Difficult Choices: Building Taiwan’s Resilience for an Uncertain Future
Alongside a serious threat to its military security, Taiwan also faces a wide range of significant domestic policy challenges. At the public form of Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation (CAPRI), Dr. Richard Bush, author of Difficult Choices: Taiwan’s Quest for Security and the Good Life, addressed the challenges Taiwan faces in balancing competing priorities when formulating policy, with focuses on issues of government budget, public health, energy security, and conscription. Syaru Shirley Lin, chair of CAPRI, moderated the event.
Dr. Bush’s presentation was followed by a panel discussion with three leading experts: Prof. Alicia Garcia Herrero, founding board member of CAPRI and Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis and Senior Fellow of Bruegel, Mr. Enoch Wu, founder of Forward Alliance, Prof. Jiunn-rong Yeh, chair professor at National Taiwan University College of Law and Taiwan's former Minister of Education and Minister of the Interior.
The transcript of Dr. Bush’s presentation and his prepared remarks are published on CAPRI’s website, and the full recording of the event is available here:
Speakers:
Richard Bush, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Former Chairman and Managing Director, American Institute in Taiwan
Alicia Garcia Herrero, Senior Fellow, Bruegel; Chief Economist for Asia Pacific, Natixis; Adjunct Professor, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Enoch Wu, Director, Forward Alliance
Jiunn-rong Yeh, Chair Professor, National Taiwan University
When:
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Where:
Tsai Lecture Hall,
National Taiwan University College of Law
