Apr 29

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Taiwan’s Response to an Evolving Security Environment

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Summary

The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China (Taiwan) released its second Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) in early March. The QDR presents a comprehensive examination of developments in Taiwan’s security environment and explains updates in its planning and strategy. As in the United States and other countries, the document is a reflection of the president’s strategic priorities, a serious planning exercise and a public relations tool which seeks to inform the public and win its support.

On April 29, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) at Brookings and the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a discussion on Taiwan’s recently released QDR. Vice Minister of National Defense for Policy Andrew N.D. Yang, presented the Ma Ying-jeou administration’s views of the Asia-Pacific security environment and Taiwan’s defense transformation. Chia-Sheng Chen, director of the defense ministry’s Defense Net Assessment Division, explained the QDR in more detail. Phillip Saunders of the National Defense University added his personal perspective on the security challenges Taiwan faces and the way it addresses them in the QDR.

Event Agenda

  • Introduction

  • Session 1: Changes in the Asia-Pacific Security Environment and the ROC’s Defense Transformation

    • Moderator

      Bonnie S. Glaser

      Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum

      Center for Strategic and International Studies

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    • Andrew N.D. Yang

      Vice Minister (Policy)

      Ministry of National Defense, Republic of China (Taiwan)

  • Session 2: The 2013 Quadrennial Defense Review of the ROC

    • Moderator

      Portrait: Richard Bush

      Richard C. Bush III

      Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

      Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy

    • Chia-Sheng Chen

      Director, Defense Net Assessment Division, Department of Integrated Assessment

      Ministry of National Defense, Republic of China (Taiwan)

    • Phillip Saunders

      Director, Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, Institute for National Strategic Studies

      National Defense University

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Details

April 29, 2013

2:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

Brookings Institution

Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

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