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April 23, 2008
Edward Friedman, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Edward Friedman, an expert on Chinese nationalism, says China’s ethnic Han majority views minorities like Tibetans and Uighurs as "people who should be incorporated into the larger Chinese state."
See more in China, East Asia, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Nationalism
March 24, 2008
Alan D. Romberg, Distinguished Fellow, Director of East Asia Program, Henry L. Stimson Center interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Taiwan expert Alan D. Romberg says the election of Ma Ying-jeou as the island’s next president should usher in a new era of less contentious cross-Strait relations.
See more in China, Elections, Nationalism, Sovereignty
Updated: March 24, 2008
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Daily Analysis
A new Nationalist president in Taiwan promises to herald an era of better relations with mainland China.
February 10, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Taiwan’s referendums on membership in the United Nations ratchet up Chinese threats and escalate U.S. concerns over regional stability.
Updated: March 24, 2008
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Backgrounder
Taiwan, whose leaders continue to talk about independence, remains a focal point of Chinese military modernization.
See more in China, Democracy Promotion, Sovereignty
September 26, 2007
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Daily Analysis
Despite a strong economy and political reforms, Taiwan continues to struggle for international recognition.
See more in China, International Organizations, Sovereignty
March 7, 2007
Daily Analysis
As China increases its military spending, the Taiwanese president ups the independence ante.
See more in China, Arms Trade, Sovereignty
January 17, 2007
| Speaker: | Annette Lu, Vice President of Taiwan (Via Teleconference) |
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Transcript
Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu discusses the future of Taiwan, the relations between Taiwan and the Mainland, as well as U.S.-Taiwan-Mainland relations.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics
January 17, 2007
| Speaker: | Annette Lu, Vice President of Taiwan (Via Teleconference) |
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Video
Watch Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu discuss the future of Taiwan, the relations between Taiwan and the Mainland, and U.S.-Taiwan-Mainland relations.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics
January 17, 2007
| Speaker: | Annette Lu, Vice President of Taiwan (Via Teleconference) |
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu discuss the future of Taiwan, the relations between Taiwan and the Mainland, and U.S.-Taiwan-Mainland relations.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics
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Iraq War (5/13): Max Boot analyzes the habit of U.S. generals passing the buck when it comes to the failures in Iraq, in the Washington Post.
Burma (5/13): Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares argue that the United Nations must invoke its “responsibility to protect” clause and intervene in Burma, in the Boston Globe.
Mideast (5/13): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. to focus its efforts on restoring Israeli-Syrian negotiations, in Newsweek.
U.S. Presidential Election (5/9): Michael Gerson looks at the sticking points of the “Obama narrative,” in the Washington Post.
Iraq (5/8): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. and Iraqi governments not to exclude Muqtada al-Sadr from the political process, in The National.
Campaign 2008 (5/5): It would be a travesty if Obama’s campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
In Regional Monetary Integration, Peter B. Kenen poses an important question: Should various country groups follow the lead of the European Monetary Union and form similar full-fledged monetary unions?
Walter Russell Mead recounts the story of the centuries-long rivalry between the English- speaking peoples and their enemies in God and Gold.
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