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Accidental State: Chiang Kai-shek, the United States, and the Making of Taiwan
September 26, 2016
AbstractThe existence of two Chinese states—one controlling mainland China, the other controlling the island of Taiwan—is often understood as a seemingly inevitable outcome of the Chinese civil war...
A Relationship Transformed: Rethinking the Prospects for Conflict and Peace in the Taiwan Strait
February 7, 2014
Abstract: After long being viewed as potential flashpoint, relations across the Taiwan Strait have stabilized tremendously in recent years, reflecting moderation in the approaches both Beijing and...
Urban Taiwan’s State-Structured Neighborhood Governance: Deepening Democracy, Partisan Civic Engagement, Inverted Class Bias
January 21, 2014
Abstract: Taiwan's system of neighborhood-level governance has origins in institutions of local control employed by both the Republican-era Kuomintang and the Japanese colonizers.
A Postscript to the 1943 Cairo Conference: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Chinese Dilemma
December 6, 2013
Abstract: That the Cairo Conference has been overshadowed by the wartime summits at Teheran and Yalta is understandable given the start of the Cold War in Europe almost immediately after the...
Maritime Issues in East Asia: Finding Peaceful Solutions
November 29, 2012
This seminar will discuss the current issues surrounding the sovereignty of the Diaoyutai Islets and the East China Sea peace initiative of the government of the Republic of China, Taiwan, through...
Maritime Issues in Asia, Finding Peaceful Solutions
November 29, 2012
Prof. Edward I–Hsin Chen, who earned his Ph.D.
East Asia's Contentious Island Disputes: A U.S. Policy Perspective
October 29, 2012
Certain East Asian territorial disputes have simmered, unresolved, since the arrangements concluding the Second World War: Japan, China, and Taiwan contest sovereignty over the Senkaku/Diaoyu(tai)...
Democratic Careening: Accountability Dynamics Across Asia
June 4, 2012
Abstract: Democracy in the developing world is generally outliving expectations, but not outperforming them.
The Chinese Naval Role in the Pacific and the American Response
May 30, 2012
***PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE*** Maritime issues are increasingly at the heart of security issues between the United States and China.
Fourth Wave or False Start? Democracy After the Arab Spring
November 8, 2011
The decades-long political winter in the Arab world seemed to be thawing early this year as mass protests toppled Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and...
The Tamogami Affair: History and Security in Northeast Asia
March 13, 2009
Reckoning with the Past: Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Asia Is it possible to come to terms with the violent past and foster reconciliation with former foes, what are the obstacles and how...
Regional Security Dynamics in Northeast Asia: Seoul's Perspective and Equities
February 6, 2009
As the new year begins, the administration of ROK President Lee Myung-bak faces an unusually complex and rapidly evolving regional security landscape as he seeks to craft a strategy that...
The Spirit of Democracy
January 22, 2008
Stanford's Larry Diamond will discuss his forthcoming book, The Spirit of Democracy.
Roundtable Discussion: Political Turbulence in Taiwan
December 11, 2000
In March 2000, Taiwan's voters ended 55 years of Nationalist Party rule by electing Chen Shui-bian to the Presidency, granting power to the Democratic Progressive Party.