CWP alum Ronan Fu on TaiwanPlus discussing 'Does Taiwan Claim More of the South China Sea Than China?'

Taiwan’s foreign minister says China has built “enormous” military bases on three features closest to Taipei-controlled Itu Aba, a landmass in the contested South China Sea known locally as Taiping Island. Additionally, President Tsai Ing-wen has been asked to visit Taiping Island to reassert Taiwan’s sovereignty, something she has not done while president. But why does Taiwan control this largest of the Spratly Islands in the first place? Fiery Cross footage courtesy of Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) “The Evolution of Fiery Cross Reef” Aug 1, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu-HjF0AEk8 Our guests: Song Yann-Huei, - Former research fellow at Academia Sinica's Institute of European and American Studies Lin Fei-fan, - New Frontier Foundation Board Member Ronan Fu, - Academia Sinica Institute of Political Science Assistant Research Fellow

Does Taiwan Claim More of the South China Sea Than China? - Reporter/Provider - TaiwanPlus - Publish Date - 04/05/2024

Ronan Fu Assistant Research Fellow in the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica (IPSAS). Prior to joining IPSAS, I was a Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program at Columbia University.

My research interests include international relations theory, grand strategy. Chinese politics and foreign policy, US-China strategic relations, East Asian security, political psychology, and experimental methods. 

My work has appeared in International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Political Geography.

Photo Credit: https://www.ronantseminfu.com/uploads/7/5/7/5/75754635/editor/headshot-ronan-updated.jpg?1675574863