Speaker: Peter Dutton, Senior Research Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center; Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College Discussants: Alastair Iain Johnston, Professor, Government Department, Harvard UniversityWilliam P. Alford, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law; Director, East Asian Legal Studies Program; Chair, Harvard Law School Project on Disability, Harvard Law School Taiwan’s political status

Speaker: Wu Jieh-min, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; Co-founder, Center for Contemporary China, National Tsing Hua University Moderator: Ya-Wen Lei,  Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University The “Silicon Shield” is often treated as a Taiwan-centered, overly-fixed concept that emphasizes Taiwan’s technological indispensability as a rationale for its defense. This talk challenges