Kristian McGuire
Kristian McGuire is an independent, Washington D.C.-based research analyst and a former non-resident senior fellow and associate editor of Taiwan Security Research. His main research interests include U.S.–Taiwan relations, cross-strait relations, and East Asian regional security. His work has appeared in The Diplomat, Newsweek, The Interpreter, South China Morning Post, Global Taiwan Brief, and TSR Weekly Report. You can reach him at kristianmcguire@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @KrisAMcGuire.
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Taiwan’s Offshore Islands: Assessments Of Support For Integration
Kinmen County (金门县) and Lienchiang County (连江县; also referred to as Matsu (马祖)) are a crucial site of activity for cross-Strait relations. Over the last year, Beijing has renewed its
The PRC’s “One Family” Concept and Taiwanese Views of a Cross-Strait Familial Bond
Introduction The concept that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to “one family” (兩岸一家人 or 兩岸一家親), an idea promoted by China’s top leadership, has failed to gain popularity in
The PRC Leverages Taiwan’s Water Crisis to Promote Cross-Strait Integrated Development
Introduction The Republic of China (ROC or Taiwan) is emerging from its worst drought in more than half a century (Focus Taiwan, June 2). Following the annual plenary sessions of
Potential Military Implications of Pingtan Island’s New Transportation Infrastructure
Introduction Within the last decade, Pingtan Island (平潭岛, Pingtan Dao), which is the nearest territory to the Republic of China (ROC or Taiwan) controlled by the People’s Republic of China
Beijing’s Ambitions to Build Cross-Strait Transportation Infrastructure
Introduction In January of last year, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping gave a landmark speech about Taiwan in which he called for the construction of bridges between