What is TSMC doing building a fab in the American desert?
Ambitions to manufacture in the United States have led TSMC to set up shop in America. This supply chain relocation poses various challenges, from cost to talent to management. Apart from satisfying U.S. demand, how can TSMC seek new opportunities?
Fukuyama: Taiwan doesn’t take its self-defense seriously enough
Francis Fukuyama is a renowned American political scientist, the author of many bestselling titles including The End of History. In this exclusive interview with CommonWealth Magazine, he cautions that even though there is bipartisan consensus over China policy, the US probably won’t fight on Taiwan’s behalf. Read the interview excerpt.
Larry Diamond: Taiwan will face an existential threat in the coming decade
Larry Diamond is an American political sociologist and leading contemporary scholar in the field of democracy studies. In this exclusive interview with CommonWealth Magazine, he expresses concern over Taiwan’s fate and shares the three lessons countries could learn from the democratic recession in the US.
Should Taiwan put its future in U.S. hands?
CommonWealth magazine’s “State of the Union and U.S.-China Ties Survey” has found that more than half of Taiwan’s people believe the United States would help Taiwan militarily in the event of an attack by China. But is that realistic, and should Taiwan tie its future to the U.S.?