2025 APSA-CGOTS Call for Proposals

Submit your proposal here: APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025
Submission deadline: January 15, 2025

The 2025 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting will be held from September 11-14, 2025, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The conference theme is “Reimagining Politics, Power, and Peoplehood in Crisis Times.” CGOTS invites paper and panel proposals on Taiwan’s domestic politics, democratization, cross-Strait issues, and international relations that are consistent with main theme.

In early 2024, Taiwan underwent another presidential and legislative election, resulting in the second divided government since Taiwan’s democratization. The political impact of the 2024 election reverberated throughout the island, including legislative brawls, social movements, constitutional debates, military drills, and recall petitions. These episodes open a new window for examining party politics, legislative politics, and interactions among constitutional branches in Taiwan. The political gridlock caused by the divided government also offers an opportunity to advance our understanding of democracy through the lens of comparative politics.

The great power competition between the US and China, along with the Ukraine crisis, interacts with Taiwan’s 2024 election results and impacts cross-Strait dynamics. The US aims to reinvigorate its democratic allies, while the China-Russia coalition seeks to challenge the US-led international order. Taiwan is not only the frontline of the US-China competition but also a target of China’s rejuvenation efforts. How should Taiwan manage its position and strategies between the great powers? How does the world compare Taiwan and Ukraine, and shape global public opinion? How might the 2024 US Presidential election further change the status quo? CGOTS aims to offer a platform for this critical debate.

The rise of generative AI further complicates the international political economy, US-China-Taiwan relationships, and Taiwan’s economic development. The global shortage of chips strengthens Taiwan’s role in the global supply chain, but many countries are implementing new strategies to catch up in chip design and production technology. The next stage of AI development is expected to use more chips, data, and electricity. How will Taiwan’s economy, industry, and society be challenged by future developments? Meanwhile, generative AI also amplifies the potential impact of cognitive warfare and misinformation, and the increasing number of social media sites and political convergence between them make it harder to counter the influence of information operations.

CGOTS welcomes proposals that employ innovative and diverse approaches to comprehensively and comparatively examine Taiwan’s politics and beyond. The challenges Taiwan faces clearly embody the main theme “Reimagining Politics, Power, and Peoplehood in Crisis Times.” Our panels aim to foster reflective and critical discourse on these subject matters, with no limitations on the scope and topics covered. We aim to shed light on our understanding of Taiwan and its future within the global context while increasing Taiwan’s international visibility.

Please send proposals to APSA at https://connect.apsanet.org/apsa2025. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Dr. Chien-kai Chen ([email protected]), CGOTS Coordinator. Travel support for CGOTS panelists is subject to the availability of external funding.