InternationalRegional Tensions8 min read

Trump Kicks Off His Relationship With China By Turning His Back On Taiwan

Garrett Dee02/11/2017

After period of silence which had been regarded by some as a sign of hostility, US president Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping conducted their first phone call as heads of state on Thursday, February 9th...

#16America and the Asia PacificEnglishFebruary 2017International13 min read

Are China’s Constant Complaints About Taiwan Counterproductive To Its Taiwan Strategy?

Brian Hioe02/10/2017

China's constant bellyaching about Taiwan to the US or other western countries may prove counterproductive for attempts to reclaim Taiwan, seeing as through continual high-profile complaints about Taiwan, it risks coming off as petty and single-mindedly fixated on the issue of Taiwan...

#16Cross StraitEnglishFebruary 2017International5 min read

Under Trump, Will Taiwan’s Progressive Values Become A Liability To It?

Brian Hioe02/09/2017

Would Taiwan become the target of Donald Trump's ire because of Taiwanese society's progressive values? Taking in refugees or legalizing gay marriage are two fronts upon which Taiwanese society might be targeted by Trump...

#16America and the Asia PacificEnglishFebruary 2017International10 min read

Wishful Thinking Prevails On The Idea Of Moving US Bases From Okinawa To Taiwan

Brian Hioe02/08/2017

Much wishful thinking prevails among Taiwan experts regarding the possibility of moving US bases from Okinawa to Taiwan...

#16America and the Asia PacificEnglishFebruary 2016International24 min read

On What Basis Do We Appeal To America About Taiwan?

Brian Hioe02/07/2017

As recent events under the Trump administration illustrate, one cannot bank entirely on claims that America should defend Taiwan because it is of some rational use to America to argue that Americans should concern themselves with Taiwan...

#16America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalJanuary 20175 min read

Reactions By The Taiwanese Pro-Unification Left And Chinese New Left To The Trump Presidency?

Brian Hioe02/06/2017

Some odd reactions have appeared in recent days among members of the Taiwanese pro-unification Left and Chinese New Leftists online after recent actions by American president Donald Trump. What they reveal is Chinese nationalism taking precedent over leftism...

#16America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalJanuary 20178 min read

Wealth, Power, And Pride All At Stake For The US And China In The South China Sea

Garrett Dee02/05/2017

A series of comments made nine months months ago by former head of the far-right Breibart news organization and now chief strategist of the Trump administration Steven Bannon in regards to the South China Sea have recently come to light, giving a glimpse into the Trump administration’s worldview concerning Chinese expansion in the Asia Pacific...

#16America and the Asia PacificEnglishFebruary 2017International10 min read

Why Does Trump Want To Name China A Currency Manipulator?

Brian Hioe02/03/2017

The incoherency of American trade policy and geostrategic thinking under Donald Trump is evident in Trump’s blanket labeling of China, Japan, and Germany as trade manipulators...

America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalJanuary 201710 min read

Challenges For Tsai In The Wake Of The US Withdrawal From TPP Negotiations

Garrett Dee02/01/2017

With the signing of Trump’s executive order regarding the United States’s withdrawal from Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, US president Donald Trump brought an end to US involvement in the controversial trade deal that would have opened markets between the US and many countries in the Asia Pacific,with the notable exception of China. What now for Taiwan, which sought admission to the trade deal?...

America and the Asia PacificEnglishFebruary 2017International11 min read