Less than two hours before his own ultimatum expired, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a two-week pause on military strikes against Iran — adding yet another "TACO" moment to ......
Beijing made a major move on March 30, 2026, as state media announced that Xi Jinping (習近平), General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, personally welcomed and invited Chen......
In an exclusive telephone interview with Storm Media, Lee Tai-chuang (李大壯) — chairman of the China New Era Think Tank Foundation, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Confer......
On March 30, a senior Chinese official announced that President Xi Jinping (習近平) had formally invited Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) to lead a delegation to China. The hi......
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chen Kuan-ting (陳冠廷) took the stage at the "Maritime Defense Unmanned Trends Forum" on April 7 with a clear message: Taiwan must take ......
A High-Stakes Diplomatic MissionKuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) is set to lead a party delegation to mainland China on April 7, culminating in a meeting with Chinese Comm......
U.S. President Donald Trump's recent televised address claimed a decisive victory against Iran while failing to articulate any clear conditions for ending the brutal conflict. The ......
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon issued a wide-ranging assessment of the global economy in his 2025 annual letter to shareholders, warning that geopolitical conflicts, technological ......
Taiwan's February trade agreement with the United States — struck under pressure from President Donald Trump's tariff policies — may involve significantly more capital flowing to A......
For the first time in a decade, the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party are set to meet face to face. The world has changed dramatically since their last summ......
Taiwan and the United States recently signed the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, a controversial deal mandating massive Taiwanese investments in America. The agreement commits Taiwa......
Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) will lead a historic party delegation to mainland China from April 7 to April 12. This monumental diplomatic trip marks the first visit by ......
On March 31, President Trump announced plans to end U.S. military operations against Iran within three weeks — with or without a deal. Analysts warn this is less a resolution than ......
Kuomintang Chairperson Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) is scheduled to visit mainland China from April 7 to April 12. This marks the first time in a decade that a sitting KMT chair has made suc......
As the United States conducts military operations in the Middle East, a sharp disagreement has emerged within Washington's foreign policy establishment. Speculation over a potentia......
The US and Israeli military campaign against Iran, launched on February 28, has evolved into a protracted conflict that threatens global economic stability and inadvertently advan......
Whatever analytical tools are available to his advisers—and those advisers have grown increasingly reluctant to push back—Donald Trump is likely to chart a course defined less by s......
Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, promising to tame inflation, revitalize the American economy, and avoid "stupid wars." However, he now faces the most severe politi......
On Feb. 28, U.S. President Donald Trump launched the most consequential military operation of his presidency. Coordinated with Israeli forces, Operation Epic Fury delivered a sweep......
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that Washington is actively negotiating with Iran, a major diplomatic development that Tehran's government has also formally acknowledg......
A satirical acronym coined in the financial press has become a serious analytical framework for understanding U.S. foreign policy: "TACO," short for "Trump Always Chickens Out."
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Taiwan is unlikely to be used as a bargaining chip in any upcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平). That assessment comes from Chang ......
After launching what amounted to an invasion of Venezuela, President Donald Trump quickly signaled that Cuba would be next. Even as the United States remains mired in what is becom......
Chinese-Canadian political commentator Jiang Xueqin has drawn wide attention for his forecasts about U.S.–Iran tensions and Donald Trump's political future, as war in the Middle Ea......
Now entering its third week, the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran shows no signs of resolution. Debates continue to swirl in Washington over whether to force open the St......
Taiwan's President William Lai announced on Friday that nuclear reactors at the island's second and third power plants meet the conditions for restart, with state utility Taiwan Po......
Retired Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan says even a multinational escort effort would restore only a fraction of normal oil transit through the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring how diffic......
Samuel Huntington's landmark work The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order argued not only that civilizational conflict represents the greatest threat to world pe......
With the United States struggling to find allies willing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, Taiwan should proactively offer to send naval vessels to the Middle East — fully expec......
Donald Trump has never been known for diplomatic restraint. But even by his own standards, what unfolded in the Oval Office on March 19 was striking. Seated beside Japanese Prime M......
After Israel struck Iran's South Pars gas field on March 18, Iran launched retaliatory attacks on energy infrastructure across the Persian Gulf. Among the hardest hit was Qatar's R......
For the past five years, the notion that the People's Liberation Army would invade Taiwan in 2027 had taken on the character of received wisdom in Washington's think tanks and poli......
The Japanese government has launched a legal review to determine whether it can deploy the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The ......
The ongoing U.S.-Iran military conflict is narrowing Washington's leverage over Beijing while potentially strengthening Chinese President Xi Jinping's strategic confidence toward T......
Two weeks into the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran, the strategic picture is becoming clearer — and considerably less favorable to Washington than early declarations of......
Venezuela, a leading baseball power in Latin America, advanced to the World Baseball Classic (WBC) championship game for the first time in the tournament's history on March 16, def......
Now entering its third week, the U.S. military operation against Iran has prompted intense debate among global strategic analysts over whether the campaign — described by President......
Globalization has not ended but is undergoing a pendulum correction after advanced semiconductor manufacturing became too concentrated in Taiwan, MediaTek Chief Executive Rick T......
As the Middle East conflict enters its third week, U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran continue to intensify. Global oil prices are swinging sharply, repeatedly testi......
As the conflict in the Persian Gulf entered its 16th day on Tuesday, President Donald Trump escalated pressure on global allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz, calling for an inter......
When the United States and Israel launched large-scale airstrikes against Iran in late February, Washington's political narrative was straightforward: The strikes were a necessary ......
A pointed sentiment is circulating on American social media: People say they now support a military strike on Iran—on one condition. If President Donald Trump is so committed to ma......
The Strait of Hormuz is currently hotter than the Taiwan Strait. As Iran aggressively mines the vital waterway and chokes off oil tanker traffic, U.S. forces are massing in the P......
Nearly two weeks after the United States and Israel launched large-scale military operations against Iran, the Middle East remains engulfed in conflict, raising severe concerns for......
For twelve consecutive days beginning February 27, People's Liberation Army aircraft recorded no sorties over the Taiwan Strait's western approaches — an absence that prompted a wa......
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that the ongoing military campaign against Iran will end soon because there are few military targets left to hit, but the staggering f......
As the United States and Israel conduct joint military operations against Iran and the Russia-Ukraine war stretches into its fourth year, the stability of the Taiwan Strait remains......
On Feb. 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury, executing precision strikes against Iranian nuclear and military installations. Iran immediately reta......
Taiwan's military has reported a rare and "unusual" lull in Chinese aerial activity, with Beijing's warplanes largely absent from the skies around the island for nine of the past 1......
In assessing the conflict, University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer contendentIn assessing the ongoing conflict, University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer contends t......
