Table of Contents

Introduction: Select Policies and Performance During the First Administration, Sabella Ogbobode Abidde (Alabama State University Montgomery, USA)

Section One: Issues In Domestic Policy

Chapter 1: Tsai Ing-wen's Strategic Governance in Taiwan (2016-2020), Mohamad Al Mokdad (PGS University of Paris, France)
Chapter 2: President Tsai's Energy Policy During the First Term, Wesley Wei-Hua Chen (Central Police University, Taiwan)
Chapter 3: Economic &Trade Interdependence Between Taiwan (ROC) And China (PROC), Frank Tian Xie (University of South Carolina, USA) and Shu-Chen Tsao (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Chapter 4 Analyzing Regional Revitalization Policy in Taiwan: Rethinking the Implementation of Regional Revitalization Strategies During the Tsai Government, Phyllis Wei-Lih Yeh (Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan)
Chapter 5: Gender Matters in Tsai Ing-wen's First Term: The First Woman President, the Cabinet Appointments, and Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan, Young-Im Lee (California State University – Sacramento, USA)
Chapter 6: Deepening Taiwanization of Culture - Cultural Policy in Taiwan from 2016 to 2020, Wu Chieh-Hsiang (National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan)

Section Two: Issues In Foreign Policy
Chapter 7: Taiwan's Foreign Policy During Tsai's Leadership: The Quest For Survival, Saša Istenic Kotar (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Chapter 8: To Move Is To Prove: The Hypocrisy Of Sovereignty And Migration Legislation Regulating 'Non-Resident Nationals' In Taiwan And China, Isabelle Cockel (University of Portsmouth, UK) and Yen-Fen Tseng (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Chapter 9: Institutional Competition Under the Competition of Great Powers: Cross-Strait Relations Since 2016, Johnson Shan-Son Kung (Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan)
Chapter 10: Strategic Economic Relations: Taiwan and the GCC amidst Rising Chinese Influence, 2016-2020, Haila Al Mekaimi (Kuwait University, Kuwait)
Chapter 11: Taiwan's Public Diplomacy and The Relations with Southeast Asian States Since 2016, Yung Lin (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Chapter 12: Concluding Commentary: The presidency of Tsai Ing-wen: Successes and setbacks from 2016-2024, David Pendery (National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan)