(3) European Union Since the end of World War II, the European integration movement has continued, deepening and expanding from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1952, to the European Economic Community (EEC), and eventually to today’s 27-member European Union. As the EU has grown and consolidated power, its role in international relations has grown increasingly important. Since changing our name from the Institute of American Culture to the Institute of European and American Studies in August 1991, we have actively recruited outstanding talents in order to further develop the European Studies component of our research. In June 1998, the IEAS established an interdisciplinary and integrated “European Union” thematic research project, principally focusing its research on political, legal, social, and economic developments of the EU. From a macro perspective, this thematic research project explores the problems the EU encounters during the integration process, how the EU promotes its broader interests, and how it seeks to maintain harmonious relations among the Member States. After years of advancement, the European Union thematic research project gradually shifted the focus of its research to five topics: EU integration theory and constitutionalism; EU foreign relations and Europe-Taiwan-China relations; EU food safety, human rights, and trade policies; EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and artificial intelligence (AI); and EU climate change, energy security, European Green New Deal, sustainable development, COVID-19 pandemic, etc. The research efforts aim to foster EU research accomplishments on solid research foundations by adopting comprehensive research approaches, conducting comparative research and presenting comprehensive demonstrations from different perspectives such as history, integrated theory, policy analysis, legal norms and practices, and international relations theory, while at the same time taking account of both local and international research, and combining theory and practice. In addition to innovating and contributing to fundamental research by publishing research results in domestic Taiwan Social Science Citation Index (TSSCI) academic law journals, such as EurAmerica, National Taiwan University Law Journal , Wenti Yu Yanjiu, Taiwanese Journal of Political Science , Chengchi Law Review, etc., and mainstream international academic journals such as European Law Journal , European Foreign Affairs Review, European Integration, Journal of World Trade , World Competition, etc., members of this project also hope to advance applied research by having project members conduct empirical studies and offer suggestions based on legal and policy analysis to provide references for government policymakers. (4)U.S.-Taiwan-China Relations Sino-American relations has always been a major research focus of this Institute. Research related to Sino-American relations became even more important after official diplomatic relations broke off between the Republic of China and the United States in 1979, and Sino-American studies became one of the interdisciplinary thematic research projects. Relevant research results are published every two Indelible Accomplishments: Research Performance and Academic Strengths 22
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