Taiwan

Atlantic Council delegation to visit Taiwan

On July 18, Focus Taiwan featured Atlantic Council delegates Mark Esper, former US Secretary of Defense, Stefano Stefanini, former Permanent Representative of Italy to NATO, and Barry Pavel, Senior Vice President and Director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. The delegation will meet with senior government officials, think tanks, and business […]

CBDC tracker cited in Reuters on countries exploring CBDCs in light of advancements to Taiwan’s pilot program

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Lawler featured in Axios upon return from Seoul

On June 27, 2022, Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Journalist Fellow Dave Lawler published an article, “South Korea would expect U.S. to intervene if China invades Taiwan, official says,” in Axios. After wrapping up one week in Seoul, Lawler reflects on a discussion from the trip of the new South Korean administration’s foreign policy priorities. In particular, […]

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s special address at Atlantic Council cited in Bloomberg on the prospects and impacts of friend-shoring

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Saeed in World Politics Review: Biden’s Indo-Pacific economic ‘whatever’ misses the mark

By Atlantic Council

On June 15, Nonresident Senior Fellow Ferial Saeed published an article in World Politics Review that critiqued the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for its lack of specifics and failure to make meaningful progress on trade policy. “Biden officials are betting that a “nontraditional” trade pact will be an easier sell domestically, but the negative […]

Kroenig in Foreign Policy on President Biden, Taiwan, and strategic ambiguity

By Atlantic Council

Matt Kroenig debates the merits of US strategic ambiguity towards Taiwan and President Biden's recent comments on the topic.

Ashford on SpectatorTV: What has Taiwan learnt from Ukraine?

By Atlantic Council

On May 26, Emma Ashford was interviewed on SpectatorTV about Ukraine and Taiwan. Ashford drew distinctions between Russia’s war in Ukraine and a potential attack on Taiwan by the Chinese government. “There are these parallels, but the parallels are mostly at this sort of large, strategic, geopolitical sense. There are also some major differences that I think […]

Kroenig in the news on Taiwan and strategic ambiguity

By Atlantic Council

Matt Kroenig comments on President Biden and strategic ambiguity toward Taiwan.

Kroenig and Ashford in Foreign Policy: Is There a Risk of a NATO vs. Russia War?

By Atlantic Council

On February 24, Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and NAEI senior fellow Emma Ashford discussed the risk of a NATO war with Russia.