A student protester holds an umbrella with messages written on the fabric in front of Liberty Square to show support for Hong Kong pro-democracy rallies on Oct. 1, 2014, in Taipei, Taiwan. Protest leaders set an Oct. 1 deadline for their demands to be met and are calling for open elections and the resignation of Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Leung Chun-ying.
These kinds of protests share characteristics that transcend borders, making them an ideal phenomenon through which to study geopolitics....