2024 Election to Watch: Taiwan

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Commentary

Emissary

2024 Election to Watch: Taiwan

The first entry in Carnegie’s yearlong series.

By Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Published on Jan 17, 2024

On Saturday, Taiwanese voters elected Lai Ching-te of the incumbent Democratic Progressive Party to a four-year presidential term. The contest was closely watched on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and around the world, especially amid rising U.S.-China tensions and increased military activities near the island.

Below, in the first video of Carnegie’s 2024 Elections to Watch series, nonresident scholar Sheena Greitens explains what was at stake and why the outcome will have a global impact.

See the introduction to the series.

About the Author

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program

Sheena Chestnut Greitens is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Recent Work

Paper
China’s Police and Security Cooperation Agreements
- Sophie Zhuang, Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Cameron Waltz
Paper
China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint
- Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Isaac B. Kardon, Cameron Waltz

Democracy East Asia China Taiwan

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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