The Taiwan Democracy and Security Project is part of the U.S.-Asia Security Initiative at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Institutions and Organizations
Scholarly Publications
Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years
December 2015
At the end of Chen Shui-bian’s two terms as the president of Taiwan, his tenure was widely viewed as a disappointment, if not an outright failure.
New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan
January 2014
New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan takes a creative and comparative view of the new challenges and dynamics confronting these maturing democracies.Numerous works deal with...
Elections and Democracy in Greater China
December 2001
The authoritarian Chinese regimes governing Taiwan, Mainland China, and Hong Kong allowed limited electoral competition during the last half century.
Events
Sentiment, Reason, and Law: Policing in the Republic of China on Taiwan
April 30, 2018
The Republic of China on Taiwan spent nearly four decades as a single-party state under dictatorial rule (1949-1987) before transitioning to liberal democracy.
U.S.-China Rivalry and the Origins of Taiwan's Developmental State
October 1, 2017
Abstract Scholars have credited a model of state-led capitalism called the developmental state with producing the first wave of the East Asian economic miracle.
Of Paradigms, Politics and Principles: The 2016 Taiwan Elections and Implications for China’s Security Strategy and Cross-Strait Relations
December 1, 2015
Sponsored by the Taiwan Democracy Project and the U.S.
Projects
Taiwan Democracy and Security Project Speaker Series
The Taiwan Democracy and Security Project Speaker Series features talks by Taiwanese public officials, intellectuals, and scholars, and by U.S.-based scholars of Taiwan and of cross-strait...
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