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Taiwan's continued success requires economic diversification of products and markets

In a Brookings Op ed, Senior Fellow Syaru Shirley Lin notes that Taiwan has become a poster child for economic resilience and good public health. But what has been a success story so far may be only a fine line away from calamity because of Taiwan's over reliance on China and its relatively weak connections with the rest of the world.

Syaru Shirley Lin

The state of the American presidency

Thought leaders engage in a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the presidency and its relationship to American democracy during these extraordinary and unsettling times. The panel will examine Donald Trump’s tempestuous reign and the start of the Biden administration, and it will consider the cultural and institutional developments that have brought us to this unsettling place.

Sidney Milkis

'Independence from this virus': President Biden shifts from 'darkest days' to hope on the horizon

President Joe Biden struck a more optimistic tone Thursday as he offered a glimmer of hope that Americans may see some semblance of normalcy by Independence Day.

Barbara Perry

White House plans PR blitz to sell coronavirus relief bill

Senior Fellow Barbara Perry says the coronavirus relief bill's results will be crucial: “Money in pockets, shots in arms, masks on faces, kids in classrooms.”

Barbara Perry

Jaime Herrera Beutler is Undaunted

Senior Fellow Jennifer Lawless discusses Jaime Herrera Beutler's career: "She was only the ninth woman to give birth while serving in Congress, at a time when young mothers in politics were just beginning to be accepted by the public."

Jennifer Lawless

Monticello Announces New Board Members and Leadership

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private, nonprofit organization that owns and operates Monticello, announced new leadership for its Board of Trustees as of January 2021. Melody C. Barnes assumed the chairmanship of the board, and technology entrepreneur Tobias Dengel became vice chair. Monticello also welcomed four new trustees from across the nation: Renée Grisham of Albemarle County, Virginia, Nancy Cain Marcus of Dallas, Texas, Christopher J. Toomey of Santa Barbara, California and William H. Walton III, of Jacksonville, Florida.

Melody Barnes