Last month, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned in its Annual Threat Assessment that China is intensifying its “efforts to mold U.S. public discourse” and will also likely continue to “apply military and economic pressure as well as public messaging and influence activities while promoting long-term cross-Strait economic and social integration to … Read more
In late summer, I joined fellow Doublethink Lab (DTL) co-founder and now Democratic Progressive Party legislative candidate Puma Shen in visiting Ukraine. In doing so, DTL became the first Taiwanese civil society organization (CSO) to act on a seeming truism in international relations analysis and related media commentary: that Taiwan should learn from Ukraine’s experience … Read more
With less than a month until the Taiwanese presidential elections, concerns are on the rise regarding how China might attempt to interfere in the elections. Chinese military threats directed at Taiwan continue, with daily air incursions and naval activity. This month saw Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense publicize information about movement by a Chinese surveillance … Read more
Advertisement Disinformation may be on the rise in Taiwan ahead of the 2024 elections next year. In recent years, much attention has gone to disinformation and misinformation as it is spread through social media networks as Facebook and Twitter, or messenger apps such as LINE. However, this may occlude the role that traditional media networks … Read more