March 15, 2021

The Taiwan Take | PLA Rocket Force “PLARF”: Mark Stokes (Project 2049) // Security Part 1

By: Mark Stokes and JR Wu | THE TAIWAN TAKE | In November 2020, The Taiwan Take interviewed Mark Stokes on the “PLA Rocket Force ‘PLARF’: Mark […]
January 13, 2021

Trump Upsets Decades of U.S. Policy on Taiwan, Leaving Thorny Questions for Biden

By: Gerry Shih and Lily Kuo | THE WASHINGTON POST | … Secretary of State Mike Pompeo abruptly lifted U.S. government rules prohibiting interactions between American and Taiwanese […]
December 2, 2020

Taiwan Is Building Eight New Submarines—They Alone Could Destroy A Chinese Invasion Fleet

By: David Axe | FORBES | Taiwan has begun building its first new submarines in a generation. And when the boats enter service starting around 2025, they could […]
June 29, 2018

ZTE Replaces Board, but Power Structure Remains

By: Dan Strumpf, Wenxin Fan, and Kate O’Keeffe | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL | ZTE Corp. replaced its board of directors on Friday to satisfy U.S. authorities’ demands and secure […]
March 14, 2018

Hard-Charging Chinese Energy Tycoon Falls From Xi Government’s Graces

By: Alexandra Stevenson | THE NEW YORK TIMES | A mysterious Chinese buyer surprised the financial world last year when it swooped in to buy a […]
March 12, 2018

The Secretive China Energy Giant That Faces Scrutiny

By: Bloomberg QuickTake, with assistance by Simon Lee, Jonathan Browning, Alfred Cang, Keith Zhai, Thomas Wilson, Alan Katz, Stephen Stapczynski, Blake Schmidt, Judy Chen, Heng Xie, […]
February 22, 2018

China Is Tightening the Screws on Taiwan. Will Trump Act – and Risk Losing Beijing?

By: Cipher Brief Analysis | THE CIPHER BRIEF | Bottom line: Beijing aimed skyward with its latest attempt to expand areas of influence, unilaterally opening up several flight routes […]
January 17, 2017

The United States and Future Policy Options in the Taiwan Strait

By: Mark Stokes | NOTE: This post draws largely from a Project 2049 study, authored by Mark Stokes and Sabrina Tsai, published in February 2016. With the […]
February 1, 2016

The United States and Future Policy Options in the Taiwan Strait

By: Mark Stokes and Sabrina Tsai | Taiwan is a core interest in U.S. foreign policy. Its values, technological prowess, and geostrategic position align with foundational American values and […]
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