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Democracy in Taiwan Project
CDDRL ProjectOngoing
Investigators
Larry Diamond - Stanford University
The Democracy in Taiwan Project at CDDRL focuses on issues associated with democratic political and social change and the regional and international challenges confronting democracy in Taiwan (including the problem of cross-Strait relations).
Events & Presentations
- Maritime Issues in East Asia: Finding Peaceful Solutions
November 29, 2012 CDDRL Research Seminar
Edward I-Hsin Chen, Yann-huei Song
2 presentations available 
From Planned Economy to Market Economy: Taiwan's Economic Transformation
November 16, 2012 CDDRL Seminar
Tai-chun Kuo- How the Public Views Democracy and its Competitors in East Asia: Taiwan in Comparative Perspective
May 25, 2012 - May 26, 2012 CDDRL Conference 
paper, conference agenda available - Taiwan’s Maturing Democracy
May 14, 2012 CDDRL Seminar
Larry Diamond
Audio transcript available transcript, 5 presentations available 
Politics by Other Means: International Law in the Political Contest over Taiwan’s Status and Cross-Strait Relations
April 24, 2012 CDDRL Seminar
Jacques deLisle
Sizing Up Taiwan's 2012 Election
March 14, 2012 CDDRL Seminar
Yun-han Chu paper available
The Taiwan Presidential Election: Implications for Cross-Strait Relations and U.S. Policy
February 28, 2012 CDDRL Seminar
Alan Romberg- The 2012 Taiwan Elections: What Happened and Why?
January 24, 2012 CDDRL Panel Discussion
Shelly Rigger, Eric Chen-hua Yu paper available 
The Rise of China and Taiwan's Response: Implications for the United States
October 17, 2011 CDDRL Special Event
Dr. Yeong-kuang Ger
A Century of Unique Friendship between Republic of China and the United States
April 18, 2011 CDDRL, Shorenstein APARC Special Event
Lyushun Shen
Audio & Video transcripts available 
International Relations Theory and Cross-strait Relations
March 7, 2011 CDDRL Special Event
Szu-yin Ho, Larry Diamond, Wei-chin Lee
Taiwan's Sovereign Status and the Neglected Taipei Treaty of 1952
January 24, 2011 CDDRL Special Seminar
Man-houng Lin
Trends and Prospects in Taiwan's Party Politics: Implications of the Recent Special Municipality Elections
December 6, 2010 CDDRL Special Seminar
Yun-han Chu
presentation available
Democratization in Taiwan during the Chen Shui-bian Presidency and Beyond
November 8, 2010 CDDRL Special Seminar
John F. Copper
Problems in China's External Economic Engagement: The Thread Running Through ECFA with Taiwan, Trade Imbalances with USA and Negligence of WTO
October 25, 2010 CDDRL Special Seminar
Wing Thye Woo
Assessing the First Two Years of the Ma Ying-jeou Presidency: A Conversation with Dr. Su Chi
May 28, 2010 CDDRL Conversation
Su Chi, Larry Diamond
Taiwan's Changing Political Landscape and Prospects for the 2012 Presidential Election
March 31, 2010 CDDRL Special Seminar
Ying-lung You
A Panel Discussion: Taiwan's Participation in the International Community under President Ma
March 3, 2010 CDDRL Special Event
Dan Blumenthal, Kao-cheng Wang, Suisheng Zhao, Larry Diamond paper available
A Typological Analysis of Democratic Legitimacy: the Asian Cases
February 1, 2010 CDDRL Special Seminar
Min-hua Huang presentation available
Strait Talk: US-Taiwan Relations and the Crisis with China
November 20, 2009 CDDRL Special Seminar
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker presentation available
A New Look at The Generalissimo - and at China
October 21, 2009 CDDRL Special Seminar
Jay Taylor
A New Era in Cross-Strait Relations--Challenges, Opportunities, and Constraints
May 29, 2009 - May 30, 2009 CDDRL Symposium
New Dynamic Triangle-Taiwan, US, and China: A Conversation
May 4, 2009 CDDRL Conversation
Jason Yuan, Larry Diamond Audio & Video transcripts available 
Judicial Politics in Taiwan
April 9, 2009 CDDRL Special Seminar
Chin-Shou Wang presentation available
Taiwan's Democratic Transition: A Model for China
January 27, 2009 CDDRL Research Seminar
Bruce Gilley 2 papers available
Taiwan and China: Exploring the Limits of Economic Integration
October 29, 2008 CDDRL Seminar
Cliff Tan presentation available
Taiwan's 'Nuclear Option'? Security Imperatives and Normative Transformation
October 13, 2008 CDDRL Seminar
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang presentation available
Democratic Consolidation in Taiwan
May 30, 2008 - May 31, 2008 CDDRL Conference conference agenda available
The Taiwan Elections: Implications for the Future
May 7, 2008 CDDRL Special Seminar
Alan Romberg
Democracy's Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan
April 21, 2008 CDDRL Special Event
Richard Madsen
What Do the Polls Say? Predicting the Winner of the 2008 Taiwan Presidential Election
March 13, 2008 CDDRL Special Seminar
Chia-hung Tsai presentation available
Fighting for the Seats: Gender Quota and State Feminism in South Korea and Taiwan
January 16, 2008 CDDRL Research Seminar
Chang-Ling Huang presentation available
The Perceptions of "Democracy" in China and Their Implications
November 19, 2007 CDDRL Research Seminar
Szu-chien Hsu
Taiwan and the New U.S. Strategic Environment
October 26, 2007 CDDRL Special Event
Joseph Wu
New Efforts to Promote Democracy
May 31, 2007 - June 1, 2007 CDDRL Symposium paper available
Taiwan's China Policy and Cross-Strait Relations
May 30, 2007 CDDRL Special Event
Chen-yuan Tung transcript available
Beyond Green and Blue? Reassessing and Forecasting the Dynamics of Taiwan's Politics
May 10, 2007 CDDRL Special Seminar
Da-Chi Liao presentation available
Cross-strait Development and Taiwan's Security Dilemma: a New Strategy for 2008
April 26, 2007 CDDRL, Shorenstein APARC Special Seminar
Fu-kuo Liu transcript available
A Parsimonious Critique of Some Elegant Theories of Democratization: Reading Acemoglu & Robinson from Singapore and Beyond
April 18, 2007 CDDRL Research Seminar
David D. Yang presentation available
A Panel Discussion: The Struggle across the Taiwan Strait: The Divided China Problem
January 18, 2007 CDDRL Special Event
Ramon Myers, Chih-yu Shih, Jialin Zhang, Larry Diamond presentation available
Democratic Gridlock on Taiwan: Domestic Sources and External Implications
November 30, 2006 CDDRL, Shorenstein APARC Special Seminar
Richard C. Bush, transcript available
Democratization in Greater China: What Can We Learn from Taiwan's Past for China's Future
October 20, 2006 - October 21, 2006 CDDRL Conference 2 papers available
Taiwan's Democracy and China's Democratic Development: A Conversation
October 20, 2006 CDDRL Special Event
James C. F. Huang, Larry Diamond Audio transcript available 
Taiwan's Current Political Dilemma and the Prospects of the Cross-Strait relations
October 3, 2006 CDDRL, Shorenstein APARC Special Seminar
Tang Fei transcript available
Who Will Win the 2008 Presidential Election? Social Cleavages, Political Parties, and Electoral Politics in Taiwan
June 1, 2006 CDDRL Research Seminar
John Fuh-sheng Hsieh paper available
The Coming Constitutional Storm over the Troubled Straits
March 20, 2006 CDDRL Special Seminar
Yun-han Chu presentation available
Adversaries and Partners: The Impact of the Cross-Straits Economic Relationship on the Development of the Taiwanese and Chinese Economies
February 28, 2006 CDDRL, Shorenstein APARC Research Seminar
Doug Fuller paper available