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A Foreign Policy and Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies Event

Taiwan’s Elections and What They Mean

Taiwan, Asia, Elections

Event Summary

The people of Taiwan elected a new president who favors closer ties with China. The outcome carries important implications not only for the future of Taiwan, but also for the United States, China and their relations with one another.

Event Information

When

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Where

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

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

E-mail: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

On March 27, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) at Brookings, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Georgetown University will host a seminar to examine the voting results, what they say about Taiwan’s current politics and its continued political and democratic development, and the implications of the election and referendums for relations among Taiwan the United States and China.

The event will feature leading experts from Taiwan, the United States and China including representatives from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Kuomintang (KMT). After each panel, participants will take audience questions. A buffet lunch will be provided.

(Over the weekend, CNAPS Director Richard Bush and other experts contributed to a New York Times online discussion about the election results. Go to the transcript >>.)

Transcript

FRANK MURKOWSKI: The role of the United States in the election was much discussed, and I think that it's fair to say that the consensus among our group was that the referendum in itself, and the position the United States took, did have an impact on the success—or I should say the failure—of the referendum because, as you know, U.S. policy was contrary to the purpose of the referendum.

On the other hand, in retrospect, I might say that my impression was that the referendum issue caused a breakdown between the Chen Shui-bian administration and Washington, and perhaps that was unfortunate and if we had an opportunity to do it again, we would try and finesse a little more, because as I understand the back-and-forth negotiations concerning the referendum, we made the assumption that really the bottom line was an expression of sovereignty.

Participants

Welcome Remarks

Richard C. Bush III

Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

Charles Freeman

Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS

The Honorable Frank Murkowski

Former Senator and Governor of Alaska

Nancy Bernkopf Tucker

Professor of History, Georgetown University

Panel One – The Elections: What They Say about Taiwan Politics

Charles Freeman

Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS

Emerson Niou

Professor of Political Science, Duke University

Ching-Lung Huang

Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

Alexander Huang

Professor of Strategy and Director of American Studies, Tamkang University

Lunch Remarks

Richard C. Bush III

Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

Michael Fonte

Washington Liaison, Democratic Progressive Party

Ho Szu-yin

Director, Department of Overseas Affairs, Central Committee of the KMT

Panel Two: Implications for Cross-Strait and U.S.-Taiwan Relations

Nancy Bernkopf Tucker

Professor of History, Georgetown University

Alan Romberg

Distinguished Fellow and Director, East Asia Program, The Henry L. Stimson Center

Randy Schriver

Partner, Armitage International LLC

Yuan Peng

Director, Institute of American Studies, China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations

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