04
August 2026
Past Event
Taiwan’s Ever-Changing Security Environment

Event will air live on this page.

 

 

Inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.

Taiwan’s Ever-Changing Security Environment

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August 04, 2026
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Taiwanese soldiers take part in the Han Kuang Exercise on the outskirts of Taichung, Taiwan, on July 16, 2025. (Getty Images)
04
August 2026
Past Event

Event will air live on this page.

 

 

Inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.

Speakers:
Riley Walters
Riley Walters

Senior Fellow

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Dr. Michael Hunzeker

Director, Taiwan Security Monitor

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Dr. Liang-chih Evans Chen

Associate Research Fellow, Division of Defense Strategy and Resources, Institute for National Defense and Security Research

Can Kasapoglu Hudson Institute
Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

 

This week, Taiwan will begin its largest annual live-fire military exercise known as the Han Kuang Exercise.

Conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have accelerated global efforts to develop lethal and affordable drone systems. Taiwan’s lawmakers, however, have already passed on one opportunity to fund a domestic drone industrial base. So lawmakers are once again debating the best way to fund a new effort and deter the People’s Liberation Army. Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu recently explored this issue in a Hudson policy memo, which drew upon the Russia-Ukraine War and operations in the Strait of Hormuz.

Join Hudson Institute for a discussion on Taiwan’s rapidly changing security and defense industry. 

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