Executive Roundtable: Assessing the Outcome of the Presidential Election in Taiwan
VIEW EVENT DETAILS[INVITATION ONLY] A Conversation with Taiwan expert Dr. Simona Grano
On 13 January 2024, Taiwanese voters will head to the polls and choose a successor to current President Tsai Ing-wen. Questions about cultivating friendlier ties with China or strengthening Taiwan’s own identity and sovereignty have dominated past elections, and it is no different this time around. With geopolitical tensions on the rise, this electoral contest could mark a turning point in the island's future.
The outcome, depending on whether the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan People's Party (TTP), or independent candidate Terry Gou emerges victorious, will carry distinct implications – for Taiwan, but also beyond. What are the broader implications of the election results for Taiwan's overall foreign policy, especially concerning U.S.-China-Taiwan relations? What reactions are we seeing coming from Beijing and Washington following the election, and what are possible future scenarios for U.S.-China-Taiwan relations after the votes have been cast? And why should Europe, and Switzerland, be paying close attention?
In this closed-door Executive Roundtable, scheduled just five days post-election, Dr. Simona Grano, Senior Fellow at Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis, will assess the outcome of Taiwan’s Presidential election of 2024 and their broader implications for the region – and the world.
Agenda
11:45 Registration / Flying lunch
12:15 Roundtable starts
13:15 Drinks and networking
13:45 Event ends
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Simona Grano is Senior Fellow at Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis, where she focuses on Taiwan issues and the January 2024 elections.
She is also Senior Lecturer at the University of Zurich and Director of the Taiwan Studies Project at the same institution. She completed her Ph.D. in Chinese Studies at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy in 2008. Since then she has held research positions and taught China Studies and Taiwan Studies at her alma mater, at the University of Zurich in Switzerland and at National Cheng'chi University in Taiwan. She is a research fellow of the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (ERCCT), in Tübingen, Germany and a research associate of SOAS, London.
Simona is the author of Environmental Governance in Taiwan: a new generation of activists and stakeholders, published in 2015 by Routledge. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Civil Society, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, China Information, Asiatische Studien, Taiwan in Comparative Perspective, Orizzonte Cina. Her latest edited volume: China-US Competition: Impact on Small and Middle Powers' Strategic Choices, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in December 2022.
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