Memory: Taiwan's Democracy Grew Out of Forgetting and Remembering
Taiwan's democracy did not fall from the sky — it was won across generations, through blood and tears, through silence, through writing, through the streets. Understanding Taiwan's political culture and will to defend itself today requires first understanding how Taiwan's collective memory was suppressed, contested, and rebuilt; and in the face of Beijing's cognitive-warfare and historical-narrative offensive, memory itself is becoming the strategic asset Taiwan most needs to guard.
The Lithuania Model: How a Country of Three Million Said No to Beijing and Didn't Get Crushed
In 2021, Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a representative office under the name 'Taiwan.' Beijing's retaliation was diplomatic downgrading, economic sanctions, and supply-chain pressure. Two years later, Lithuania had not backed down, and China had not escalated further. What does this case tell democracies beyond Taiwan? What was the price? And what can Taiwan not simply copy?
The Talent Ledger: How Much Brainpower Does Taiwan Lose Each Year — Do We Actually Know?
Taiwan faces a triple squeeze at once — an aging population, a birth rate at the bottom of the global rankings, and an outflow of highly skilled talent — yet the policy debate often focuses on the wrong thing. Winning back a handful of overseas Taiwanese will not solve a structural problem; the real question is whether Taiwan can make the next generation of top talent feel that staying is worth it.