Publication

The commentary discusses Taiwan’s status in the international system. It argues that a high level of functional performance of the obligations that go with membership of international organizations can strengthen Taiwan’s case for greater access to institutions and regimes from which it has been excluded. The more Taiwan can walk and talk and act like a member of a regime that is open primarily or exclusively to states, the more hope it has of securing the benefits of state (or nearly state-like) status in the international system.