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Category - Official Text

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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20150602日。
    Charles H. Rivkin, Assis
    tant 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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。
    Remark
    s 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)

Category - International Relations

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)

Category - Economics

 
  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)

 

Category - Politics

    
  1. 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)
  2. Galston, William A.
    Republicans and Democrats Divided on Important Issues for a Presidential Nominee
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    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)
  3. Madden, Mary and Lee Rainie.
    Americans' Attitudes About Privacy, Security and Surveillance
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    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)
  4. 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)

Category - Global Issues

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)

Category - Innovation

 
  1. 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)
  2. 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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