Taiwan’s Democratic Future

Monday, January 22, 2024
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Room SVC-215
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
Washington, D.C.

An executive summary of this event is available from the Global Taiwan Institute: Executive Summary – Taiwan’s Democratic Future

Opening

Introduction, Russell Hsiao, Executive Director, Global Taiwan Institute

Video Welcome, The Honorable Audrey Tang, Taiwan Minister of Digital Affairs

Panel 1: Political and Military Developments

Moderator:        

Russell Hsiao, GTI

Speakers:           

Tiffany Ma, Nonresident Fellow, National Bureau for Asian Research

Michael Mazza, Senior Director, The Project 2049 Institute

RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Panel 2: Democracy and Civil Society

Moderator:        

Igor Khrestin, Bradford M. Freeman Managing Director for Global Policy, George W. Bush Institute

Speakers:           

Ambassador Kelley Currie, former U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for Women’s Issues

Borcheng Hsu, Keep Taiwan Free Activist

Yaqui Wang, Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Freedom House

Closing

Keynote Speaker Introduction, Igor Khrestin, Bush Institute

Closing Keynote Address, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK)

Q&A with Senator Sullivan

Event Co-hosted by the George W. Bush Institute, the Global Taiwan Institute, and the US-Taiwan Business Council