After the 2024 presidential election in Taiwan, Nauru immediately severed ties with Taipei and resumed diplomatic relations with Beijing. Lionel Aingimea, Nauru’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, told CCTV reporters that breaking off ties with Taiwan will bring new opportunities for Nauru’s development. Following Nauru’s diplomatic switch, Taiwan is left with only 12 diplomatic … Read more
Bernardo Arévalo’s emphatic victory in the Guatemalan presidential elections in August 2023 disrupted decades of conservative political control. The direction that the former diplomat and anti-corruption crusader leads Central America’s largest country will have significant geopolitical consequences for the United States beyond the region. Among many important issues, the incoming Arévalo administration is weighing Guatemala’s historical … Read more
Pacific politics recently has draw considerable attention, and Monday was no exception with Nauru opting to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan and align itself with China less than 48 hours after the Taiwanese elections. In a move likely to reverberate around the region, the small Pacific Island became the first nation to change allegiance toward … Read more
Amid Russia’s recent incursion into Ukraine, there’s a prevailing belief that such actions may foreshadow a potential Chinese military move toward Taiwan. However, this perspective may not fully capture Beijing’s approach. “I do think that Xi Jinping doesn’t actually want to take Taiwan by force. He will try to use other ways to do this,” … Read more
Advertisement The “Taiwan adventure,” it was called. Or the “Taiwan billion.” Or – rather more prosaically – the “Taiwan loans case.” It all depends on who you ask. “I guess the ‘Taiwan billion-dollar affair’ could be a working term,” said Filip Stojanovski. “Though maybe not so catchy.” However it is remembered, the episode looms large … Read more
China Power | Diplomacy | East Asia All too often, Taiwan looks the other way as its formal partners commit human rights abuses. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and Paraguay’s then-President Horacio Cartes review the tri-service military band and honor guard in Taipei, Taiwan July 12, 2017. Credit: Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan) Advertisement Taiwan is one of the … Read more
Videos | Diplomacy | East Asia Patricio Giusto, Julieta Heduvan, and Brian Hioe discuss the future of Taiwan’s diplomatic recognition in Latin America. Advertisement In March, Taiwan lost one of its diplomatic allies in Latin America when Honduras established ties with China. That leaves Taipei with just 13 formal diplomatic partners, seven of which are in Latin America and … Read more