Global Taiwan Insights

We spoke with GTI Non-Resident Fellow J. Michael Cole about CCP influence operations in the media directed at Taiwan citizens, and the implications of these operations on the upcoming January 2020 presidential elections in Taiwan.

Producer: Marzia Borsoi-Kelly

Host: Marzia Borsoi-Kelly

Edit: Jack Liu

Music: Joseph Ross

We talked with Director of the DPP Mission in the US Michael Fonte about the DPP primary nomination of President Tsai and her campaign leading up to the January 2020 presidential elections in Taiwan.

Producer: Marzia Borsoi-Kelly

Host: Marzia Borsoi-Kelly

Edit: Jack Liu

Music: Joseph Ross

We invited former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, Lt. Gen. Gregson (USMC, ret.), to speak about the recent US-Taiwan-Japan joint declaration calling for enhanced American, Taiwanese, and Japanese cooperation in response to the PRC’s increasing “grey zone” tactics and pressure on Taiwan.

Producer: Marzia Borsoi-Kelly

Host: Marzia Borsoi-Kelly

Edit: Jack Liu

Music: Joseph Ross

We talked with Professor Crison Chien from National Taiwan University about the ways in which Taiwan provides development aid, what are some of its unique aspects, and how its approach differs from countries with larger budgets.

Producer: Marzia Borsoi-Kelly

Host: Marzia Borsoi-Kelly

Edit: Jack Liu

Music: Joseph Ross

We interviewed Scott W. Harold, the associate director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy and they discuss the strengths and challenges of Taiwan’s development assistance, as well as Scott’s newly release report “Countering China’s Efforts to Isolate Taiwan Diplomatically in Latin American and the Caribbean: The Role of Development Assistance and Disaster Relief.”

Producer: Marzia Borsoi-Kelly

Host: Marzia Borsoi-Kelly

Edit: Jack Liu

Music: Joseph Ross