Former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, keynote at the Capri Annual Forum in Taipei. @ec.europa.eu

Wisdom of the Islanders.

Great conversation with CTFA Vice Prez Wang Chris about the state of and prospects for footy in Taiwan. Thanks for making the time ahead at such short notice ahead of the Lunar New Year break!

Delighted to offer my thoughts on Chinese influence in the Balkans (through investment in green energy infrastructure) for this piece by Macedonian journalist Bojan Blazevski for the independent Serbian media platform The Storyteller: www.storyteller.rs/sr/vetropark...

Booker longlister Wu Ming-yi (吳明益) likes Lithuanian ice cream! Darryl Sterk is not the last of us! #TIBE

HK Day/Festival in Dadaocheng (大稻埕).

My latest review for Taipei Times: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Great to see Marketa Pekarova Adamova back in Taipei again. No longer in an official capacity but still as steadfast a friend to Taiwan as ever! Pictured here with @yehaoqin.bsky.social, @asia.nikkei.com correspondent Thompson Chau and dep MOFA minister Wu Chih-chung.

WATCH: Japan and South Korea’s leaders play drums together during summit Click here to read about the full events of their talks this week: s.nikkei.com/4qV87Om

Excellent events for Taiwan Studies Summer School programme @soasuni.bsky.social last couple of weeks. Managed to catch film screenings and talks by @lnachman32.bsky.social, including for new book, which argues that unique conditions in contested states drive formation of movement parties.

Another review of the excellent 'Revolutionary Taiwan' @catielila.bsky.social www.globalasia.org/v20no2/book/...

Pt.2 of my feature on USAID and Taiwan for Taipei Times: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

My latest for Global Taiwan Institute: globaltaiwan.org/2025/03/what...

Part 1 of my latest feature for Taipei Times on the USAID debacle and what it might mean for Taiwan: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

My latest for The News Lens on Danish former diplomat and analyst Jonas Parello-Plesner's recent discussion of his book 'The Battle for Taiwan' and Taiwan's relations with Europe and the US, hosted by @europeanvalues.bsky.social: international.thenewslens.com/article/187410

"Trump would do well to remember where some of the specialized chips used in American fighter jets are sourced." @jamesbaron.bsky.social www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Great workshop on best practices from Ukraine and Taiwan for democratic resilience @_EuropeanValues. Here, a lighter moment from Kuo Chiayo of Taiwan Digital Diplomacy Association that nonetheless highlights the common fight!

My latest for AmCham Taiwan: topics.amcham.com.tw/2025/02/addr...

In today’s Taipei Times, @jamesbaron.bsky.social wrote a book review of my book Island Tinkerers (@mitpress.bsky.social)! www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Latest Taipei Times review on @honghongtinn.bsky.social 's stellar 'Island Tinkerers'. Particularly relevant in light of Trump's recent comments about Taiwan's chip industry. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Honoured to moderate panel discussion on hybrid threats at 4th Czechia-Taiwan Forum in Taipei today. Great insights on challenges small democracies like Czechia and Taiwan face from malign state actors, offered by a panel of expert speakers. @europeanvalues.bsky.social @matejsimalcik.bsky.social

Two screenings of films about Ukraine last 2 days -- four shorts from The Reckoning Project (PIJL) at Daybreak @newbloommag.net on Mon and longer doc from Czech NGO People in Need at Hsin Hsin cinema, hosted by @europeanvalues.bsky.social Poignant reminder Ukraine must not be left hanging

Conspicuous by its absence at this third commemoration, here in Taipei, of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine was any mention of the two pals making deals in Saudi Arabia. I'm assuming this was deliberate and think it was probably a good idea.

Good turnout at Daybreak for a discussion of @brianhioe.bsky.social's novel 'Taipei at Daybreak' and Wen Liu's 'Feeling Asian American'. Illuminating, intellectually challenging exchange of ideas (at least for this listener!) @newbloommag.net

Nice riverside ride home after insightful talk hosted by @europeanvalues.bsky.social at Czech Hub. Danish diplomat Jonas Parello-Plesner, executive director of @aodemocracies.bsky.social in conversation with Emily Y. Wu about his book 'The Battle for Taiwan' and other issues. @yehaoqin.bsky.social

So much more that could have been written about this shameless and shabby book, which a previous review by a long-time Taiwan watcher, unbelievably praised. This will do for starters: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

At last, my piece for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on Taiwan literature in translation into Czech, Ukrainian, and Polish, and the role this might play in improved ties between Taipei and the CEE region: newlinesmag.com/reportage/ta...

Latest review for @taipei_times on a novel that shines a light on a Taiwan in transition and the historical crimes of the KMT through a long-forgotten episode: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

My review of Andreas Fulda's excellent and disturbing book 'Germany and China' for @GlobalAsiaEAF. www.globalasia.org/v19no4/book/...

Grateful to @jamesbaron.bsky.social for reviewing my book on Europe’s burgeoning ties with #Taiwan & capturing what I consider key to building on the momentum: ensuring clarity in communication on the EU’s own one China policy & dismantling false narratives. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

A case close to my heart that I've been involved in for almost a year now. Glad to have finally been able to put this piece together: international.thenewslens.com/article/187290

At Touat Books for screening of thought-provoking 'Israelism' documentary by Amnesty Taiwan English-speaking group.

Want to know about Taiwan's plains indigenous people? Nick Wright is your man. Great introduction to their customs, festivals, languages, and locations around Taiwan @NTNU today.

At Meet Taipei. Some amazing tech on display here, including this fun app from a company called digimax, which turned me into an 18C mandarin in the style of Italian Jesuit court painter Giuseppe Castiglione!

Informative and thought-provoking talk from Joah McGee from the Insight Myanmar podcast at Daybreak in Wanhua, with @brianhioe.bsky.social @newbloommag.net

土地公 warning would-be litterbugs outside Hukou Catholic Church. Taiwan, all over! 新年快樂, all!

New Year staples at my market: 'pineapple bouquets', gargantuan satsumas (never seen this big and, despite an elderly customer's insistence to the contrary, 老闆娘 said they were NG for eating), and kumquat trees. Auspicious items, cos of colour and homophony. Despite ribbons, girl wasn't on offer!

First instalment of a two-part feature on the sorely underappreciated Japanese heritage sites in my old neighbourhood in Beitou: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

At the Regent, Taipei, for EU-Taiwan Exchange Forum on migrant and fisher rights.

My Taipei Times review of Paul Barclay's excellent book on a crucial period of Taiwan's colonial history: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

My post-election take for Persuasion: www.persuasion.community/p/taiwan-goe...

My latest for UnHerd: unherd.com/2024/01/is-k...

My latest review on a timely and relevant book that is let down by frequent errors. Most of the Taiwan portion, in particular, is really weak. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

On labour rights violations by Taiwanese transnational corps, for Taipei Times: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

On the UK's new foreign secretary and his love affair with the CCP. Complete with quote from some-time political analyst Danny Dyer: taipeitimes.com/News/editori...

UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights member Pichamon Yeophantong speaking via video link at TTNC Watch  labour rights international conference in Taipei.