Understanding Taiwan’s policies, politics, and global impact
What is Taiwan’s evolving place in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world? Will Taiwan continue to claim the mantle of the world’s leading semiconductor producer? What does the future relationship look like between Washington and Taipei?
These are the pressing questions that our scholars at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia work every day to answer. Explore the events, research, and commentary below to learn more about our work.
Video
Harvard-ID holders were invited to join us for a discussion with Alexander Tah-ray Yui, Taiwan’s Representative to the United States, to mark the 45th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act and discuss the future of US-Taiwan relations.
Video
The Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia hosted a webinar on Taiwan’s recent presidential election, which earlier that month saw the Democratic Progressive Party’s Lai Ching-te capture the presidency.
Feature
Explore our most popular research, commentary, and events.
Video
On Monday, September 11, 2023, the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia at Harvard Kennedy School hosted leading academics and experts focused on the semiconductor industry for a full-day symposium to discuss challenges and opportunities in this critical sector.
Video
A discussion on U.S.-Taiwan trade relations
Q+A
President Biden hopes the passage of the CHIPS Act will jumpstart American microchip production. But as Jason Hsu explains, subsidies will only go so far in the global competition to gain dominance in the semiconductor industry.
Policy Brief
This paper aims to provide an overall risk analysis of the Taiwan Strait situation by using Hong Kong’s experience over the past three decades as a point of comparison.