Taiwan Weekly is a newsletter released every week by Fair Winds Foundation, Association of Foreign Relations and Taipei Forum that provides coverage and perspectives into the latest developments in Taiwan.
It Takes the People, Not Arms, to Build a Hedgehog Island
Most people sympathize with the weaker Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine War.
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Conservative Comeback in Korea：Lessons for Taiwan
In the most competitive presidential election in Korean history, conservative Yoon Suk-yeol won by less than one percent, setting a record for a political neophyte to win the presidency for the first time.
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This Week in Taiwan 0306-0312
March 8: According to American media reports, the administration of President Joe Biden is pushing to transfer a batch of F-16 fighter jets originally intended to be sold to Taiwan for Poland as compensation for Poland’s assistance to Ukraine with Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets. The Air Force Command called the report as pure conjecture and indicated that the United States has no such plan.
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Two Parallel Lines with No Crossing, Both Sides Exchange Empty Words over the Strait
In his public remarks on March 4, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called upon the United States to change its five-decade policy of strategic ambiguity and diplomatically recognize the "Republic of China (Taiwan)" as a free and sovereign country.
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Pompeo's Dual Recognition Would Shake Cross-Strait Relations
President Joe Biden of the United States sent an informal bipartisan delegation of former top national security and diplomatic officials to Taiwan to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen and Chairman Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT).
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Power Sufficiency Cannot Be Ensured by Betting on Chicken Cutlets
On March 3, the switchyard accident of the Taiwan Power Company's (Taipower) Xingda Power Plant caused nearly 4.54 million households in Taiwan to lose power.
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This Week in Taiwan 0227-0305
March 2: President Joe Biden of the United States sent a bi-partisan national security mission to Taiwan. Led by former Chairman Michael Glenn Mullen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the delegation expressed firm American support for Taiwan amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Taiwan Joins Europe and U.S. in Imposing Sanctions Against Russia
After Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Western countries led by the U.S. have imposed new set of sanctions against Russia.
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The Lesson of Ukraine：Tsai is Not Zelensky
The world is all about Ukraine while Taiwan has been sidelined.
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Beware of the Political Impact of Pompeo Visit to Taiwan
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of the United States will visit Taiwan on March 2 and meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, Premier Su Tseng-chang, Speaker You Si-kun of the Legislative Yuan, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu.
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