Taiwan and the U.S: Shared Strategic Interests

November 2013

Past Event

Taiwan and the U.S: Shared Strategic Interests

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

November 21, 2013

November 2013

Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

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Speakers:

Cheng-Chian Teng

Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy & Director, Center for International Negotiation, National Chengchi University (Taiwan)

Dennis Halpin

Visiting Scholar, US-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Paul Giarra

President, Global Strategies & Transformation

Abraham Denmark

Vice President for Political and Security Affairs, National Bureau of Asian Research

Taiwan and the United States share free market systems, democratic politics, and a huge volume of trade. The two nations also have shared strategic interests. Situated at the center of the first island chain that brackets East Asia, Taiwan holds a tactical position of unsurpassed importance in preserving the peace and stability on which Asia's continued prosperity and democratic progress rest.

On Thursday, November 21, 2013, Hudson Institute's Washington, DC headquarters hosted a public conference on the shared strategic interests of Taiwan and the United States. The discussion featured four distinguished guest experts and was moderated by Hudson Senior Fellow Seth Cropsey.

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