I’m quoted in @financialtimes.com discussing the Cheng-Xi meeting:

www.ft.com/content/e4ae...

This photo will be ubiquitous from today through Taiwan's 2028 presidential election.

Zero-Sum | China Books Review A Chinese invasion or blockade of Taiwan is a constant, if not imminent, risk. Three new books consider Beijing’s options for force, Taiwan’s fractured politics, and how America is stuck in the middle of a zero sum game.

I am honored that Andrew Nathan reviewed my book for
China Books Review! "Contested Taiwan" is featured in great company with fellow Taiwan books by J. Michael Cole and Eyck Freymann!

chinabooksreview.com/2026/04/09/t...

US weapons or China’s friendship? Trump’s Iran war volatility reignites debate for Taiwan | CNN Over Taiwan’s Qingming holiday weekend, as families cleaned ancestral graves and crowded around dinner tables, a familiar debate has resurfaced: should this island democracy rely more heavily on the U...

I'm quoted in @cnn.com with @williamyang120.bsky.social discussing the anxieties around contemporary US-Taiwan and Cross-Strait relations.

edition.cnn.com/2026/04/06/a...

Taiwan's opposition leader pursues talks with Beijing ahead of Trump visit Taiwan's opposition leader Cheng Li-wun sits down with NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer to discuss her hopes for "reconciliation" with Beijing, as she prepares to meet with China's leader Xi Jinping ahea...

I'm featured in this NBC News report discussing Taiwanese public opinion on the PRC and USA:

www.nbcnews.com/video/taiwan...

Quoting in agreement with Josh Wilkes:

“It's at least technically left open that she could go to Beijing and not meet Xi I think? Not that this seem likely, but it would appear to be a piece of leverage left in place over the next week.”

So many of us in Taiwan won/lost a bet today over the “will they won’t they” of it all 😂

Confirmed on 人民日報

劍指軍購？國共突宣布︰4/7~12習近平邀鄭麗文率團訪中國 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報 國防特別條例審查陷入僵局之際，中國國民黨主席辦公室今日宣布，中共中央和習近平總書記邀請鄭麗文主席率團前往大陸訪問。鄭麗文表示，感謝並欣然接受邀請，期望兩黨共同努力，推動兩岸關係和平發展，促進兩岸交流合作，為台海謀太平、為民生增福祉。鄭麗文︰感謝並欣然接受邀請

The KMT party chair will meet with Xi. This could be huge not just for the upcoming local elections, but also KMT internal politics for their 2028 presidential nominee.

All eyes and ears on how Taiwanese voters receive this meeting and its outcome.

news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

Important context: he can still appeal, there’s a chance he doesn’t go to jail, but this is certainly a message-sending initial ruling…

1. Ko can no longer run for president

2. It clears a path for 黃國昌 to fully control the TPP

3. It will mobilize the TPP base of support like crazy

4. The DPP base of support will celebrate this outcome, KMT/TPP will use this to further claim DPP abuse of power

Huge breaking news: Ko Wen-Je sentenced to 17 years in prison.

This will have huge implications for the future of Taiwan’s domestic politics.

台北的朋友們！這週五我會在臺大國發所分享我的新書！有興趣的朋友歡迎報名！

Lilies, Strawberries and Sunflowers ... <i>Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation</i>, by Lev Nachman.

My book was reviewed in Global Asia by @jamesbaron.bsky.social! Thank you for the thoughtful review!

www.globalasia.org/v21no1/book/...

"Chinamaxxing" isn't a harmless trend, but an inherently racist concept that perpetuates ethnic stereotypes and cultural appropriation. "Chinese" is not a monolithic identity, and it is a damn shame that embracing ethnic identity is becoming an internet fad for white people (again).

The first review of my book is out in @asianstudiesreview.bsky.social! Thank you so much @sanhochung.bsky.social for the kind commentary!

Link below!

Cover of Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation

Photo of Lev Nachman

#AAS2026: Thanks to everyone who came by for the Meet and Greet with Lev Nachman @lnachman32.bsky.social!

Learn more about CONTESTED TAIWAN and get 40% off and free domestic shipping with code WAAS26 at checkout: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Hey everyone in Vancouver at @asianstudies.org! I’m doing an author meet and greet TODAY at 12:30 at the @uwapress.uw.edu booth! Please come say hi!

Seriously amazing findings in this paper, congrats to the authors (the paper is free to read!)

Brilliant new work, these findings will challenge assumptions about how much Taiwanese people care about defending offshore islands:

"Respondents’ approval for defending offshore islands...was statistically indistinguishable from their average approval for defending Taiwan proper."

Wow, what a huge honor! Thanks Lev! I look forward to listening, having read your book and know it is timely, empirically rich and critically important as we work to ensure democratic resilience in Taiwan.

Season 4 | NATSA Website

Link here to listen:

www.na-tsa.org/about-1-1

I was invited on the @NATSAconf podcast to talk about my book "Contested Taiwan" and to put it in conversation with another Taiwan studies classic- I picked @josephwongut.bsky.social's "Healthy Democracies," and try to connect Taiwan's contested status to healthcare!

www.na-tsa.org/about-1-1

I'm going on tour in the US again! This time to the East Coast!

Starting next week I'll be doing a series of book talks for my new book "Contested Taiwan" at four universities AND an author meet-and-greet at this year's AAS!

Links for each event below!

SAIS Talk:

jhu.campusgroups.com/saisfocusare...

Princeton Talk:

eas.princeton.edu/events/conte...

Columbia Talk:

weai.columbia.edu/events/conte...

Penn Talk:

cscc.sas.upenn.edu/events/2026/...

I'm going on tour in the US again! This time to the East Coast!

Starting next week I'll be doing a series of book talks for my new book "Contested Taiwan" at four universities AND an author meet-and-greet at this year's AAS!

Links for each event below!

Taiwan’s Political Landscape and the Stakes for Regional Security YouTube video by National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Jg...