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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:09:47 GMT
The U.S. and the international community face great challenges in the 21st century—globalization offers more freedom and prosperity, but also new threats to our security. The Foreign Policy Studies scholars and research help policymakers and the public address these crucial issues.
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:32:18 GMT
Established in 1998, the Brookings Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) conducts research, analysis, and outreach designed to enhance policy development and understanding on the pressing political, economic, and security issues facing Northeast Asia.
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:51:51 GMT
The John L. Thornton China Center develops timely, independent analysis and policy recommendations to help U.S. and Chinese leaders address key long-term challenges, both in terms of U.S.-China relations and China's internal development.
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In the inaugural installment of CNAPS’s Taiwan-U.S. Quarterly Analysis series, Terry Cooke explores the causes and effects of Taiwan’s pursuit of economic normalization with China. Articles in this series will be written by leading experts on the U.S.-Taiwan relationship and will contain in-depth analysis of bilateral and multilateral policy challenges for Taipei and Washington.
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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In this CNAPS Working Paper, Liu Shih-chung examines the fluctuations in Taiwan-U.S. relations during 2004-2008. While outlining developments in the bilateral relationship, Liu provides an insider’s view of different influences on Taiwan’s policy-making process including the leadership, the bureaucracy, other internal political forces, and external actors such as China and the United States.
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Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) recent landslide victory in Yunlin County’s legislative by-election has several implications for Taiwanese politics, writes Shih-chung Liu. He argues that while the victory is significant, a strengthened policy of reaching out to the world community and refining the party’s policies on future cross-strait and international relations is of utmost importance.
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Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Senior journalist and CNAPS Visiting Fellow Huang Ching-Lung writes that Taiwan’s media, despite major contributions to democratization, has come to play a controversial and often negative role in the democratization process. Factors such as market competition, lack of professional organization, and ties to political parties have lowered the quality social benefit of journalism in Taiwan, Mr. Huang writes.
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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:30:00 GMT
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- July 14, 2009, 9:30 AM to 5:00:00 PM
- July 15, 2009, 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM
On July 14 and 15, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) at Brookings and the Institute of International Relations (IIR) at Taiwan’s National Chengchi University hosted leading experts from Taiwan and the United States for the 38th Taiwan-U.S. Conference on Contemporary China.
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Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Taiwan and China have made impressive progress over the last year improving relations in the political and economic arenas, but China’s People’s Liberation Army has continued to procure and deploy equipment that puts Taiwan at risk. Richard Bush points out that the rate of growth is a bit less than previous years but it still raises the question, what is going on?
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Wed, 20 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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- May 20, 2009, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- May 21, 2009, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Together with the ICONS Project at the University of Maryland, Brookings held a two-day exercise on May 20 and 21, 2009 simulating a crisis in the Taiwan Strait. Among other results, participants found that accidental war in the Taiwan Strait was less likely than an escalating crisis over real, substantive issues of importance to the two sides of the Strait.
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Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Jacques deLisle of the University of Pennsylvania argues that Taiwan’s participation at the 62nd World Health Assembly this month marks a significant development in Taiwan’s quest for international space, in cross-Strait relations, and for the World Health Organization. Implications for Taiwan’s participation in other organizations may be limited, Professor deLisle writes, but this achievement could become an important template for future developments.
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Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:00:00 GMT
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- April 30, 2009, 2:00 PM to 4:15 PM
On April 30, chapter authors from Beyond the Strait: PLA Missions Other Than Taiwan, co-produced by the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, The National Bureau of Asian Research, and the Bush School of Government at Texas A&M University, presented their findings examining the People’s Liberation Army's varied missions at this event held at the Brookings Institution.
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Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Thirty years ago this month, the U.S. Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act, which President Carter signed on April 12th, 1979. Richard Bush writes that this anniversary, with the hindsight of thirty years’ experience, is a good occasion to reflect on what the TRA has accomplished and what it means for the future.
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Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Responding to an article by Robert Sutter, Richard Bush and Alan Romberg examine cross-Strait relations between Taiwan and China, including the role the U.S. plays. Bush and Romberg dissect Sutter's comments and where they disagree and offer solutions for better relations between all parties involved.
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Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In this CNAPS Visiting Fellow working paper, Haeran Lim explores the effects of democratization on the transformation process of East Asian developmental states, focusing on financial reform in Korea and Taiwan after the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998. Despite their similarities, Korea and Taiwan have taken different paths of reform, which resulted in different outcomes.
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Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In the year since his election, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has improved Taiwan’s economic relations with China, with the goal of improving both Taiwan’s economic health and cross-strait relations. Rupert Hammond-Chambers writes that the United States must seize this opportunity and deepen its economic engagement with Taiwan, for the sake of its own economic interests and for long-term cross-strait development.
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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Shih-chung Liu writes at the onset of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to Asia that when she arrives in Beijing on the last stop of her journey, she should bring a commitment from Washington to the symmetry of cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan.
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Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
To the Taiwanese, the swearing-in of the 44th president of the US, Barack Obama, on Jan. 20 was a moment of profound inspiration and deep anxiety. CNAPS visiting fellow Shih-chung Liu examines the concerns of Taiwan regarding the future of their relationship with the U.S. under president Obama.
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT
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- December 04, 2008, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
On December 4, at the Institute of International Relations in Taipei, seven current and former CNAPS Visiting Fellows from around Northeast Asia presented regional views of the evolving relationship between Taiwan and China and identified implications of recent trends. The discussion was moderated by CNAPS Director Richard Bush.
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT
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- December 03, 2008, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
CNAPS and the Epoch Foundation organized this conference examining cross-strait relations and U.S. policy toward Asia at a time of political change in Taiwan and the United States. Three panels, featuring Brookings and CNAPS scholars as well as other experts, analyzed U.S. policy, cross-Strait relations, and the economy of mainland China. Brookings President Strobe Talbott and Vincent Siew, vice president of the Republic of China, provided keynote remarks.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Since taking office in May, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-Jeou has placed normalization of cross-strait relations at the top of his agenda. However, CNAPS Visiting Fellow Shih-chung Liu believes Ma must avoid the many potential pitfalls that await.
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Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT
China is increasingly forming trade, investment, technology, security, and cultural ties with Latin American nations. David Shambaugh notes that while ties are expanding rapidly in many spheres, not all of this expansion is positive from the Latin American perspective.
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Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT
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- October 30, 2008, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has proposed a “diplomatic truce” between Taiwan and China, in which the practice of competitive checkbook diplomacy would be replaced by engagement between the two sides. In this presentation, CNAPS Visiting Fellow Liu Shih-chung explores the early results of President Ma’s proposal and discusses some of the factors that influence Taiwan’s decisions on diplomacy and cross-strait policy.
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Liu Shih-Chung analyzes the similarities and differences between the Taiwan policies of John McCain and Barack Obama.
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Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Shih-chung Liu discusses Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen's recent visit to the United States. Liu believes that Tsai's visit shows that the DPP has found a new sense of responsibility toward relations with the U.S. and that her party is interested in rebuilding broken relations.
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Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT
In light of the recent conflict in Georgia, comparisons have been made between U.S. approaches toward Georgia and Taiwan. Richard Bush and Ken Lieberthal argue that the different outcomes illustrate the danger of sending mixed messages, and that American commitment should be carefully shaped around sober analysis of American capabilities and interest and the competing goals and interests of other major players.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Jeffrey Bader and Douglas Paal believe the Russian attack on Georgia can provide several important lessons for Taiwan in regards to China. Among the most important is that "a constructive relationship between the United States and major powers is an essential component of security for vulnerable states."
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Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMT
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- July 28, 2008, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
On July 28, 2008, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies hosted an event featuring remarks by Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte on U.S. policy toward Asia and its evolution in light of the major political, economic, and security trends shaping the region.
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Cross-strait relations under the Ma administration are off to a good start, but it is only a start. Richard Bush writes that the two sides should be pleased with the Chiang-Chen meetings in Beijing last week, but they should remember that they have embarked on a long and complicated process of re-engagement.
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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT
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- June 17, 2008, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
On June 17, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) at Brookings and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted a seminar to announce and examine the findings of a groundbreaking public opinion survey on the current and potential use of soft power in East Asia by the United States, China, Japan and South Korea.
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Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Since the Asian financial crisis began in 1997, momentum toward regionalism in East Asia has increased and the process has become more Asia-centric. In this CNAPS Visiting Fellow Working Paper, Liu Fu-Kuo traces the development of the new East Asian regionalism, with a special look at the consequences of excluding Taiwan from multilateral institutions.
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Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Richard Bush joined the International Affairs Forum to discuss China's increased military spending, Taiwan, and Chinese nationalism on display as the Beijing Olympics near. Bush concludes by offering suggestions to the next president of the United States regarding a future approach toward East Asia.
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Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Taiwan will inaugurate its new president, Ma Ying-jeou, on May 20, providing a strategic opportunity to transform relations between Taiwan and China. CNAPS Director Richard Bush argues that such a transformation will yield an important reduction of mutual fear and suspicion. There are obstacles, but courage should trump caution in Taipei and especially in Beijing.
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Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:30:00 GMT
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- April 07, 2008, 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
The 11th National People’s Congress in March 2008 completed the transition to the second term of the Hu Jintao-Wen Jiabao administration, making important changes in China’s party, government and military hierarchies. On April 7, the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University hosted a conference to examine what these changes mean for politics and policy in Beijing.
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Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:30:00 GMT
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- March 27, 2008, 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM
The people of Taiwan elected a new president who favors closer ties with Beijing. Leading experts from Taiwan, the United States and China including representatives from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Kuomintang (KMT) took part in a seminar examining the results of the elections, what they say about Taiwan’s current politics and its continued political and democratic development and the implications of the election and referendums for relations among Taiwan, the United States and China.
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Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Taiwan's government has several gaping imperfections that hinder political, economic, and social progress within the country. Richard Bush asserts political reforms, including altering the semi-presidential system, reducing government corruption, and evaluating recent electoral reforms are necessary to ensure stability within the country.
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Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Richard Bush discusses reasons for the failing relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan.
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Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT
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- November 20, 2007, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Haeran Lim explores the path of the post-developmental state by focusing on changes in industrial policy in Korea and Taiwan after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. She explains how the legacy of the developmental state led to a coordination failure, and identifies the need for a new coordination mechanism for industrial policy.
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Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT
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- November 07, 2007, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
In this speech launching a series of seminars on Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections, Dr. Joseph Wu, Representative at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, praised Taiwan’s peaceful democratic development, but identified some weaknesses in the system and suggested means for improvement.
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Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Two Taiwanese proposals for referenda on whether and how Taiwan should join the United Nations have caused serious concern in both the U.S. and China. The U.S. has sent high-profile warnings against a controversial referendum to Taipei, but there is no sign that either the pan-green or the pan-blue would retreat from or modify their plans, which call for referenda in March 200. How the U.S. and China will deal with this situation over the next five months is a key question for stability in East Asia.
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Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:40:02 GMT
Brookings President Strobe Talbott announced today the arrival of six new visiting fellows at the Brookings's Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS). This year's fellows come from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and Taiwan, and will participate in the center's ten-month program.
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Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Carlos Pascual and Richard Bush argue that China should not fear Taiwan’s democracy saying “Chinese moderation can produce the positive outcome it most desires from Taiwan's democracy: that the Center prevails and holds.”
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Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
In March 2008 Taiwan will hold its fourth direct presidential election. Although the election is still nine months away the campaign for nomination is well over two years old. By late May 2007, the nomination process for the two main parties was completed. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will be represented by former premier and Kaohsiung mayor, Frank Hsieh, while the Kuomintang (KMT) has nominated former party chairman and Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou.
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Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
While a number of American commentators have raised alarmist warnings over China’s rise, Richard Bush and Mike O’Hanlon argue that “most of the issues and frictions that accompany China's rise can be managed.”
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Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:00:00 GMT
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- February 22, 2007, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
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Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:00:00 GMT
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- February 06, 2007, 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM
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Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT
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- January 18, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Speech by Richard C. Bush III, Stanford University (11/30/06)
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Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:30:00 GMT
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- November 07, 2006, 9:30 AM to 12:15 PM
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Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Richard C. Bush III, Taiwan Journal (8/11/06)
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Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT
&Expertly tracing the current conundrum through its many historical routes, Bush illuminates the sometimes bizarre logic that animates the cross-strait dynamic. His commonsensical contemplations on how to manage this volatile problem should be essent
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Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT
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- July 13, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT
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- March 23, 2006 at 12:00 AM
In March 2006, Taiwan’s President-elect Ma Ying-Jeou, then Mayor of Taipei City and KMT Chairman, spoke at a joint CNAPS-CSIS event on Taiwan’s role in peace and stability in East Asia, stressing the importance of Taiwan’s role as “peacemaker” in the region.
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Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT
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- March 22, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT
In a move that once again threatens the peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the Asian region, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian announced on February 27 that the National Unification Council (NUC) will henceforth "cease to function" and the National Unification Guidelines (NUG) will "cease to apply."
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Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Speech by Richard C. Bush, III before the Taiwanese Political Science Association (12/10/05)
It is a great honor for me to speak to you today. To be perfectly frank, I don't have any idea what I am doing talking to Taiwan's assembled political scientists. I am a political scientist by training, but I confess that I gave up my membership in the American Political Science Association a long time ago. I have the deepest respect for work that all of you have done to understand this island's political system, how it has evolved and how it works or doesn't work. In my own research and writing, I have borrowed extensively from the findings of many of you. So there is some question whether there is anything new I can tell you this morning. My only excuse is that Professor Liao asked me to give your keynote address and I usually do what she asks.
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Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT
This presentation explores leadership decision-making on the Taiwan Strait issue. This is a subject on which we know very little. Much of what we know comes from Chinese sources who may have limited knowledge or who, even if they know a lot, may wish to shape our understanding of the subject. So we must be cautious in anything we say. I present an inventory of what we think we know.
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Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT
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- October 05, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Testimony by Richard C. Bush III, The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (9/15/05)
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Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:30:00 GMT
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- September 12, 2005, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Speech by Jeffrey A. Bader, American University (9/6/05)
China traditionally has looked to its neighbors in the East Asian region as the most important countries in its foreign policy domain. These are states that had tributary relationships with China in the Qing dynasty and before. It is a region that is heavily influenced by Chinese culture. Japan's culture is substantially derived from Tang Dynasty China. Korea's was strongly influenced by China's art and religion. Same holds true for Southeast Asia, Vietnam in particular. The spread of Buddhism from India through Tibet into traditional China and then outward to northeast and Southeast Asia, along with Confucianist thinking in Northeast Asia, also has provided a unifying foundation. Japan, Korea, and Vietnam all used Chinese characters for writing their language for centuries, and Japan still does.
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Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT
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Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT
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Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Richard C. Bush, China Times (3/24/05)
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Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Foreign Affairs (March/April 2005)
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Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by David Shambaugh
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Wed, 17 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT
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- November 17, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT
CNAPS Working Paper by Yuan Peng (November 2004)
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Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT
CNAPS Working Paper by Erich Shih (October 2004)
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Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Richard C. Bush, Apple Daily (6/14/04)
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Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT
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- June 09, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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Sun, 23 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT
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On May 23, 2004 in Taipei, three days after the inauguration of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's second term, CNAPS Director Richard Bush and Chairman Chang King-Yuh of the Foundation for International and Cross-Strait Studies (FICS) hosted a seminar on relations between Washington, Taipei, and Beijing.
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Thu, 06 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT
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Wed, 21 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Testimony by Richard C. Bush, House International Relations Committee (4/21/04)
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Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:00:00 GMT
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- February 23, 2004, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
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Tue, 06 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Kevin C. Scott, South China Morning Post (1/6/04)
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Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT
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- November 12, 2003 at 12:00 AM
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Fri, 05 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Speech by Richard C. Bush III, International Conference on the United Nations and Taiwan (9/5/03)
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Wed, 25 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT
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- June 25, 2003 at 12:00 AM
At a CNAPS Roundtable Luncheon on June 25, 2003, Hsiao Bi-khim, member of the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan) and Director of the Department of International Affairs of the Democratic Progressive Party, spoke on Taiwan's handling of the recent SARS crisis, its efforts to engage the World Health Organization, and the DPP's standing in Taiwan's pre-election opinion polls.
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Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Here Is a Welcome Shift by China Toward Military Transparency, Opinion in International Herald Tribune, October 24, 2000, by David Shambaugh, foreign-policy, The Brookings Institution
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Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Article by David Shambaugh, The Washington Quarterly (Spring 2000)
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Sun, 01 Aug 1999 00:00:00 GMT
In this report, the seven authors—all policy analysts or practitioners specializing on Northeast Asia—take a critical look at the economic, political and social legacies of the 1997 Asian currency crisis, and offer reasoned policy prescriptions as their governments pursue varied paths to cope with its long-term aftershocks.
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Sat, 01 Mar 1997 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Barry Eichengreen (Spring 1997)