On Thursday, October 23 at 8:00 a.m. ET/8:00 p.m. Taipei Time, the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security will host a seminar on countering the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) gray-zone strategies. 

This event is part of IPSI’s Cross-Strait and Beyond Seminar Series, which informs the public debate on key issues for Taiwan and the United States, held in partnership with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States. 

The PRC’s gray-zone threats have risen to the fore of discussions on Taiwan, but to truly counter the PRC in the gray zone, it is critical to analyze Beijing’s tactics across the broader Indo-Pacific region. This seminar will explore the similar yet distinct challenges Taiwan and the Philippines face in fending off Beijing’s incursions in the air and at sea, and what Taiwan can learn from the Philippines to mitigate and deter Chinese aggression.

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Opening remarks

Markus Garlauskas
Director, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

Speakers

Jay Tarriela
Spokesperson
Philippine Coast Guard

Ta-Chen Chen
Non-Resident Fellow
Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Technology

Arielle Ann Nicole Lopez
Senior Defense Research Officer
National Defense College of the Philippines

Moderated by

Markus Garlauskas
Director, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

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The Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) informs and shapes the strategies, plans, and policies of the United States and its allies and partners to address the most important rising security challenges in the Indo-Pacific, including China’s growing threat to the international order and North Korea’s destabilizing nuclear weapons advancements. IPSI produces innovative analysis, conducts tabletop exercises, hosts public and private convenings, and engages with US, allied, and partner governments, militaries, media, other key private and public-sector stakeholders, and publics.

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