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- Bosco, Joseph A.
Legacy of Tiananmen: China Should Look to Taiwan. 
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jun 15 2014, 1 page."The
25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre reminds us of what
remains unchanged in China's authoritarian government. The 'China dream'
espoused by President Xi Jinping is not the
same as what the Chinese people dream of for their country." (From
the CSIS)
- Collins,
Lisa.
Preempting a Crisis on the Korean Peninsula: Lessons from
Ukraine.
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jun 12, 2014, 2 pages.
"Moscow's
recent actions in Crimea will affect world politics for years. The
aftershocks will be felt not just in Europe but in Asia as well.
Contemplating Russia’s annexation of Crimea, experts have lamented the
impact on international law, the perceived weakness of the US and its
allies, and the lessons that countries like China may learn regarding the
cost of unilateral action." (From the CSIS)
- Cordesman, Anthony H. and Sam Khazai
Executive Summary from Iraq in Crisis.
Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 30, 2014, 4 pages.
"Iraq
is a nation in crisis bordering on civil war in 2014. The country now
faces growing violence, a steady rise in Sunni Islamist extremism, an
increasingly authoritarian leader that favors Iraq’s Sunnis, and growing
ethnic tension between Arabs and Kurds." (From the CSIS)
- Holmes,
James R.
Responding to China's Assertiveness in the South China Sea.
The National Bureau of Asian Research, June 2, 2014, 2 pages.
"In
this NBR Analysis Brief, James R. Holmes (U.S. Naval War College)
describes the nature of the intensifying strategic competition in the
South China Sea and discusses policy options for the United States."
(From the National Bureau of Asian Research)
- Malinowski,
Tom.
25 Years Later, Tiananmen Square Still Colors U.S.-China
Relations.
U.S. Department of State, June 3, 2014, 3 pages.
"And
so today, the United States is asking of the Chinese government what we
have asked — and what the Chinese families of the fallen have asked — for
25 years: to
provide the fullest possible accounting of the Tiananmen events and to
stop retribution against those who wish to remember
them." (From U.S. Department of State)
- Romberg,
Alan D.
Sunshine Heats Up Taiwan Politics, Affects PRC Tactics.
Stimson Center, June 9, 2014, 20 pages.
"In
Taiwan this spring, domestic political developments attracted more
attention than those on foreign fronts. The 'Sunflower' student-led
occupation of the Legislative Yuan (LY), continuing interparty stalemate
over the cross-Strait trade in services agreement (TiSA)
and LY supervision of cross-Strait negotiations, revision of the
referendum law, and the fate of the 4th Nuclear Power Plant (4NPP)
sparked bitter political conflict." (From the Stimson Center)
- Stokes,
Jacob and Julie Smith.
Strategy and Statecraft: An Agenda for the United States in an
Era of Compounding Complexity.
Center for a New American Security, June 9, 2014, 24 pages.
"Strategy
and Statecraft Program Director Julianne Smith and Bacevich
Fellow Jacob Stokes analyze the current foreign policy landscape and lay
out an agenda for solving the biggest challenges facing U.S. global
strategy." (From the Center for a New American Security)
- 美國2014年人口販運問題報告 台灣部分（第一列）
2014 Trafficking in Persons Report: Taiwan.
OT-1405, June 20, 2014, 2 pages.
"Taiwan
authorities fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination
of trafficking. During the reporting period, Taiwan authorities continued
to prosecute trafficking offenses, including both forced labor and forced
prostitution" (From AIT)
- Criscuolo, Chiara and others.
Executive Summary from the Dynamics of Employment Growth: New
Evidence from 18 Countries.
(Small firms are bigger than you think)
OECD, May 21, 2014, 2 pages.
"Motivated
by the ongoing interest of policy makers in the sources of job creation,
this paper presents results from a new OECD project on the dynamics of
employment (DynEmp) based on an innovative
methodology using firm-level data (i.e. national business registers or
similar sources). It demonstrates that among small and medium sized
enterprises (SMEs), young firms play a central role in creating jobs,
whereas old SMEs tend to destroy jobs." (From the OECD)
- Fan, JoAnn.
Cross-Strait Economic and Political Issues.
The Brookings Institution, June 5, 2014, 10 pages.
"Taiwan's
efforts to institutionalize its engagement with the
People's Republic of China (PRC), particularly in trade and investment
activities, presents both opportunities and challenges on both
sides of the Strait, and also for the United States." (From the
Brookings Institution)
- Greszler, Rachel.
Empowerment in the Workplace.
Heritage Foundation, June 18, 2014, 10 pages.
"Empowerment
encompasses a number of qualities including confidence, autonomy, and
access to authority and influence.
In short, empowerment is the opposite of micromanagement.
Empowerment is beneficial for employees and employers alike: It leads to
more satisfied and motivated employees and higher levels of productivity
and innovation. This, in turn, helps economic growth and government tax
revenues." (From the Heritage Foundation)
- Moran,
Theodore H. and Lindsay Oldenski.
The US Manufacturing Base: Four Signs of Strength.
Peterson Institute for International Economics, June 2014, 12 pages.
"Laments
over the decline of the manufacturing base in the United States are
widespread. But while manufacturing employment has steadily declined for
many decades, more direct measures of manufacturing productivity show
that the growth of the US manufacturing sector has actually been strong
and not simply in the subsectors affected by computer production."
(From the Peterson Institute for International Economics)
- Bleiberg,
Joshua.
10 New Innovations That Could Change the World.
The Brookings Institution, June 10, 2014, 4 pages.
"Since
2001, the MIT Technology Review has released their list of the 10 most
important technological innovations that emerged each year. The editors
selected each item based on its potential to change the world. Previous
years lists included epigenetics, wireless
sensor networks, grid computing, additive manufacturing, smart watches,
and mobile 3-D. The 2014 list is just as exciting." (From the
Brookings Institution)
- Libicki, Martin C. and others.
Summary from Hackers Wanted: An Examination of the Cybersecurity
Labor Market.
RAND, June 17, 2014, 7 pages.
"Demand
for trained cybersecurity professionals who
work to protect organizations from cybercrime is high nationwide, but the
shortage is particularly severe in the federal government, which does not
offer salaries as high as the private sector." (From RAND)
- U.S.
Route 66: A Journey for Travelers Seeking 'Americana.'
IIP Digital, June 13, 2014, 3 pages.
"Route 66 is no longer the most efficient route west for drivers,
but it offers a glimpse into a previous world, when traveling meant
exploration, rather than simply a means to an end." (From IIP
Digital)
- Winograd, Morley and Michael Hais.
How Millennials Could Upend Wall Street
and Corporate America.
The Brookings Institution, May 28, 2014, 19 pages.
"By
2020, Millennials will comprise more than one
of three adult Americans. It is estimated that by 2025 they will make up
as much as 75 percent of the workforce. Millennials'
desire for pragmatic action that drives results will
overtake today's emphasis on ideology and polarization as Boomers finally
fade from the scene. Thus, understanding the generation's values
offers a window into the future of corporate America." (From the
Brookings Institution)
- Darby, M.
Brooke.
The Escalating International Wildlife Trafficking Crisis:
Ecological, Economic, and National Security Issues.
U.S. Department of State, May 21, 2014, 6 pages.
"Let
me provide some insights into the breadth and scale of the challenge
posed by the global illicit trade in wildlife. Increasing demand for
illegally traded wildlife products in the last several years has fueled a
massive uptick in poaching, particularly in Africa, and growing
engagement by sophisticated transnational organized criminal networks,
drawn to profits that can rival or in some cases even exceed those
derived from drug trafficking. " (From U.S. Department of State)
- Lister,
Sarah A.
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS): Is It a Health
Emergency?
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, June 4, 2014, 6 pages.
"Middle
East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a serious viral respiratory illness
first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012.1 The
global count of MERS cases increased sharply this spring. As of May 28,
2014, 636 MERS cases (including 193 deaths) have been reported to the
World Health Organization (WHO)." (From CRS Report)
- Sepulveda,
Daniel.
Internet Governance: Multistakeholder,
Multilateral Sectors Can Coexist.
IIP Digital, June 18, 2014, 3 pages.
"One
of the issues at the center of discussions over the future of Internet
governance is how multilateral and multistakeholder
institutions with an interest in working on Internet-related issues can
coexist without duplication or conflict and without threatening to
undermine the Internet and its promise." (From IIP Digital)
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