CSIS to Host Conference on Taiwan's Presidential and Legislative Elections

WASHINGTON, January 13, 2012– The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Freeman Chair in China Studies and the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) at the Brookings Institution will host a conference on “Taiwan's Presidential and Legislative Elections: Implications for Taiwan, the United States and Cross-Strait Relations" on Tuesday, January 17th at CSIS.

The conference will analyze the results of the Taiwanese presidential election that will take place Saturday, January 14th. A full agenda appears below.

WHEN/WHERE:
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
B-1 Conference Center
CSIS 1800 K. St. NW, Washington, DC 20006

Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org.

AGENDA

9:00 - 9:15 am: Welcome & Opening
Richard Bush, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
 
Bonnie Glaser, Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies

9:15 - 10:30 am: Analysis of the Presidential and Legislative Elections
 
Edward McCord, moderator, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs; Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies; and Director Taiwan Education and Research Program, The George Washington University

Antonio Chiang, Columnist, Apple Daily

Chu Yun-han, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica

Dafydd Fell , Senior Lecturer in Taiwan Studies and Deputy Director, Centre of Taiwan Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
 
10:45 – 12:00 pm: Lessons from the Past, and Policy Issues for the New Administration
 
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, moderator, Professor of History, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
David Wei-Feng Huang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica

Kao Su-po, Executive Director, The 21st Century Foundation; Associate Professor of Law, Shih Hsin University

Douglas Paal, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

12:15 – 1:30 pm: Lunch Keynote: The Taiwan Election and What It Means

Richard Bush, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings Institution

1:45 – 3:00 pm: Implications for the United States and Cross-Strait Relations

Cynthia Watson, moderator, Professor of Strategy, National Defense University

Bonnie Glaser, Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Alexander Chieh-Cheng Huang , Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies, Tamkang University

Chu Shulong, Professor, Insitute of Internaitonal Strategy and Development, Tsinghua University

Lai I-chung, Executive Committee Member, Taiwan Thinktank

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