On the opening pages of Taiwan’s national civil defense manual, citizens are confronted with a stark question: “In the event of aggression, are you aware that adversaries will flood the internet with disinformation to undermine public morale and destabilize society?” For the roughly 23 million people living just 180 kilometers from the Chinese coast, the… Continue reading The handbook you hope never to use: What Taiwan’s civil defense manual reveals about democratic resilience
Taiwan’s solidarity with the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 has largely vanished from collective memory. Yet newly examined archives show that, in the uprising’s aftermath, Taiwan mounted an island-wide campaign to support the Hungarian people. In other words, an authoritarian regime publicly aligned itself with another nation’s struggle for freedom. What first appears to be a… Continue reading “We stand with the brave Hungarian people”: Taiwan’s forgotten solidarity with the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
This CEIAS report offers the first comprehensive, bottom-up analysis of Europe-Taiwan relations across 30 European countries. By systematically examining bilateral ties rather than treating Europe as a single actor, it provides a new empirical foundation for assessing the scope, depth, and current limits of Europe’s engagement with Taiwan. Since 2020, Europe’s approach to Taiwan has… Continue reading Partners in need, partners indeed? Tracking Europe-Taiwan relations amidst global disruption
This project aims to deliver the first systematic, EU-wide analysis of relations between Taiwan and all 27 EU member states, as well as the EU as an institution. It will map both historical legacies and current dynamics across key dimensions of engagement, including political, economic, and societal relations, utilizing a unified analytical framework that enables… Continue reading Audit of Taiwan relations with the EU countries
