Recent Articles
July 15, 2019 - 14:35
The "strong" Jiang-Putin stance on North Korea is an illusion
by John Tkacik
When it comes to judging Russia's and China's value as strategic players in international affairs, the world media -- and even professional diplomats in the Administration -- see what they want to...
July 15, 2019 - 14:52
Taipei Times :
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2019/07/15/2003718678
On Taiwan: The US places Taiwan among Indo-Pacific democracies
Mon, Jul 15, 2019 - Page 6
History is in the making. East Asia is on the cusp of a great-power transition. Like Japan of the 1920s, China...
June 17, 2019 - 15:52
The New Southbound Policy and China’s ‘united front’
Mon, Jun 03, 2019 - Page 6
On Friday last week (May 24), I was pleasantly surprised when the State Department’s senior diplomat for East Asia and the Pacific, acting Assistant Secretary W. Patrick Murphy,...
May 23, 2019 - 15:07
President Tsai and Taiwan’s sovereignty
Mon, Apr 29, 2019 - Page 6
Here in Washington, D.C., the Taiwanese-American community is heavily sympathetic to the Democratic Progressive Party. The rivalry for the DPP upcoming presidential nomination has evenly divided them, with many dissatisfied...
April 25, 2019 - 11:43
I don’t know if anyone, inside or outside Taiwan, wants another paean to the US’ Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) on its 40th birthday on April 10. However, it pains me, as a young US foreign service officer assigned to human rights duties on the Taiwan desk at the US Department of...
April 16, 2019 - 13:51
Mao Zedong’s ‘warlord’ jokes
Mon, Mar 25, 2019 - Page 6
Four decades ago, in September 1979, when I entered duty on the State Department’s “Taiwan Coordination Staff,” my departing predecessor pointed me to a stack of black loose-leaf binders in the...
March 6, 2019 - 16:30
After 40 years, AIT officers should be Senate-confirmed
Mon, Feb 11, 2019 - Page 6
In my never-ending research into the history of America’s relationship with Taiwan, my thoughts drift back 40 years to February 1979, a cold and snowy month which threatened to cool the Congress...
December 25, 2018 - 19:04
It is a delightful paradox when you think about it now: before 1979, Taiwan had a permanent population, secure borders, effective government and sovereign foreign relations, the four attributes of a “state as a person in international law.” But, alas, the United States did not recognize...
November 20, 2018 - 16:52
The Taipei Times
Editorials
Mon, Nov 12, 2018 - Page 6
Tkacik On Taiwan:
Is Washington watching Pratas Island’s economic zone?
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2018/11/12/2003704058
Mon, Nov 12, 2018 - Page 6
Last week in the Taipei Times (“Stars and...
November 20, 2018 - 16:55
Stars and Stripes over Pratas Island
The US occupied the small island for a day towards the end of World War II
By John J. Tkacik, Jr. /
Mon, Nov 05, 2018 - Page 8
Submarine crews in wartime generally know the date and time, but often lose track of the days. And the nights. On Tuesday...
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