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CNAPS Symposium

Consolidating Taiwan's Democracy: Challenges, Opportunities, Prospects

Taiwan, Asia, Northeast Asia


Event Summary

Consolidating Taiwan’s Democracy:
Challenges, Opportunities, and Prospects

A Joint Symposium organized by

The Brookings Institution Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies,
Freeman Chair in China Studies
Institute for National Policy Research

March 22, 2006
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1800 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
 
Discourse in the United States about Taiwan’s political system is often paradoxical. On the one hand, there is praise for the democratization in Taiwan. On the other hand, the “outputs” of that democracy sometimes provoke the opposition of concerned governments and American China specialists. At this joint symposium, the supposed gap between positive and negative American views of Taiwan’s politics was closed through exploring the challenges, opportunities, and prospects for consolidating Taiwan’s democracy.

Click here for biographies of Symposium participants.

9:00-
10:00am
Opening Remarks and Keynote Addresses
 
Mr. Derek Mitchell, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS
Dr. Richard Bush, Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
   
 
“Developing Democracy: The Challenges and Rewards of Consolidation”
Dr. Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy
   
 
“The Course of Taiwan’s Democratization: A Retrospective”
Dr. Chih-cheng Lo, Executive Director, Institution for National Policy Research
   
10:15am-
12:00pm
Key Pillars of Democratic Consolidation
 
“Constitutional Structure and Reform”
Dr. Chu Yun-han, President, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for Scholarly Exchange
   
 
“Electoral System”
Dr. Emile C. J. Sheng, Associate Professor of Political Science, Soochow University
   
 
“Legislative Structure and Reform”
Dr. Shiow-duan Hawang, Department of Political Science, Soochow University
   
12:00-
1:30pm
Luncheon Keynote Addresses
 
Address by Dr. John Kuan, Vice-Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT)

Address by Dr. I-Chung Lai, Director, Department of China Affairs, Democratic Progressive Party
   
1:30-
3:30pm
Key Pillars of Democratic Consolidation (continued)
 
“Judiciary System”
Professor Jacques de Lisle, University of Pennsylvania
   
 
“Economic Consequences”
Dr. Richard R. Vuylsteke, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei
   
 
“Democratic Consolidation in Taiwan: Defense and Military Affairs”
Mr. Mark A. Stokes, President, Quantum Pacific Enterprises
   
3:45-
5:00pm
Implications for U.S. Policy and Cross-Strait Relations
 
Remarks by Dr. Michael Green, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, CSIS
Former Senior Director of Asian Affairs at the National Security Council
   
 
Roundtable commentary led by Mr. James Steinberg, Dean, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas
   
 
Roundtable participation by
Ms. Bonnie Glaser, Senior Associate, International Security Program, CSIS
Dr. Chih-cheng Lo, Executive Director, Institute for National Policy Research
Mr. Randall Schriver, Partner, Armitage International
 
This symposium is made possible in part through a generous contribution from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for Scholarly Exchange

Event Information

When

Wednesday, March 22, 2006
12:00 AM to

Where

Falk Auditorium
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Map

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

E-mail: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105


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