Affiliated Programs

GWU Taiwan Events

The Taiwan Democracy and Security Seminar Series is supported by a generous grant from the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.

2012 Events

June 18, 2012: Reflections on China and Taiwan: Deriving Critical Social, Political,
and Business Lessons

Doug Guthrie, Dean, George Washington University School of Business

April 6, 2012: Taiwan and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Joseph C. Y. Chang, Chief, APEC Affairs Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Taiwan; Visiting Scholar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies

February 21, 2012: Experiencing the Taiwan Elections
(Co-sponsored with the Organization for Asian Studies, Global China Connection,
and the Chinese American Student Association)
Edward McCord, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Amy Hsieh, Ph.D. candidate, GWU
Yu-chien Chou, M.A. candidate, GWU

2011 Events

Dec. 2, 2011: Taiwan's Technology Investments in China: A Focus on Key Sectors
and New Emerging Technologies

Louis Ross, CEO and Co-founder, Virtus Advanced Sensors

Nov. 18, 2011: Shadows of the Past: Diverging Views on Taiwan’s Future
Reverend Milo Thornberry (author of Fireproof Moth: A Missionary in Taiwans
White Terror)

Oct. 21, 2011: Underground at Sea: Fishing and Smuggling across the Taiwan
Strait, 1970s-1990s

Micah Muscolino, Associate Professor, Georgetown University

Sept. 13, 2011: The Birth of the First Republic in Asia & Ju Zheng and the Xinhai
Revolution

Judy Lu, Author, The Birth of the First Republic in Asia
Mi Chu, Author, Chu Cheng and the Xinhai Revolution

June 17, 2011: Taiwan’s Anti-Human-Trafficking Efforts: Challenges and
Achievements

Sandy Yu-Lan Yeh, Associate Professor, Central Police University

April 29, 2011: A Comparison of the Political Dynamics on Taiwan 1949-1988 and thaton the Mainland 1949-1989
Jay Taylor, Author of The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for
Modern China

April 8, 2011: Will China's Rise Lead to War?
Charles Glazer, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. Director,
Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, GWU2010 Events

2010 Events

December 3, 2010: Popular Mobilization and Paths toward Democracy after Democratic Transitions: A Comparative Study of South Korea and Taiwan since the 1980s"
Jai Kwan Jung, Korean Foundation Assistant Professor of Political Science and
International Affairs, GWU

November 19, 2010: Taiwan and the South China Sea Issue
Anne Hsiao, Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar (Institute of International
Relations, National Chengchi University)

April 2, 2010: ECFA and Cross Strait Relations
Tony (Sowang) Kuo, Visiting Fellow, Stimson Center; Assistant Professor, Shih
Chien University, Taipei

2009 Events

May 29, 2009: Cross Strait Economic Relations: Are the Binding Ties a Constraint
Charles W. Freeman, III, Freeman Chair in China Studies, Council for Strategic and
International Studies

May 6. 2009: Approaches to Cross-Strait Relations
Tsai Ing-wen, Chair, DDP

2008 Events

9 May 2008: Gary J. Schmidt, Resident Scholar and Director of Program on Advanced Strategic Studies, American Enterprise Institute

18 April 2008: Christopher Griffin, Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

7 March 2008: Electoral Interdependence Among Taipei, Beijing, and Washington: The Security Implications with David Michael Lampton, Sadie Hyman Professor and Director of China Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

15 February 2008: Chinese Views of Taiwan's Elections with Bonnie Glaser, Consultant and Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies

25 January 2008: Trends in Taiwan's Security: A Capabilities-Based Perspective with Mark Stokes, Founder and President of Quantum Pacific Enterprises, Ltd.

2007 Events

11 December 2007: Taiwan's Evolving Democracy and Its Impact: 2007 Legislative and Presidential Elections with Prospect Foundation Delegation

26 October 2007: Is Remaining an Asian Tiger Critical to Taiwan's Democracy? with Rupert Hammond-Chambers, President, US-Taiwan Business Council

28 September 2007: Determinants of Support for Taiwan in the US House of Representatives: the Case of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus with Scott Kastner, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland

7 September 2007: Approaching the Elections: Taiwan, Taiwan-US Relations, and Cross-Strait Relations with Harry Harding, University Professor, The George Washington University

20 July 2007: China's ASAT Test: Implications for Taiwan with Phillip C. Saunders, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

9 July 2007: Nixon and Taiwan in 1971: The Week that Did Not Change the World with Arthur Waldron, Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania; Vice President, International Assessment and Strategy Center

6 July 2007: U.S.-Taiwan Relations with Alan D. Romberg, Senior Associate and Director, East Asia Program, The Henry L. Stimson Center

8 June 2007: U.S.-Taiwan Defense Cooperation with Shirley Kan, Congressional Research Service

18 May 2007: U.S.-Taiwan Economic Cooperation with Francis R. Ruzicka, III, Director for Trade and Commercial Programs, American Institute in Taiwan (Washington office)

20 April 2007: US-China Relations and Taiwan's Role with Chris Nelson, Senior Vice President and Editor, "Nelson Report," Samuels International Associates, Inc.

30 March 2007: PLA Modernization and Taiwan's Security with Richard Fisher, Vice President, International Assessment Strategy Center

2 March 2007: The U.S.-Taiwan Two-Step: Democracy and National Interest with
Michael Fonte, Fonte & Associates & Kevin Scott, Assistant Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings Institution

9 February 2007: Taiwan, Mainland China and the United States: Another Golden Triangle for Business? with Paul Hsu, Professor of Law, National Taiwan University; Chairman and CEO, PHYCOS International Co., Ltd.; President, Epoch Foundation

19 January 2007: Arms Sales and Taiwan's Party Politics and Civil Society with
Betty Lin, Washington Correspondent, World Journal & Chin-yuan Liu, Visiting Fellow, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

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