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 Category - Official Text

  1. 共創美台關係發展新未來 - 美國在台協會處長梅健華政治大學演說稿。
    U. S.-Taiwan Relations: Our Shared Future.

    Remarks by AIT Director Kin Moy at National Chengchi University
    OT-1603, April 28, 2016, 8 pages.
    “I’d like to talk about what we at AIT are doing to promote strong relations between the United States and Taiwan and to shape our common future.  With our shared values and shared interests, our futures are intertwined.  I’d also like to talk about some of the ways the United States and Taiwan are connected, and describe how we at AIT, as we advance U.S.-Taiwan relations, are doing things that are having an impact, including on the issues that matter to young people. “(From AIT)
  1. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015: Taiwan: Executive Summary.
    OT-1602C, April 14, 2016, 15 pages.
    “Taiwan is governed by a president and a parliament selected in multiparty elections. In 2012 voters re-elected President Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang Party (KMT) to a second four-year term in an election considered free and fair. Civilian authorities maintained effective control over the security forces.” (From AIT)
Category - International Relations
  1. Russel, Daniel R.
    Remarks at "China's Growing Pains" Conference
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    U.S. Department of State, April 22, 2016, 4 pages.
    “The context for the progress we’ve made with China includes the President’s active engagement with ASEAN and each of its 10 member countries, as well as the quality of our alliances - particularly with Australia, South Korea, and Japan. It also includes our support for democratic Taiwan and for universal values and human rights; the successful negotiation of TPP and the strength of U.S. businesses and investors across the region. It also includes the credibility of our security presence.” (From U.S. Department of State)
  1. Cropsey, Seth
    New American Grand Strategy.

    Hudson Institute, April 13, 2016, 7 pages.
    “The U.S. today faces a heretofore unfamiliar strategic challenge, the possibility of three linked hegemonies that span the Eurasian land mass. Russia is on the ramparts in Ukraine, Georgia, and the Middle East. Its Baltic State ambitions are not a secret. NATO’s failure to respond in a real crisis means the alliance’s end and a maturing Russian hegemony that stretches from Central Asia to the Atlantic. China actively seeks to become Asia’s hegemon. Iran’s rulers, armed with missiles of increasing range, added financial resources, and the likelihood of nuclear weapons, have their eye on dominating the strategic space between Moscow’s influence and Beijing’s.” (From Hudson Institute)
  1. Goldberg, Jeffrey.
    The Obama Doctrine.
    The Atlantic, April 2016, 20 pages.
    “The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world.” (From the Atlantic)
  1. Lohman, Walter.
    After the Rebalance to Asia.
    The Heritage Foundation, March 31, 2016, 8 pages.
    “The ‘rebalance’ has been very carefully considered from virtually every angle. Now, in the midst of a political season in which Americans are debating their nation’s role in the world, it is time to take stock and start looking beyond the rebalance to the time when a new Administration will take ownership of Asia policy.” (From the Heritage Foundation)
  1. Renwick, Danielle and others.
    U.S.-Cuba Relations.
    Council on Foreign Relation, March 24, 2016, 5 pages. “Since the 1960s, successive U.S. administrations have maintained a policy of economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation of Cuba. The change in the countries' relations, initially marked by a prisoner swap and Havana's release of a jailed U.S. subcontractor in December 2015, prompted some experts to point to better prospects for Cuba’s economy and U.S. relations more broadly in Latin America..” (From Council on Foreign Relation)
  Category - Economics
  1. Martin, Michael F.
    What’s the Difference?—Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data.
    Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research Service, March 24, 2016, 11 pages.
    “This paper examines the differences in the trade data from the two nations in two ways. First, it compares the trade figures using the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System) to discern any patterns in the discrepancies between the U.S. and Chinese data. The second approach to examining the differing trade data involves a review of the existing literature on the technical and non-technical sources of the trade data discrepancies. ” (From CRS Report)
  2. 10. 2016 Trade Policy Agenda and 2015 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program. 
    Office of the United States Trade Representatives, March 26 2014, 375 pages.
    “President Obama’s trade agenda seeks to promote growth, support well-paying jobs in the United States, and strengthen the middle class. Trade policy done right serves the American people: workers and families, farmers and ranchers, innovators and entrepreneurs, and businesses of all sizes.” (From the USTR)
  1. The 2016 National Trade Estimate Report: Taiwan.
    Office of the United States Trade Representatives, March 26 2016, 8 pages.
    “The U.S. goods trade deficit with Taiwan was $14.8 billion in 2015, a 6.2 percent increase ($868 million) over 2014. U.S. goods exports to Taiwan were $25.9 billion, down 2.8 percent ($741 million) from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Taiwan were $40.7 billion, up 0.3 percent. Taiwan was the United States' 14th largest goods export market in 2015.” (From the USTR)

 

Category - Politics
  1. Campaign Exposes Fissures Over Issues, Values and How Life Has Changed in the U.S. 
    Pew Research Center, March 31, 2015, 8 pages.
    “The 2016 presidential campaign has exposed deep disagreements between – and within – the two parties on a range of major policy issues. But these divisions go well beyond the issues and extend to fundamentally different visions of the way that life in the United States has changed.” (From Pew Research Center)
    Cohn, D'Vera  and Andrea Caumont.
    10 Demographic Trends that are Shaping the U.S. and the World.

    Pew Research Center, March 31, 2016, 5 pages.
    “At its core, demography is the act of counting people. But it’s also important to study the forces that are driving population change, and measure how these changes have an impact on people’s lives. For this year’s Population Association of America (PAA) annual meeting, here is a roundup of some of Pew Research Center’s recent demography-related findings that tell us how America and the world are changing.” (From Pew Research Center)
  2. Lucas, Nathan, J. and Kathleen J. McInnis.
    The 2015 National Security Strategy: Authorities, Changes, Issues for Congress.

    Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research Service, April 5, 2016, 26 pages.
    “The 2015 report retains much of the underlying thought of the 2010 version. However, its emphasis appears to shift away from the U.S. role in the world being largely a catalyst for action by international institutions to one that reflects more involved leadership both inside those institutions and between nations. It also takes a tougher line with both China and with Russia, while emphasizing the desirability for cooperation with both.” (From CRS Report)
  
Category - Global Issues  
  1. Archick, Kristin and Paul Belkin.
    CRS Insight: European Security and Islamist Terrorism.
    Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research Service, March 29,  2015, 3 pages.
    “President Obama strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in Brussels and asserted U.S. support for Belgium, the EU, and NATO which is also headquartered in Brussels. The attacks may raise additional questions in Congress about U.S.-led military efforts to counter the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and they may prompt further scrutiny of airport security.” (From CRS Report)
  1. Southerland, Matthew
    China’s Island Building in the South China Sea: Damage to the Marine Environment, Implications, and International Law.
    U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, April 12, 2016, 10 pages.
    “Prior to the commencement of China’s dredging and island building in the Spratly Islands, the South China Sea’s coral reefs were already under heavy stress. Coral loss due to bleaching, disease, and destructive fishing methods has occurred, and these reefs, like others around the world, face threats from ocean acidification and rising sea levels.” (From U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission)

Category - Innovation

  1. Barba, Ronald
    How We Can Improve Innovation in America.
    Tech.Co. April 5, 3 pages.
    “This article reaches out to several experts to learn their thoughts on how we can further improve innovation in the United States.” (from the Tech.Co.)
  1. Wu, John AND Stephen J. Ezel
    How National Policies Impact Global Biopharma Innovation: A Worldwide Ranking.
    Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, April 2016, 25 pages.
    “This report begins by explaining the indicators and methodology used to rank countries’ contributions to global life-sciences innovation; it then articulates the importance of each indicator and assesses how countries perform on them. It concludes with policy recommendations.” (From the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation)

 


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