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Tsai’s inauguration in Taiwan: It could have been worse
On May 20, 2016, Taiwan inaugurated its first female president, Tsai Ing-wen. Along with the executive office, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) gained a majority in the Legislative Yuan for the first time. The challenges facing the new administration, which President Tsai laid out in her inauguration address, are vast and complex ranging from pension reforms, environmental protection and unemployment concerns to regional economic integration and cross-Strait stability.
On June 8, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at Brookings and the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) co-hosted a conference on the future of Taiwan under the Tsai administration. Panelists presented papers on how the 2016 elections impact domestic politics, cross-Strait relations and Taiwan’s external strategy, and what the elections mean for Tsai’s social and economic policy reform agenda and Taiwan’s aspirations for a greater role in international space. Orbis, FPRI’s journal of world affairs, will publish a special Taiwan issue with the conference papers.
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Panel 2: Taiwan’s external strategy
Agenda
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June 8
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Welcome
9:00 am
Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center -
Panel 1: Taiwan’s domestic prognosis
9:05 am
Jacques deLisle Director, Asia Program - Foreign Policy Research Institute, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law & Professor of Political Science; Director, Center for East Asian Studies - University of Pennsylvania
Shelley Rigger Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, Brown Professor of Asian Politics - Davidson College
Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center -
Panel 2: Taiwan’s external strategy
10:45 am
Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Jacques deLisle Director, Asia Program - Foreign Policy Research Institute, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law & Professor of Political Science; Director, Center for East Asian Studies - University of PennsylvaniaJTDJune Teufel Dreyer Senior Fellow, Asia Program - Foreign Policy Research InstituteADRAlan D. Romberg Distinguished Fellow and Director, East Asia Program, The Henry L. Stimson CenterVWVincent Wang Associate Professor and Chair -
Concluding remarks
12:10 pm
Jacques deLisle Director, Asia Program - Foreign Policy Research Institute, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law & Professor of Political Science; Director, Center for East Asian Studies - University of Pennsylvania
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