Taiwan’s Semiconductor Talent Shortage

How Taiwan-ASEAN Semiconductor Cooperation Can Bolster Taipei’s National Security

Taiwan’s semiconductor industry has been under the global spotlight, given its indispensable strategic importance. Analysts have spilled a great deal of ink on the implications of geopolitical wrangling for Taiwan’s chip industry, and vice-versa. Nonetheless, the Taiwanese government and its chip industry face another significant problem – the struggle to recruit enough chipmakers.  In the … Read more

Confronting Digital Authoritarianism Through Digital Democracy: Lessons From Taiwan

Confronting Digital Authoritarianism Through Digital Democracy: Lessons From Taiwan

On January 13, the citizens of Taiwan took to the polls in a presidential election bombarded by the full coordinated force of information manipulation and influence operations directed by the People’s Republic of China. Disinformation spikes by some 40 percent ahead of elections in Taiwan, according to Billion Lee, the founder of Taiwan fact-checking organization … Read more