Lev Nachman is an Assistant Professor at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine and was previously a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. His work focuses on political participation and protest in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and he frequently comments on cross-strait relations and Taiwanese politics.
Last Updated: August 3, 2022
Conversation
08.02.22
Pelosi in Taiwan
On the evening of August 2, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, landed in Taipei to begin an official visit. The trip, the first by a U.S. official of comparable rank in 25 years, came amid debate about how Beijing would...
Conversation
12.30.19
What’s Next for Taiwan?
On January 11, Taiwanese will go to the polls. Their election pits the incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which favors greater distance from Beijing, against Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomingtang,...
Conversation
10.04.19
Taiwan Is Losing Allies. What Should Taipei (and D.C.) Do?
In a single week in September, the two Pacific nations of Kiribati and the Solomon Islands both switched their diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to Beijing, reducing the number of countries that still recognize Taiwan to 14 (and the Vatican)...
Conversation
01.24.19
What Does Xi Want from Taiwan? (And What Can Taiwan Do About It?)
In a major speech in early January, China’s leader Xi Jinping called unification across the Taiwan Strait “the great trend of history,” and warned that attempts to facilitate Taiwan’s independence would be met by force. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-...
Viewpoint
11.23.18
Why the Taiwan Midterm Elections Matter
On November 24, millions of Taiwanese will vote for more than 11,000 mayors, councilors, and other officials nationwide in a key midterm election—only the country’s fifth since the victory of Chen Shui-Bian in 2000 ended decades of continuousrule by...