Bo Tedards is a long-time observer of Taiwan’s political scene, who recently returned to the USA after living in Taiwan for over 25 years. He is a former staff member of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD), where he served as director of the International Cooperation Department (2007-2010, and again from 2016-2022). In his first years in Taiwan, he worked for the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, the Institute for National Policy Research, the Taipei Times, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2004 to 2010, he served as coordinator of the World Forum for Democratization in Asia (WFDA), a regional network of democracy advocates, and from 2013-2015 as director of Amnesty International Taiwan. He received his MA in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Tufts University, and his BA in political science from Yale University.
