Podcast Archive: Strait Talking
How will the Asia-Pacific region’s supply chains adjust to the new world of strategic competition and friend-shoring? How is climate change impacting the lives of people in the region? How can Taiwan manage its relations with neighboring countries?
Strait Talking, from the Taiwan Center for Security Studies, has all of these discussions and more. This monthly news commentary podcast comes straight from the center of action here in Taipei and builds on decades of security studies expertise.
The first half of the podcast takes some of the best bits from the Center’s monthly newsletter, before diving deeper into the stories catching our interest.
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TCSS Security Commentary Archive
TCSS Security Commentary – 041
June 23, 2024
- The 2024 German Indo-Pacific Deployment
- China’s Lunar Ambitions: The Chang’e 6 Mission
- Xi Jinping in France, what conclusion can we draw?
- When Soft Power Translates to Hard Power – The Necessity of a Taiwanese Soft Power Strategy
- China Factors in the 2024 Indian General Elections
- Strengthening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea: North Korea and China are benefiting from the Ukraine war

TCSS Security Commentary – 040
May 1, 2024
- An assessment of regional risks following conclusion of PRC’s “two sessions”
- New President, Regional Consequences: Indonesia’s Climate Imperative
- Korea under divided government: Will Korea’s cross-strait policy change?
- Nato’s quantum technology strategy
- US, Japan, and the Philippines Trilateral: Strengthening the Weakest Link
- Ma Ying-jeou’s visit to China demonstrates rift in Taiwanese politics on China
- Chancellor Scholz’s China Conundrum

TCSS Security Commentary – 039
March 31, 2024

TCSS Security Commentary – 038
December 31, 2023

TCSS Security Commentary – 037
November 30, 2023
- Biden and Xi reinforce guardrails of US-China relations ahead of US polls next year
- The Declining Influence of the United Nations: A Call for Comprehensive Reforms
- The French Military Withdrawal from Niger: A case of Inevitable Forceful Decolonization?
- Egypt’s Strategic Position in the Middle East – What role will Egypt play in easing the Israeli-Hamas conflict

TCSS Security Commentary – 036
October 31, 2023

TCSS Security Commentary – 014
May 17, 2021
- China’s Digital Yuan
- How the Mekong Basin Communities Cope with Water Security
- ASEAN Emergency Summit on Myanmar Crisis: The Positives and the Challenges

TCSS Security Commentary – 013
May 4, 2021
- Grey Zone Tactics in the South China Sea
- Climate Change
- The EU’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

TCSS Security Commentary – 012
April 18, 2021
- The New “Four Pillars” and the Desire for National Prosperity
- The Iran Deal and Is It Salvageable?
- Russia & Ukraine Border Tensions – Towards New War?

TCSS Security Commentary – 011
April 13, 2021
- Will Taiwan Change the Way it Defends its ADIZ?
- The View from Taiwan, Intel’s Expansion into the Semiconductor Industry
- Disregarded Global Climate Crisis and the QUAD

TCSS Security Commentary – 010
March 31, 2021
- US-China High-Level Talks in Alaska Paint Contrasting Worldviews with a Caveat
- The Quad Under the Shadow of China’s Power

TCSS Security Commentary – 009
March 22, 2021
- The Quad is Back with a Vision to Navigate Indo-Pacific Affairs
- US-China High-Level Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska
- Troubles in the Eastern Mediterranean – A Look Into Western Asia’s Maritime Woes

TCSS Security Commentary – 008
March 22, 2021
- Japanese Prime Minister to visit White House as early as April in first official trip abroad
- Constructive engagements, the ASEAN dilemma, and democratic backsliding within the region
- The Biden Administration’s Interim National Security Strategic Guidance

TCSS Security Commentary – 007
March 8, 2021
- Pineapples and Politics – Continued
- Virtual Meeting of ASEAN’s Top Diplomats Discussing Crisis Resolution on Myanmar
- DEFENDER-Europe 21 and ZAPAD 2021

TCSS Security Commentary – 006
March 2, 2021
- In the economy, Taiwan had a strong week that has the world buzzing.
- Cabinet-Level reshuffles in defense and cross-strait affairs were announced and confirmed by the Tsai administration
- Pineapples and Politics.

TCSS Security Commentary – 005
February 6, 2021
- The Rise and Fall of a Burmese Democratic Experiment, No Kindness for His Country

TCSS Security Commentary – 004
February 1, 2021
- U.S. sends carrier into South China Sea as Chinese bombers fly near Taiwan ,
- Davos 2021, The Great Reset.

TCSS Security Commentary – 003
January 25, 2021
- How China’s Economy is still growing even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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