Vol. 11 No. 1 (2020): Taiwan: Perspectives Beyond the Strait

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (Taiwan), is today one of the most vibrant democracies in the Far East, as well as an economic power of global significance. The complexity of its pluralistic identity framework, the political evolution it has undergone since the democratic transition of the 1990s, and the economic and security challenges to which it is exposed in the current delicate international political framework are key elements to be explored in order to understand the present and future balances in East Asia and beyond.