Books
2023. Electoral Malpractice in Asia: Bending the Rules, ed., with Netina Tan. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishing.
2020. Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years, ed., with Yun-han Chu and Larry Diamond. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishing.
2016. Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years, ed., with Yun-han Chu and Larry Diamond. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishing.
2020. Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years, ed., with Yun-han Chu and Larry Diamond. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishing.
- Introductory chapter.
- Discussion at the Hoover Institution.
- Discussion at SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies.
- Reviewed in Asian Affairs, Democratization, and Pacific Affairs.
2016. Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years, ed., with Yun-han Chu and Larry Diamond. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishing.
Articles and Book Chapters
2024. "Taiwan’s Transition to Democracy and Beyond (1986-2024)," in Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan, 2nd edition, ed. Gunter Schubert. London: Routledge, 51-67.
2023. “When Do Elections Help Autocrats? The Plight of Palestinians under SNTV in Jordan,” with Ella Gao. Electoral Studies 86: 102627 [December].
2023. "Taiwan: Raising the Bar," in Electoral Malpractice in Asia: Bending the Rules, ed. Netina Tan and Kharis Templeman (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishing), 65-88.
2022. "How Democratic Is Taiwan?: Evaluating Twenty Years of Political Change." Taiwan Journal of Democracy 18(2): 1-24. [Previous version presented at the 4th World Congress of Taiwan Studies, Seattle, WA, June 27-29, 2022.]
2021. "Strait of Emergency?: Debating Beijing's Threat to Taiwan." Foreign Affairs 100(5) [September/October]: 216-229. With Rachel Esplin Odell and Eric Heginbotham; Bonnie Lin and David Sacks; Oriana Skylar Mastro.
2020. "How Taiwan Stands Up to China." Journal of Democracy 31(3): 85-99.
2020. "The Party System Before and After the 2016 Elections," in Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years, ed. Kharis Templeman, Yun-han Chu, and Larry Diamond. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishing. [Previous version presented at the Taiwan Studies Programme Conference 2019, University of Nottingham, June 27-28, 2019.]
2020. "After Hegemony: State Capacity, the Quality of Democracy, and the Legacies of the Party-State in Democratic Taiwan," in Stateness and the Quality of Democracy in East Asia, ed. Aurel Croissant and Olli Hellmann (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press).
2020. "Politics in the Tsai Ing-wen Era," in Taiwan: The Development of an Asian Tiger, ed. Hans Stockton and Yao-yuan Yeh (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishing), 67-96.
2019. "Blessings in Disguise: How Authoritarian Legacies and the China Factor Have Strengthened Democracy in Taiwan," International Journal of Taiwan Studies 2(2): 230-262. [Previous version presented at the 3rd World Congress of Taiwan Studies, September 6-8, 2018.]
2018. "When Do Electoral Quotas Advance Indigenous Representation?: Evidence from the Taiwanese Legislature," Ethnopolitics, 17(5): 461-484. [Supplementary data].
2017. "The China Model: How Successful is the Chinese Regime?" Taiwan Journal of Democracy 12(2): 177-201.
2014. "Old Concept, New Cases: One-Party Dominance in the Third Wave," APSA Annals of Comparative Democratization 12(3): 2+.
2012. "The Myth of Consociationalism?: Conflict Reduction in Divided Societies," with Joel Selway, Comparative Political Studies 45(12): 1545-1571. [Data and replication code].
2023. “When Do Elections Help Autocrats? The Plight of Palestinians under SNTV in Jordan,” with Ella Gao. Electoral Studies 86: 102627 [December].
2023. "Taiwan: Raising the Bar," in Electoral Malpractice in Asia: Bending the Rules, ed. Netina Tan and Kharis Templeman (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishing), 65-88.
2022. "How Democratic Is Taiwan?: Evaluating Twenty Years of Political Change." Taiwan Journal of Democracy 18(2): 1-24. [Previous version presented at the 4th World Congress of Taiwan Studies, Seattle, WA, June 27-29, 2022.]
2021. "Strait of Emergency?: Debating Beijing's Threat to Taiwan." Foreign Affairs 100(5) [September/October]: 216-229. With Rachel Esplin Odell and Eric Heginbotham; Bonnie Lin and David Sacks; Oriana Skylar Mastro.
2020. "How Taiwan Stands Up to China." Journal of Democracy 31(3): 85-99.
2020. "The Party System Before and After the 2016 Elections," in Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years, ed. Kharis Templeman, Yun-han Chu, and Larry Diamond. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishing. [Previous version presented at the Taiwan Studies Programme Conference 2019, University of Nottingham, June 27-28, 2019.]
2020. "After Hegemony: State Capacity, the Quality of Democracy, and the Legacies of the Party-State in Democratic Taiwan," in Stateness and the Quality of Democracy in East Asia, ed. Aurel Croissant and Olli Hellmann (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press).
2020. "Politics in the Tsai Ing-wen Era," in Taiwan: The Development of an Asian Tiger, ed. Hans Stockton and Yao-yuan Yeh (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishing), 67-96.
2019. "Blessings in Disguise: How Authoritarian Legacies and the China Factor Have Strengthened Democracy in Taiwan," International Journal of Taiwan Studies 2(2): 230-262. [Previous version presented at the 3rd World Congress of Taiwan Studies, September 6-8, 2018.]
2018. "When Do Electoral Quotas Advance Indigenous Representation?: Evidence from the Taiwanese Legislature," Ethnopolitics, 17(5): 461-484. [Supplementary data].
2017. "The China Model: How Successful is the Chinese Regime?" Taiwan Journal of Democracy 12(2): 177-201.
2014. "Old Concept, New Cases: One-Party Dominance in the Third Wave," APSA Annals of Comparative Democratization 12(3): 2+.
2012. "The Myth of Consociationalism?: Conflict Reduction in Divided Societies," with Joel Selway, Comparative Political Studies 45(12): 1545-1571. [Data and replication code].
Policy Reports
"Deepening U.S.-Taiwan Cooperation Through Semiconductors," with Oriana Mastro, in Silicon Triangle: The United States, China, Taiwan, and Global Semiconductor Security, edited by Larry Diamond, James O. Ellis, Jr., and Orville Schell, July 2023, Hoover Institution Press.
Democracy under Siege: Advancing Cooperation and Common Values in the Indo-Pacific, Issue Brief, Atlantic Council, January 2020.
Taiwan’s January 2020 Elections: Prospects and Implications for China and the United States, New Geopolitics of Asia Policy Paper Series, Brookings Institution, December 2019.
Monitoring the Cross-Strait Balance: Taiwan's Defense and Security, 2019 Taiwan Democracy and Security Project Workshop, Stanford University, September 2019.
Taiwan's Place in the Evolving Security Environment of East Asia, 2018 Taiwan Democracy and Security Project Workshop, Stanford University, July 2018.
The Politics of Polarization: Taiwan in Comparative Perspective, 2014 Taiwan Democracy Project Annual Conference, Stanford University, December 2014.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Taiwan's Future Development Strategy, 2013 Taiwan Democracy Project Annual Conference, Stanford University, January 2014. [Abridged Report].
Democracy under Siege: Advancing Cooperation and Common Values in the Indo-Pacific, Issue Brief, Atlantic Council, January 2020.
Taiwan’s January 2020 Elections: Prospects and Implications for China and the United States, New Geopolitics of Asia Policy Paper Series, Brookings Institution, December 2019.
Monitoring the Cross-Strait Balance: Taiwan's Defense and Security, 2019 Taiwan Democracy and Security Project Workshop, Stanford University, September 2019.
Taiwan's Place in the Evolving Security Environment of East Asia, 2018 Taiwan Democracy and Security Project Workshop, Stanford University, July 2018.
The Politics of Polarization: Taiwan in Comparative Perspective, 2014 Taiwan Democracy Project Annual Conference, Stanford University, December 2014.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Taiwan's Future Development Strategy, 2013 Taiwan Democracy Project Annual Conference, Stanford University, January 2014. [Abridged Report].
Other Publications
Chen Shui-bian, in Encyclopedia of Taiwan Studies, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Brill, published online November 2023.
The 2022 Elections in Review: How Taiwan Failed to Adapt Voting for a Pandemic, Taiwan Insight, December 18, 2022.
Book review of Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation, edited by Jerome Cohen, William P. Alford, and Chang-fa Lo, Singapore: Springer, 2019. The China Quarterly, Volume 249, March 2022, pp. 298-300.
Taiwan is Not Ukraine: Stop Linking Their Fates Together, War on the Rocks, January 27, 2022.
Golden Age of Taiwan Studies in the U.S., International Taiwan Studies Center, National Normal Taiwan University, December 24, 2021.
Political Calculations underlying Cross-Strait Deterrence, Testimony before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, February 18, 2021. Hearing video here.
China's Military Incursions around Taiwan Aren't a Sign of Imminent Attack, The Diplomat, October 22, 2020.
Can Tsai Ing-wen Avoid the Second Term Curse?, Taiwan Insight, June 23, 2020.
Is Taiwan's Party System Headed for a Crackup?, Taiwan Insight, September 23, 2019.
2018 Taiwan Local Elections: What Happened?, Global Taiwan Brief, November 28, 2018.
The 2018 Local Elections: Five Questions for Election Night, Taiwan Insight, November 23, 2018.
Reposted as Five Questions for After Taiwan's Elections, The News Lens.
Political Reform under Tsai Ing-wen: A Disappointing Record, Taiwan Insight, May 29, 2018.
Reposted as The Broken Promise of Tsai Ing-wen, The News Lens.
Forum -- The State of the Field of Global Taiwan Studies Institutions: A Time for Optimism or Pessimism? With Dafydd Fell, Gunther Schubert, Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang, Lev Nachman, and Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley, International Journal of Taiwan Studies 1(2): 371-394 [January 2018].
Institutional Profile: The Taiwan Democracy Project at Stanford University, European Association of Taiwan Studies Newsletter, January 2018, 1-4.
Third Force Parties in the 2016 Election, Global Taiwan Brief, November 2, 2016.
Tsai Ing-wen's Pingpuzu Aborigine Challenge, Ketagalan Media, August 16, 2016.
面對平埔族，蔡英文的挑戰 (Chinese language version), September 21, 2016.
The Real Essence of Taiwan's 2014 Elections, Ketagalan Media, November 26, 2014.
Crafting a Better Democracy in Taiwan, Ketagalan Media, October 15, 2014.
塑造更好台灣民主制度, (Chinese language version), October 22, 2014.
The 2022 Elections in Review: How Taiwan Failed to Adapt Voting for a Pandemic, Taiwan Insight, December 18, 2022.
Book review of Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation, edited by Jerome Cohen, William P. Alford, and Chang-fa Lo, Singapore: Springer, 2019. The China Quarterly, Volume 249, March 2022, pp. 298-300.
Taiwan is Not Ukraine: Stop Linking Their Fates Together, War on the Rocks, January 27, 2022.
Golden Age of Taiwan Studies in the U.S., International Taiwan Studies Center, National Normal Taiwan University, December 24, 2021.
Political Calculations underlying Cross-Strait Deterrence, Testimony before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, February 18, 2021. Hearing video here.
China's Military Incursions around Taiwan Aren't a Sign of Imminent Attack, The Diplomat, October 22, 2020.
Can Tsai Ing-wen Avoid the Second Term Curse?, Taiwan Insight, June 23, 2020.
Is Taiwan's Party System Headed for a Crackup?, Taiwan Insight, September 23, 2019.
2018 Taiwan Local Elections: What Happened?, Global Taiwan Brief, November 28, 2018.
The 2018 Local Elections: Five Questions for Election Night, Taiwan Insight, November 23, 2018.
Reposted as Five Questions for After Taiwan's Elections, The News Lens.
Political Reform under Tsai Ing-wen: A Disappointing Record, Taiwan Insight, May 29, 2018.
Reposted as The Broken Promise of Tsai Ing-wen, The News Lens.
Forum -- The State of the Field of Global Taiwan Studies Institutions: A Time for Optimism or Pessimism? With Dafydd Fell, Gunther Schubert, Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang, Lev Nachman, and Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley, International Journal of Taiwan Studies 1(2): 371-394 [January 2018].
Institutional Profile: The Taiwan Democracy Project at Stanford University, European Association of Taiwan Studies Newsletter, January 2018, 1-4.
Third Force Parties in the 2016 Election, Global Taiwan Brief, November 2, 2016.
Tsai Ing-wen's Pingpuzu Aborigine Challenge, Ketagalan Media, August 16, 2016.
面對平埔族，蔡英文的挑戰 (Chinese language version), September 21, 2016.
The Real Essence of Taiwan's 2014 Elections, Ketagalan Media, November 26, 2014.
Crafting a Better Democracy in Taiwan, Ketagalan Media, October 15, 2014.
塑造更好台灣民主制度, (Chinese language version), October 22, 2014.
Book Projects
Governing Taiwan: Making Democracy Work.
Distorted Democracies: Party System Asymmetry and the Sources of One-Party Dominance.
Distorted Democracies: Party System Asymmetry and the Sources of One-Party Dominance.
Datasets
Electorally Contested Regimes Dataset (ECRD). Data to measure ruling party duration in electoral autocracies and democracies, 1950-2022. Companion to Distorted Democracies book project.
Working Papers
"At a Dead End: China’s Taiwan Policy and America’s Response." Presented at the INDSR Workshop on “U.S.-China Relations and Prospects for Cross-Strait Relations” October 19-20, 2021, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Threats, Alliances, and Electorates: Why Taiwan's Defense Spending Has Declined as China's Has Risen," Revised for the NBR National Asia Research Program, October 2019.
"The Origins of Dominant Party Systems." Prepared for the Dominant Party Systems Conference at the University of Michigan, May 9-10, 2014.
"Threats, Alliances, and Electorates: Why Taiwan's Defense Spending Has Declined as China's Has Risen," Revised for the NBR National Asia Research Program, October 2019.
"The Origins of Dominant Party Systems." Prepared for the Dominant Party Systems Conference at the University of Michigan, May 9-10, 2014.
Public Engagement
Deadlocked: Can Taiwan Make Divided Government Work?, Global Taiwan Studies, Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, March 17, 2025.
Pulse Check on Taiwan's Democratic Resilience: Institutions, Domestic Debate, and New Governance Frontiers, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, November 18, 2024.
Xi Jinping's Plan for Taiwan, Pekingology, CSIS, September 19, 2024.
UC San Diego Forum on U.S.-China Relations, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington D.C., January 30-31, 2024
Taiwan's 2024 Presidential and Legislative Elections: What Happened and What It Means, Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region, Hoover Institution, January 25, 2024.
Taiwan Election Results and Implications for Beijing, ChinaTalk Podcast, January 25, 2024.
2nd Interview with Fan Chi-fei, 斐姨所思 [Aunty Fei Wants to Know], January 24, 2024.
What the Taiwan Election Results Mean for the Future of Cross-Strait Relations with China. Global Dispatches Podcast, with Mark Goldberg, January 19, 2024.
2024 Future of U.S. and China Conference, Asia Society of Northern California, January 18, 2024.
Session 4: Crossing the Strait -- The Taiwan Elections and U.S.-China Relations
Strategic Shifts: Unpacking Taiwan's Election and Global Relations, Network 20/20, January 16, 2024.
Taiwan Election Night Special, Taiwan Plus, January 13, 2024.
Taiwan's 2024 General Elections: The Campaign So Far, Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region, Hoover Institution, November 29, 2024.
Making Waves: Taiwan's Presidential Election 2024, Taiwan Studies Program, University of Washington, November 1, 2023.
Taiwan's Presidential Elections: A Primer, ChinaTalk Podcast, July 25, 2023.
The Geopolitical Implications of Taiwan's Presidential Elections, Mark Goldberg, Global Dispatches Podcast, July 10, 2023.
Interview with Fan Chi-fei, 斐姨所思 [Aunty Fei Wants to Know], July 3, 2023.
What Does the Future Hold for Taiwan? Brookings Institution, May 25, 2023.
Inside Taiwan's Local Elections, Inside Asia Podcast, Center for Asian Democracy, University of Louisville, December 14, 2022.
Taiwan's 2022 Local Election Results: What Happened and What It Means, Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region, Hoover Institution, November 29, 2022.
Taiwan's Local Elections: Domestic Politics, Global Implications, Jamestown Foundation, November 29, 2022.
Can Peace Be Preserved across the Taiwan Strait? Peninsula Chapter, World Affairs, November 2, 2022.
Cross-Strait Technological and Economic Relations, Asian Experts Forum, Claremont McKenna College, October 17, 2022.
Taiwan's Outlook: Independence, Unification, or Status Quo? Matters of Policy and Politics, podcast, with Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution, recorded September 19, 2022.
Prospects and Challenges for Taiwan in the Years Ahead, Brookings Institution, May 26, 2022.
The Ukraine Crisis and Taiwan, Taiwan Insider, February 24, 2022.
Leading Taiwan Politician Had Secret Credit Suisse Account at Time of Major Defense Corruption Scandal, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, February 22, 2022.
Defending Democracy Worldwide: Strengthening Taiwan's Democratic Resilience, Atlantic Council, December 9, 2021.
Taiwan's Future with the U.S. and China, Radio Taiwan International, November 20, 2021.
The Geopolitics of the Semiconductor Industry, Stern Policy Forum, NYU Stern School of Business, September 10, 2021.
Democracy in Action, Past and Present Movements in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Myanmar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, June 28, 2021.
How Taiwan Became the Biggest Risk for a U.S.-China Clash, Bloomberg, Video report, June 15, 2021.
Democracy in Action: Past and Present Movements in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Myanmar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, June 28, 2021.
The Politicization of COVID Vaccines in Taiwan, SupChina, June 15, 2021.
Why There's Talk about China Starting a War with Taiwan, Vox, May 15, 2021.
Podcast: GTI Insights, Season 2, Episode 5, Global Taiwan Institute, April 1, 2021.
Tensions over Taiwan: Implications for U.S. – China Relations, Network 20/20, Zoom webinar, February 25, 2021.
The Politics Behind Taiwan's Controversial Ractopamine Pork Policy, SupChina, January 26, 2021.
Taiwan's Mask Diplomacy, Top of Mind with Julie Rose, BYU Radio, May 6, 2020.
The Impact of Taiwan's Recent Elections, University of South Carolina, February 21, 2020.
The Taiwan Election: Dealing with Disinformation while Protecting Free Speech, Cato Institute Blog, February 7, 2020.
Taiwan's 2020 Elections--Results and Implications, Institute for Asian Studies, Portland State University, January 16, 2020.
Critical Vote: A Taiwan Post-Election Roundtable, Taiwan Studies Program, University of Washington, January 12, 2020.
Election Night Coverage, Taiwan Insider, Radio Taiwan International, January 11, 2020.
Taiwan's 2020 Presidential and Legislative Elections, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, December 3, 2019.
National Security, The Taiwan Take Podcast, November 25, 2019.
Taiwan's 2020 Presidential Election and the China Factor, interview with National Bureau of Asian Research, October 23, 2019.
Taiwan Studies Programme Conference 2019, University of Nottingham, June 27-28, 2019.
Asia Policy Assembly 2019, National Bureau of Asian Research, Washington, DC, June 18-19, 2019.
Coverage of remarks: Taiwan Won't Be a Bargaining Chip for America, Liberty Times, June 20, 2019.
The 2018 Taiwanese Local Elections: Results and Implications, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stanford University, November 30, 2018.
ITS Invites Four Experts to Analyze US and Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Daily, November 5, 2018.
Taiwan and the World Conference, Chapman University, April 18, 2018.
Status Undecided, interview with Deutschlandfunk radio, March 31, 2018.
US-China Struggle in the Taiwan Strait, The Journalist, December 20, 2017.
Why Has Taiwan’s Defense Spending Fallen as China’s Has Risen?, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, December 8, 2017.
Outside of Taiwan, Is There Any Future for Taiwan Research? The News Lens, June 4, 2017.
Interview with Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, Stanford University, May 11, 2016.
Taiwan's 2016 Presidential and Legislative Elections, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, January 26, 2016.
Taiwan Goes to the Polls, Sigur Center for Asian Studies Asia Report, December 2, 2015.
Taiwan 2014 Municipal Elections Roundtable, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, December 2, 2014
Wild Lily Democracy, Ketagalan Media, March 11, 2014.
Pulse Check on Taiwan's Democratic Resilience: Institutions, Domestic Debate, and New Governance Frontiers, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, November 18, 2024.
Xi Jinping's Plan for Taiwan, Pekingology, CSIS, September 19, 2024.
UC San Diego Forum on U.S.-China Relations, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington D.C., January 30-31, 2024
Taiwan's 2024 Presidential and Legislative Elections: What Happened and What It Means, Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region, Hoover Institution, January 25, 2024.
Taiwan Election Results and Implications for Beijing, ChinaTalk Podcast, January 25, 2024.
2nd Interview with Fan Chi-fei, 斐姨所思 [Aunty Fei Wants to Know], January 24, 2024.
What the Taiwan Election Results Mean for the Future of Cross-Strait Relations with China. Global Dispatches Podcast, with Mark Goldberg, January 19, 2024.
2024 Future of U.S. and China Conference, Asia Society of Northern California, January 18, 2024.
Session 4: Crossing the Strait -- The Taiwan Elections and U.S.-China Relations
Strategic Shifts: Unpacking Taiwan's Election and Global Relations, Network 20/20, January 16, 2024.
Taiwan Election Night Special, Taiwan Plus, January 13, 2024.
Taiwan's 2024 General Elections: The Campaign So Far, Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region, Hoover Institution, November 29, 2024.
Making Waves: Taiwan's Presidential Election 2024, Taiwan Studies Program, University of Washington, November 1, 2023.
Taiwan's Presidential Elections: A Primer, ChinaTalk Podcast, July 25, 2023.
The Geopolitical Implications of Taiwan's Presidential Elections, Mark Goldberg, Global Dispatches Podcast, July 10, 2023.
Interview with Fan Chi-fei, 斐姨所思 [Aunty Fei Wants to Know], July 3, 2023.
What Does the Future Hold for Taiwan? Brookings Institution, May 25, 2023.
Inside Taiwan's Local Elections, Inside Asia Podcast, Center for Asian Democracy, University of Louisville, December 14, 2022.
Taiwan's 2022 Local Election Results: What Happened and What It Means, Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region, Hoover Institution, November 29, 2022.
Taiwan's Local Elections: Domestic Politics, Global Implications, Jamestown Foundation, November 29, 2022.
Can Peace Be Preserved across the Taiwan Strait? Peninsula Chapter, World Affairs, November 2, 2022.
Cross-Strait Technological and Economic Relations, Asian Experts Forum, Claremont McKenna College, October 17, 2022.
Taiwan's Outlook: Independence, Unification, or Status Quo? Matters of Policy and Politics, podcast, with Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution, recorded September 19, 2022.
Prospects and Challenges for Taiwan in the Years Ahead, Brookings Institution, May 26, 2022.
The Ukraine Crisis and Taiwan, Taiwan Insider, February 24, 2022.
Leading Taiwan Politician Had Secret Credit Suisse Account at Time of Major Defense Corruption Scandal, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, February 22, 2022.
Defending Democracy Worldwide: Strengthening Taiwan's Democratic Resilience, Atlantic Council, December 9, 2021.
Taiwan's Future with the U.S. and China, Radio Taiwan International, November 20, 2021.
The Geopolitics of the Semiconductor Industry, Stern Policy Forum, NYU Stern School of Business, September 10, 2021.
Democracy in Action, Past and Present Movements in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Myanmar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, June 28, 2021.
How Taiwan Became the Biggest Risk for a U.S.-China Clash, Bloomberg, Video report, June 15, 2021.
- Featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, October 24, 2021.
Democracy in Action: Past and Present Movements in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Myanmar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, June 28, 2021.
The Politicization of COVID Vaccines in Taiwan, SupChina, June 15, 2021.
Why There's Talk about China Starting a War with Taiwan, Vox, May 15, 2021.
Podcast: GTI Insights, Season 2, Episode 5, Global Taiwan Institute, April 1, 2021.
Tensions over Taiwan: Implications for U.S. – China Relations, Network 20/20, Zoom webinar, February 25, 2021.
The Politics Behind Taiwan's Controversial Ractopamine Pork Policy, SupChina, January 26, 2021.
Taiwan's Mask Diplomacy, Top of Mind with Julie Rose, BYU Radio, May 6, 2020.
The Impact of Taiwan's Recent Elections, University of South Carolina, February 21, 2020.
The Taiwan Election: Dealing with Disinformation while Protecting Free Speech, Cato Institute Blog, February 7, 2020.
Taiwan's 2020 Elections--Results and Implications, Institute for Asian Studies, Portland State University, January 16, 2020.
Critical Vote: A Taiwan Post-Election Roundtable, Taiwan Studies Program, University of Washington, January 12, 2020.
Election Night Coverage, Taiwan Insider, Radio Taiwan International, January 11, 2020.
Taiwan's 2020 Presidential and Legislative Elections, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, December 3, 2019.
National Security, The Taiwan Take Podcast, November 25, 2019.
Taiwan's 2020 Presidential Election and the China Factor, interview with National Bureau of Asian Research, October 23, 2019.
Taiwan Studies Programme Conference 2019, University of Nottingham, June 27-28, 2019.
Asia Policy Assembly 2019, National Bureau of Asian Research, Washington, DC, June 18-19, 2019.
Coverage of remarks: Taiwan Won't Be a Bargaining Chip for America, Liberty Times, June 20, 2019.
The 2018 Taiwanese Local Elections: Results and Implications, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stanford University, November 30, 2018.
ITS Invites Four Experts to Analyze US and Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Daily, November 5, 2018.
Taiwan and the World Conference, Chapman University, April 18, 2018.
Status Undecided, interview with Deutschlandfunk radio, March 31, 2018.
US-China Struggle in the Taiwan Strait, The Journalist, December 20, 2017.
Why Has Taiwan’s Defense Spending Fallen as China’s Has Risen?, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, December 8, 2017.
Outside of Taiwan, Is There Any Future for Taiwan Research? The News Lens, June 4, 2017.
Interview with Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, Stanford University, May 11, 2016.
Taiwan's 2016 Presidential and Legislative Elections, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, January 26, 2016.
Taiwan Goes to the Polls, Sigur Center for Asian Studies Asia Report, December 2, 2015.
Taiwan 2014 Municipal Elections Roundtable, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, December 2, 2014
Wild Lily Democracy, Ketagalan Media, March 11, 2014.
