Past Taiwan Scholars
The Wilson Center Taiwan Scholar program began in 2017. The residential fellowship program allows the scholar to spend one to two months during the summer at the Wilson Center in Washington DC, where they pursue policy-oriented research designed to bridge the gap between the academic and policy communities.
Taiwan plays a key role in promoting democracy and ensuring free markets in East Asia and beyond. It remains a critical political, economic, and security partner for the United States in the region, and deepening U.S. understanding of Taiwan is essential at a time of significant change on both sides of the Pacific. The fellowship is open to Taiwanese scholars committed to research on contemporary Taiwanese issues that address questions related to political stability, economic growth, and regional security.
The Taiwan Scholar Program is made possible from the generous support of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States.
Taiwan Scholars
Recent Publications
Taiwan’s Role in the U.S. Semiconductor Supply Chain Network
The Wilson Center’s Taiwan Scholar Kristy Tsun-Tzu Hsu discusses the role Taiwan’s semiconductor industry can play not only in furthering Taipei’s global presence, but also partner with Washington to strengthen the supply chain of the United States and beyond.
The U.S.-China Trade War and Options for Taiwan
The 2018 U.S. National Security Strategy noted that “economic security is national security.” The report stated that the White House would “no longer turn a blind eye to violations, cheating or economic aggression.” In order to address these concerns, the Trump administration adopted a number of concrete measures aiming to weaken the link between economic and security ties that have bound U.S.-China relations tightly until now.
Recent Events
Taiwan’s Role in the U.S. Semiconductor Supply Chain Network
The Wilson Center’s Taiwan Scholar Kristy Tsun-Tzu Hsu is joined by the President of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council Rupert Hammond-Chambers and the Wilson Center’s Director for Geoeconomics and Indo-Pacific Enterprise Shihoko Goto.
Chilling U.S.-China Economic Relations: Options for Taiwan
Tensions between the United States and China have only intensified in recent years, and wariness of Beijing has become one of the few issues that still garners bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. With great power competition expected to increase even further, Washington is turning to its allies and partners to strengthen efforts to push back against China’s economic coercion, violations of human rights, efforts to change the status quo in the Indo-Pacific, and infringements of the rule of law.
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