This is because, as Lin Chong-pin, vice-chairman of the ROC Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), notes, every American think tank puts US interests first when recommending policy. The best way for Taiwan to protect its interests is to understand what all the scholars in all the think tanks have to say about Asia-Pacific policy, rather than taking sides.
陸委會副主委林中斌就表示，美國任何一個智庫之獻策皆以「美國利益」為第一考量，台灣應深入了解各智庫學者的亞太政策立場，而非選邊站，才符合國家利益。