….Difficult Choices: Building Taiwan’s Resilience for an Uncertain Future..構築堅韌之島：困境中選擇台灣的未來….
….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:
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亞太堅韌研究基金會於2023年3月22日與國立臺灣大學法律學院共同舉辦了首個聚焦台灣議題的公開活動，特別邀請到布魯金斯學會的非常駐資深研究員、美國在台協會前理事主席卜睿哲（Richard Bush）博士進行專題演講。在亞堅會董事長林夏如教授和國立臺灣大學講座教授葉俊榮教授的開幕致詞後，卜睿哲博士向包含大學生、產官學界領袖及國內外政府機構代表的200多位觀眾發表演講。來自國立臺灣大學、國立政治大學和其他學校的學生積極參加了此次活動。
卜睿哲博士的演講延續了他最新出版的著作《艱難的抉擇：台灣對安全與美好生活的追求》的主題，涉及政府預算、公共衛生、能源安全以及徵兵制度四大政策議題，深度剖析台灣在制定公共政策時釐清議題優先次序、平衡多方政策考量時的挑戰。台灣的政府和人民需要在經濟成長與社會公平之間、不同世代需求之間、内政事項與國防目標之間做出選擇。卜睿哲博士表示：「如果有那麼一天，台灣人民必須就其長遠未來做出根本性的抉擇，那麼如何做這個抉擇的程序必須符合民主並且合憲，同時也要明智。」他的完整演講內容可在亞堅會網站上查看。
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….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
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講者：
卜睿哲
布魯金斯研究院非常駐資深研究員；美國在台協會前理事主席
艾西亞
布魯蓋爾（Bruegel）高級研究員；法國外貿銀行亞太區首席經濟學家；香港科技大學客座教授
吳怡農
壯闊台灣聯盟理事長
葉俊榮
國立臺灣大學講座教授
時間
2023年3月22日（三）
2:00 - 4:00 PM
地點
國立臺灣大學法律學院
霖澤館國際會議廳
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