Taiwan under Tsai: A two-year review
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Two years into the Tsai Ing-wen administration, the domestic and international landscapes look very different for Taiwan. Beijing suspended formal cross-Strait dialogue following Tsai’s inauguration and embarked on a campaign of pressure against Taiwan. Uncertainty has pervaded U.S.-Taiwan relations as the Trump administration’s commitment to and engagement in East Asia as a whole has been questioned, and sparked fears that Taiwan will be inadvertently drawn into diplomatic clashes between the United States and China. On the home front, the economy is growing but the benefits of growth are still unevenly distributed. Public support for Tsai’s administration has lagged amid criticism of some of her policies. Political polarization continues unabated. What do these developments mean for Taiwan’s present and future?
On May 30, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution and the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies co-hosted a discussion on the current state of affairs on Taiwan. Panelists addressed domestic politics and the economy on Taiwan, U.S.-Taiwan relations, and cross-Strait relations and tensions.
Agenda
Richard C. Bush
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Bonnie S. Glaser
Director of the Asia Program - The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Ryan Hass
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
The Michael H. Armacost Chair
Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies
Nonresident Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School
Shelley Rigger
Brown Professor and Assistant Dean for Educational Policy - Political Science Department, Davidson College
Robert Wang
Senior Policy Advisor - Covington & Burling LLP
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