2020 - 4th Quarter

Mike Pompeo on Taiwan’s Relation to China

Monday November 23

In a recent interview with commentator Hugh Hewitt, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dropped a bomb. It was simple, direct, and succinct, and it was one that has been long overdue. ...

Taiwan Needs Emersonian Scholars

Monday November 9

All nations have narratives, but not all national narratives are accurate. Some might be exaggerated to express a point; some might breezily gloss historical facts in making jingoistic claims; and some are just downright false. ...

How China Twists History to its Favor

Wednesday October 28

Nations, according to political scientist Benedict Anderson, are composed of imagined communities; it follows that those imagined communities would naturally have their own national narratives. ...

Taiwan, Democracy, and the UN

Wednesday October 07

Taiwan’s Double Ten National Day, approaches, and with the attendant celebrations, it is natural for Taiwanese to examine how their democracy compares with other present-day democracies. ...