Taiwan’s January 2012 Presidential and Legislative Elections

Co-Organized by:  Freeman chair in china studies CSIS and Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, the Brookings Institution

On January 17, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS and the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) at Brookings hosted a public seminar analyzing the results of Taiwan's January 14 presidential and legislative elections.

The seminar featured speakers from across Taiwan's political spectrum, as well as experts from the United States, China, and United Kingdom. Panelists analyzed the results of the election, identifying pressing policy issues for the winning presidential candidate, and exploring how the results may affect cross-Strait relations.

Conference Agenda

Opening: 9:00 am – 9:10 am

Richard Bush
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
The Brookings Institution

Bonnie Glaser
Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Panel 1:  9:15 am – 10:30 am
Analysis of the Presidential and Legislative Elections            

Edward McCord, moderator
Associate Professor of History and International Affairs; Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies; and
Director, Taiwan Education and Research Program
The George Washington University

Antonio Chiang
Columnist
Apple Daily

Chu Yun-han
Distinguished Research Fellow
Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica

Dafydd Fell
Senior Lecturer in Taiwan Studies and Deputy Director, Centre of Taiwan Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
 

Panel 2: 10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Lessons from the Past, and Policy Issues for the New Administration

Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, moderator
Professor of History, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University

David Wei-Feng Huang
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies
Academia Sinica

Kao Su-Po
Executive Director, The 21st Century Foundation; and
Associate Professor of Law, Shih Hsin University

Douglas Paal
Vice President for Studies
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Lunch: 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
The Taiwan Election and What It Means

Richard Bush
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
The Brookings Institution

Panel 3: 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Implications for the United States and Cross-Strait Relations

Cynthia Watson, moderator
Professor of Strategy
National War College

Chu Shulong
Professor, Institute of International Strategy and Development
Tsinghua University

Bonnie Glaser
Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Alexander Chieh-Cheng Huang
Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies
Tamkang University

Lai I-chung
Executive Committee Member
Taiwan Thinktank