- 美國在台協會代理處長酈英傑減碳策略國際研討會致詞稿 (全文為英文)
Remarks by AIT Acting
Director Brent Christensen at 2015 International Partnership Conference on
Carbon Reduction Strategies June 23, 2015. 
OT-1513, June 25, 2015, 2 pages.
"Carbon reduction technologies are an important part of
efforts to fight climate change. The United States has committed over six
billion dollars over the past decade for carbon capture, utilization, and
sequestration, and it is inspiring to see that Taiwan is also stepping up its
efforts to address climate change with the passage of a new law on greenhouse
gas emissions." (From AIT)
- 美國國務院經濟暨商業事務局查爾斯‧芮福金助卿《全球合作暨訓練架構》瞭解備忘錄簽署儀式致詞。
Remarks by Assistant
Secretary of State Charles H. Rivkin at Global Cooperation Training Framework
(GCTF) MOU Signing Ceremony.
OT-1510, June 01, 2015, 1
page.
“U.S.-Taiwan Global Cooperation and Training Framework
Agreement will enhance our joint engagement in the Asia Pacific region and the
world.” (From AIT)
- 美國國務院經濟暨商業事務局查爾斯‧芮福金助卿「台北國際電腦展」致詞2015年06月02日。
Charles H. Rivkin, Assistant Secretary for
the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Remarks at Computex Taipei, Taiwan
Tuesday, June 2, 2015.
OT-1511,
June 2, 2015, 3 pages.
“The digital economy is no longer just one part of the
traditional economy. It is the economy. It has transformed the way we conduct
business, communicate and share information, allowing us to achieve previously
unimaginable things.” (From AIT)
- 美國國務院經濟暨商業事務局查爾斯‧芮福金助卿「未來城市工作坊」開幕致詞。
Charles H. Rivkin, Assistant Secretary for
the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Remarks at Future City Workshop
Opening Ceremony, United Hall, Taiwan Air Force (TAF) Innovation Base.
OT-1512,
June 2, 2015, 4 pages.
“The U.S. is working in
many different ways to support entrepreneurs and innovators in the Asia Pacific
region and around the world.” (From AIT)
- 美國在台協會馬啟思處長《全球合作暨訓練架構》瞭解備忘錄簽署儀式致詞。
Remarks by Former AIT
Director Christopher J. Marut at the “Global Cooperation Training Framework”
MOU Signing Ceremony.
OT-1509, June 01, 2015, 2 pages.
“This Framework will institutionalize and serve
as a platform for expanding U.S.-Taiwan relations: cooperation on regional and
global issues.” (From AIT)
- Campbell, Caitlin.
Highlights from
China’s New Defense White Paper, “China’s Military Strategy.”
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, June 1, 2015, 4 pages.
“On May 26th, the Chinese government released its 10th defense white paper
(DWP),1 entitled “China’s Military Strategy.”* DWPs—China’s most authoritative
statements on national security—are published by the State Council Information
Office and approved by the Central Military Commission, Ministry of National
Defense, and State Council. Beijing primarily uses these documents as a public
relations tool to help ease deepening international concern over China’s
military modernization and answer calls for greater transparency.” (From the U.S.-China
Economic and Security Review Commission)
- Krasner, Stephen D.
American Foreign Policy in Transition.
Hoover Institution, June 2, 2015, 3 pages.
“Since the end of the
Second World War, the United States has unambiguously been the most powerful
state in the international system. At two points in the last 60 years, the
period immediately following the end of the Second World War and the period
after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its satellite empire, the United
States stood not just first among equals but unambiguously as the dominant
power in the world.” (From the Hoover Institution)
- McBride, James.
Building the New Silk
Road.
Council on Foreign
Relations, May 25, 2015, 7 pages.
“Today, the idea of a "New Silk Road," an
intertwined set of economic integration initiatives seeking to link East and
Central Asia, has taken hold in the United States and China—for very different
reasons.” (From the Council on Foreign Relations)
- Michael D. Swaine.
Averting a Deepening U.S.-China Rift over the South China
Sea.
The National Interest, June 2, 2015, 8 pages.
” The recently announced
Chinese defense white paper focusing on China’s commitment to strengthen its
growing naval power, along with bellicose remarks by Chinese and American
officials regarding events in the South China Sea, have deepened tensions
between Washington and Beijing and set the media and punditry world afire.” (From the National Interest)
- Sullivan, Alexander.
Navigating the Future:
U.S.-Taiwan Maritime Cooperation and Building Order in Asia.
Center for New America
Strategy, June 10, 2015, 17 pages.
“Taiwan’s maritime
geography grants it indelible strategic significance in the region. It is the
linchpin of the first island chain: It and its outlying islands sit athwart critical sea
lanes that link the East and South China Seas, and its maritime environs constitute
one of the key edges of the open Western Pacific.” (From the Center
for New America Strategy)
- Fergusson, Ian F.
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and the Role of Congress in Trade Policy.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, June
15, 2015, 28 pages.
“This
report presents background and analysis on the development of TPA, a summary of
the major provisions under the expired authority, and a discussion of the issues
that have arisen in the debate over TPA renewal. It also explores some of the
policy options available to Congress.” (From CRS Report)
- Fischer, Stanley.
What Have We
Learned from the Crises of the Last 20 Years?
Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 1, 2015, 7 Pages.
“There have been many
economic and financial crises since the Mexican crisis that began in December
1994. Michel Camdessus, then Managing Director of the IMF, called the Mexican
crisis "the first economic crisis of the twenty first century"--by
which he meant that it was the first emerging market country crisis whose
immediate roots were more in the capital account than in the current account of
the balance of payments.” (From the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System)
- Salidjanova, Nargiza.
China's Trade Ambitions:
Strategy and Objectives behind China's Pursuit of Free Trade Agreements.
U.S.-China Economic and
Security Review Commission, May 28, 2015, 43 pages.
“This
paper analyzes China’s preferential trade strategy and rationale. It finds that
China has signed trade agreements primarily with countries that are neither
significant in the global economy nor vital to China’s export sector. Indeed,
several partners enjoy bilateral trade surpluses with China, and have
comparative advantages in industries that China may want to protect from
outside competition. The way in which China negotiates trade deals is also
confounding. Unlike the United States, China appears to lack a modus operandi,
so that the scope, strength, and details of its agreements vary widely. (From the
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission)
- Eikenberry, Karl W.
Toward A National Security Strategy.
Hoover Institution, June 4, 2015, 3 pages.
"A comprehensive and
effective United States national security strategy must take stock of the
capacity of the relevant government machinery to plan and implement. To move
beyond mere aspirations requires a deep understanding of the organizational
structures and administrative capabilities of the agencies charged with
formulating and executing the policies, programs, and processes associated with
that strategy. To do otherwise is to risk overpromising and under-delivering. A
national security strategy that builds on the strengths and competencies of the
existing security institutions is only a first step, but is one crucial to its
success. " (From the Hoover Institution)
- Galston, William A.
Republicans and Democrats
Divided on Important Issues for a Presidential Nominee.
The Brookings Institution,
June 3, 2015, 3 pages.
“In these hyper-polarized
times, it is no longer surprising when political partisans disagree vehemently
about public policy issues. But in the early weeks of the race for the
Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, another dimension of
polarization is coming into view: the parties don’t even agree about which
issues matter most.“ (From the Brookings Institution)
- Madden, Mary and Lee Rainie.
Americans'
Attitudes About Privacy, Security and Surveillance.
Pew
Research Center, May 20, 2015, 8 pages.
“The public has been awash with news stories detailing
security breaches at major retailers, health insurance companies and financial
institutions. These events – and the doubts they inspired – have contributed to
a cloud of personal data insecurity that now looms over many Americans’ daily
decisions and activities.” (From Pew Research Center)
- Multiracial in America: Proud, Diverse and
Growing in Numbers.
Pew
Research Center, June 11, 2015, 11 pages.
“Multiracial Americans are at the cutting edge of social and
demographic change in the U.S.—young, proud, tolerant and growing at a rate
three times as fast as the population as a whole. As America becomes more
racially diverse and social taboos against interracial marriage fade, a new Pew
Research Center survey finds that majorities of multiracial adults are proud of
their mixed-race background (60%) and feel their racial heritage has made them
more open to other cultures (59%).” (From Pew Research Center)
- Obama, Barack
Statement
by the President on the Framework to Prevent Iran from Obtaining a Nuclear
Weapon.
The White
House, April 2, 2015, 7 pages.
“As
President and Commander-in-Chief, I have no greater responsibility than the
security of the American people. And I
am convinced that if this framework leads to a final, comprehensive deal, it
will make our country, our allies, and our world safer.” (From the White House)
- Bureau of Counterterrorism.
Country Reports on Terrorism 2014 :East Asia and Pacific Overview.
U.S. Department of State, June 19, 2015, 14 pages.
“Country Reports on Terrorism 2014 is
submitted in compliance with Title 22 of the United States Code, Section 2656f
(the "Act"), which requires the Department of State to provide to
Congress a full and complete annual report on terrorism for those countries and
groups meeting the criteria of the Act.” (From U.S. Department of State)
- Blanchard, Christopher M. and others.
The
“Islamic State” Crisis and U.S. Policy.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional
Research Service, June 11, 2015, 46 pages.
“The Islamic State (IS, aka
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL/ISIS or the Arabic acronym
Daesh) is a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group that has
seized areas of Iraq and Syria since 2013, threatening the wider region. There
is debate over the degree to which the Islamic State organization may directly
threaten U.S. homeland security or U.S. facilities and personnel in the region”
(From CRS Report)
- Holt,Mark and others.
U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional
Research Service, June 4, 2015, 30 pages.“Negotiated by the Reagan Administration
nearly 30 years ago, the current U.S. peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement
with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is set to expire on December 30,
2015. President Obama submitted a new 30-year U.S.-China nuclear cooperation
agreement for congressional review on April 21, 2015.
Among other provisions, the agreement would allow for uranium enrichment up to
a level less than 20% U-235 and Chinese reprocessing of U.S.-obligated material
at safeguarded facilities.” (From CRS Report)
- Tech Policy 2016: What Presidential
Candidates Should Be Talking About.
Information
Technology & Innovation Foundation, June 17, 2015, 14 pages.
“A year
from now, the 2016 presidential primaries will be over, and the nominees of
both parties will need to focus in earnest on the broad interests of the
American people, not just the parochial concerns of their respective bases.
When that time comes, this memo provides the draft of a speech that we believe
is critically important for the country to hear on technology and the economy.”
(From ITIF)
- Worried About the Robots Eating
Our Jobs? A Group of Techies Offers a Policy Agenda.
American
Enterprise Institute, June 5, 2015, 4 pages.
“A group of tech-oriented economists, execs, and venture
capitalists have published an open letter where they express concern that the
economics benefits of the digital revolution are being too narrowly shared. Or
as they sum it up, ‘Will robots eat our jobs?’ And ‘maybe’ is their answer, but
only if we do nothing.” (From American Enterprise Institute)
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