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The Twelve Remaining Seats: Diplomatic Dominoes and the Vatican's One-of-a-Kind Line of Defense
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' latest statistics show Taiwan has twelve diplomatic allies, with the Holy See its only partner in Europe. The Holy See maintains a provisional agreement with China on the appointment of bishops, but that agreement has not changed Taiwan-Vatican diplomatic relations; the two relationships must be understood as strictly separate.
The Vanishing Seats: How Beijing Squeezes Taiwan's International Space One Venue at a Time
From a human rights summit forced to cancel in Zambia, to a passport turned away at the door in Geneva — Beijing's exclusion of Taiwan is not a single incident but a decades-long project that takes away Taiwan's seats one at a time. Taiwan is trying to trade the seats it has lost for more friends elsewhere.
The EU's Taiwan Pivot: From Polite Silence to Strategic Concern, Brussels' New Calculus on the Taiwan Strait
The European Parliament has sharpened its language on Taiwan, the Taiwan-EU Trade and Investment Dialogue has become institutionalized, and the Netherlands has widened export-licensing requirements for certain semiconductor equipment — but none of this amounts to a security commitment, nor a blanket exemption for Taiwan. The EU's Taiwan policy is growing more concerned, but it has not crossed the line set by the One-China policy and the limits of member-state competence.