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SUMMARY:Visiting Scholar Lecture featuring Po-Chang (Paul) Huang - Sleepwalking into a China-Taiwan War? The Underreported Crisis over Kinmen and the Danger it Entails
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Po-Chang (Paul) Huang\, Fairbank Center Visiting Scholar; Research Fellow\, Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation \n\n\n\nDiscussant: Steven Goldstein\, Director\, Taiwan Studies Workshop\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies \n\n\n\nOn February 14\, 2024\, a tiny Chinese fishing raft collided with a Taiwan Coast boat near the waters of Kinmen\, a Taiwan-controlled island just miles off China’s Fujian coast. Two Chinese fishermen drowned as a result\, and a huge Chinese public outrage against Taiwan ensued. In the months that followed Chinese Coast Guard started regular incursions into Taiwan’s declared “restricted waters” around Kinmen which effectively nullified the unspoken boundaries that have been maintained for decades across the two sides. \n\n\n\nPaul Huang\, a Taiwanese security researcher and a visiting fellow at the Fairbank Center\, will discuss this underreported crisis and why its risks at hand are far greater than most realized. While Western observers dismissed it as a small fishing incident\, Huang argues the events since February point clearly to Chinese government’s calculated escalation that have been unprecedented in recent history of cross-strait relations. Instead of backing down quietly as Taiwan government assumed\, Beijing seems determined to use this as a steppingstone for a much larger use-of-force operation against Taiwan\, which will be of grave consequences to both sides of the strait. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/visiting-scholar-lecture-featuring-po-chang-paul-huang-sleepwalking-into-a-china-taiwan-war-the-underreported-crisis-over-kinmen-and-the-danger-it-entails/
LOCATION:CGIS South Room S354\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240926T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240926T163000
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SUMMARY:Combatting Digital Misinformation: Lessons from Taiwan — A Conversation with Audrey Tang
DESCRIPTION:Register now for event waitlist\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n***WAITLIST REGISTRATION ONLY***This event’s pre-registration has reached its capacity. You may register for the waitlist\, and we will notify you if a space becomes available.Speaker: Audrey Tang\, Inaugural Minister for Digital Affairs\, Taiwan (2022-2024) \n\n\n\nTaiwan sits on the front lines of global misinformation campaigns.  From election interference to fake news stories\, Taiwanese society faces a regular influx of activities by nefarious actors attempting to distort information.  What lessons can Taiwan offer for how to combat misinformation in a polarized political environment\, while protecting speech and promoting a thriving democracy?  Join us for a discussion with Audrey Tang\, Taiwan’s former Minister for Digital Affairs\, moderated by Professor Mark Wu\, Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society and Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. \n\n\n\nThis is an in-person only event. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. Register at: https://forms.gle/Qt6aA8BGg4TkS7Vs7.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/combatting-digital-misinformation-lessons-from-taiwan-a-conversation-with-audrey-tang/
LOCATION:BKC Multipurpose Room 515\, Lewis Law Center\, 1557 Mass. Ave. 5th Floor\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Special Event,Taiwan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241030T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241030T131500
DTSTAMP:20241029T141500Z
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SUMMARY:Rethinking UN Resolution 2758 and Taiwan’s International Participation
DESCRIPTION:Register now (Harvard id required)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:Johnson Sen Chiang\, Deputy Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the USRyan Hass\, Director\, Brookings Institution John L. Thornton China Center; Former Director for China\, Taiwan\, and Mongolian Affairs\, White House National Security Council \n\n\n\nModerator: Wenchi Yu\, International Affairs Journalist\, TVBS television\, Taiwan; Ash Center Non-Resident Research Fellow \n\n\n\nJoin the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia for an insightful lunch discussion on “Rethinking UN Resolution 2758 and Taiwan’s International Participation.” This timely event will feature Johnson Sen Chiang\, Deputy Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the US\, and Ryan Hass\, Director of the Brookings Institution’s John L. Thornton China Center and former Director for China\, Taiwan\, and Mongolian Affairs at the White House National Security Council during the Obama administration. Moderated by Dinda Elliott\, Executive Director of Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, the session will explore the complex challenges surrounding Taiwan’s international status and participation in global affairs. This event is co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. \n\n\n\nLunch will be provided.Registration required. Only open to Harvard ID holders. Please register using your Harvard email address. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/rethinking-un-resolution-2758-and-taiwans-international-participation/
LOCATION:124 Mount Auburn Street Suite 200N\, Ash Center Seminar Room 225\, 124 Mt. Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241111T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241111T213000
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SUMMARY:Taiwan Studies Workshop — The American Election Results: The View from Taipei
DESCRIPTION:register for zoom meeting\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists:Christine Lai\, Associate Research Fellow\, Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica\, TaiwanKevin Luo\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, University of Minnesota Twin CitiesAndrew Nien-dzu Yang\, Secretary General\, Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies (CAPS)Steven M. Goldstein\, Taiwan Studies Workshop Director\, Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesThis event takes place at 8:00PM EST on November 11 / 9:00AM Taipei Time on November 12Presented via Zoom Meeting. Register Here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-american-election-results-the-view-from-taipei/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T153000
DTSTAMP:20250903T150228Z
CREATED:20250903T150225Z
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SUMMARY:Taiwan Travelogue: A Dialogue with Author Yang Shuang-zi and Translator Lin King
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:David Der-Wei Wang\, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature\, Harvard UniversityFu Yun\, Harvard Graduate School of DesignWendy Wang\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/taiwan-travelogue-a-dialogue-with-author-yang-shuang-zi-and-translator-lin-king/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T174500
DTSTAMP:20251021T160245Z
CREATED:20251014T141308Z
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SUMMARY:Taiwan Studies Workshop featuring Andrew Erickson — Taiwan's Security: What's at Risk and What's at Stake?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Andrew S. Erickson\, Visiting Scholar\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Professor of Strategy\, China Maritime Studies Institute\, U.S. Naval War CollegeThis presentation addresses the subject of Taiwan’s security—not from a political or policy standpoint\, but rather from a geographical\, historical\, military operational\, and strategic perspective. It explicates Taiwan’s geostrategic position and surveys the military aspects of key events regarding cross-Strait security\, with particular focus on China’s aborted invasion plans for 1950; as well as the 1954–55\, 1958\, and 1995–96 crises\, and sophisticated large-scale exercises beginning in 2022. It explains China’s current all-domain pressure campaign against Taiwan\, as well as the evolving operational capabilities and potential military campaigns that Xi has ordered his armed forces to prepare as part of his signature military development deadline: the Centennial Military Building Goal of 2027. It concludes by considering Taiwan’s strategic significance. \n\n\n\nAndrew S. Erickson is a Visiting Scholar at the Fairbank Center. He is also Professor of Strategy in the U.S. Naval War College (NWC)’s China Maritime Studies Institute\, which he helped establish and has served as Research Director. Erickson has received the Navy Superior Civilian Service Medal\, NWC’s inaugural Civilian Faculty Research Excellence Award\, and NBR’s inaugural Ellis Joffe Prize for PLA Studies. Erickson’s latest coedited volume\, Chinese Amphibious Warfare: Prospects for a Cross-Strait Invasion\, has been named the Samuel B. Griffith Foundation’s 2025 Publication of the Year and selected for the Commandant of the Marine Corps Professional Reading Program’s 2025 Reading List. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry published a Chinese-language translation of his coedited volume on China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations in 2023. \n\n\n\nDisclaimer: The views expressed by Dr. Erickson are his alone\, based solely on open sources and offered from an independent academic perspective. They do not represent the policies or estimates of the U.S. Navy or any other organization of the U.S. government\, or of any other organization with which he is affiliated. Dr. Erickson is presenting in his personal capacity\, not as an employee of the U.S. government. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/taiwan-studies-workshop-featuring-andrew-erickson-taiwans-security-whats-at-risk-and-whats-at-stake/
LOCATION:CGIS South Room S354\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T200000
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SUMMARY:Films from the Film Study Center: Screening and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Please join us\, in partnership with ArtsThursdays\, for a special screening of short films by Darol Olu Kae\, Kendra McLaughlin\, Tiff Rekem\, and Svetlana Romanova—current fellows at the Film Study Center at Harvard. Following the screening\, the filmmakers will participate in a conversation with Dennis Lim\, Artistic Director of the New York Film Festival. \n\n\n\nTiff Rekem
: Trilogy (working title)\, 2026\, work in progress\, 15 min. Ten years ago\, prominent director of Taiwan popular cinema Wei Te-sheng (魏德聖) set out to make three historical epics set during the little-known 17th-century Dutch colonial period in Taiwan — until the production fell apart\, unfinished\, in 2025. This project refashions the visual and sonic traces of the Taiwan Trilogy into an alternative historical period piece that\, during a time of rising nationalism in Taiwan\, observes the construction of cinema as the construction of a national identity. A work in progress. \n\n\n\nKendra McLaughlin
: Lo que las olas no rompen (What the Waves Don’t Break)\, 2026\, work in progress\, 12min 30s. Along Lima’s southern coast\, men fish\, camels eat\, and life cycles through death and back again. \n\n\n\nSvetlana Romanova: Hinkelten\, 2023\, Russia\, 15 min.
Filmed in the Yakutian Arctic and constructed out of personal poems and notes\, this visual essay poses questions about our perception of contemporaneity and image production’s intersection with the creation of narratives around the idea of love (romantic\, platonic\, intimate\, and maternal). \n\n\n\nDarol Olu Kae: Keeping Time\, 2023\, USA\, 32 min. Keeping Time is a kaleidoscopic audiovisual homage to musicians who pass on the magic and the communities that nourish them.
  \n\n\n\nThis event is co-presented by the Film Study Center at Harvard University and ArtsThursdays\, a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/films-from-the-film-study-center-screening-and-conversation/
LOCATION:Harvard Film Archive\, Carpenter Center\, 24 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest,Film Screening,Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T094500
DTSTAMP:20260203T175253Z
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SUMMARY:Taiwan Workshop featuring Wu Jieh-min — Weaponized Interdependence: How Taiwan Is Rethinking its “Silicon Shield”
DESCRIPTION:Google meet link\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Wu Jieh-min\, Distinguished Research Fellow\, Institute of Sociology\, Academia Sinica\, Taiwan; Co-founder\, Center for Contemporary China\, National Tsing Hua University \n\n\n\nModerator: Ya-Wen Lei\,  Professor\, Department of Sociology\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nThe “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 that view by situating Taiwan within the deep and highly interdependent global semiconductor supply chain. It argues that Taiwan’s future industrial development depends on deeper integration with democratic partners—an approach through which Taiwan can contribute to the rebuilding of U.S. high-tech manufacturing while also strengthening its own global economic position. \n\n\n\nWu Jieh-min is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology\, Academia Sinica\, Taiwan\, and a co-founder of the Center for Contemporary China at National Tsing Hua University. His research focuses on geopolitics\, democratization\, and development\, with particular attention to Taiwan–China relations\, Hong Kong–China relations\, and the global political economy. He is the author of Rival Partners: How Taiwanese Entrepreneurs and Guangdong Officials Forged the China Development Model (Harvard University Asia Center\, 2022)\, which received the 2023 ASA Global and Transnational Sociology Best Publication Award by an International Scholar. He is currently working on a book project titled Global Taiwan. \n\n\n\nGoogle Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/puv-bqok-zwt \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/taiwan-studies-workshop-featuring/
LOCATION:Presented via Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T210000
DTSTAMP:20260222T220704Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening — Invisible Nation\, followed by Q&A with Director Vanessa Hope
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Vanessa Hope\, DirectorDiscussant: Ya-Wen Lei\, Professor\, Department of Sociology\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nInvisible Nation follows the story of Taiwan’s first female president\, Tsai Ing-wen\, and explores themes of resilience\, identity\, and freedom\, while shedding light on Taiwan’s complex history and its ongoing struggle in the international society. The 90-minute documentary will be followed by a discussion featuring Director Vanessa Hope and Prof. Ya-Wen Lei. \n\n\n\nRegister Here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/film-screening-invisible-nation-followed-by-qa-with-director-vanessa-hope/
LOCATION:Hall C\, Science Center\, 1 Oxford St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Taiwan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T121500
DTSTAMP:20260302T165353Z
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SUMMARY:Taiwan Workshop featuring Peter Dutton — What is the Legal Status of Taiwan and Why Does it Matter?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Peter Dutton\, Senior Research Fellow\, Paul Tsai China Center; Professor Emeritus\, U.S. Naval War College \n\n\n\nDiscussants: 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 \n\n\n\nTaiwan’s political status often dominates headlines. Yet its legal status — the foundation of U.S. policy — remains underdiscussed. At this event\, Paul Tsai China Center Senior Fellow Dr. Peter Dutton will trace Taiwan’s territorial status from the Qing Dynasty to the present day\, shedding light on the legal principles and historical developments that define its position in the world.  \n\n\n\nPeter Dutton is a senior research fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center and Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. Before coming to Yale\, Dutton served the U.S. Navy for more than 40 years in active duty and civilian capacities. He has advised a series of Pacific Fleet Commanders\, Secretaries of Defense\, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\, and other government offices on policies in the Asia-Pacific region and testified before the Senate and the House on a variety of China-related issues. He was also a professor of international law and China studies at the U.S. Naval War College\, where he directed the China Maritime Studies Institute and served as dean of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/taiwan-workshop-featuring-peter-dutton-what-is-the-legal-status-of-taiwan-and-why-does-it-matter/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Room S153\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T131500
DTSTAMP:20260312T154336Z
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SUMMARY:Taiwan Workshop featuring Thung-Hong Lin — Stormy Seas: Taiwan’s Democratic Resilience under China’s Sharp Power
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Thung-Hong Lin\, Research Fellow\, Institute of Sociology\, Academia Sinica\, Taiwan.  \n\n\n\nHow can a small democracy resist the influence of a powerful authoritarian neighbor? Taiwan is often praised for its successful economic development and peaceful democratic transition\, yet it faces substantial challenges from both internal political divisions and external geopolitical pressures. Taiwan’s political landscape is shaped by several major cleavages\, including national identity\, economic inequality and class conflict\, and generational and cultural differences. The greatest challenge to Taiwan’s democracy comes from China\, which has sought to exploit these cleavages through economic leverage\, propaganda\, and political interference. Under the pressure of Beijing’s sharp power\, Taiwan’s democracy has repeatedly faced threats of regression. Yet each time these pressures escalate\, Taiwan’s civil society has mobilized in response\, playing a crucial role in defending democratic institutions. Drawing on case studies such as the 2014 Sunflower Movement\, the 2019 wave of solidarity with Hong Kong protests\, and recent civic mobilizations in 2024\, this talk highlights how Taiwan’s vibrant civil society has become a key source of democratic resilience. \n\n\n\nThe talk is based on Lin’s forthcoming book\, Stormy Seas: Taiwan Under the Shadow of China in the 21st Century (Stanford University Press\, forthcoming September 2026)\, which situates Taiwan’s democratic resilience within the broader trajectory of U.S.–China relations and global geopolitics over the past half century. \n\n\n\nThung-Hong Lin is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology\, Academia Sinica\, Taiwan. He studies inequality\, political economy\, disasters\, and Taiwan’s democracy\, and was a 2023–24 Stanford–Taiwan Social Science Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) and a Fulbright Fellow. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/taiwan-workshop-featuring-thung-hong-lin-stormy-seas-taiwans-democratic-resilience-under-chinas-sharp-power/
LOCATION:CGIS Knafel K262\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taiwan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T171500
DTSTAMP:20260930T162208Z
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SUMMARY:Taiwan Studies Workshop featuring Eyck Freymann — Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Eyck Freymann\, Hoover Fellow\, Stanford University \n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT’S START TIME HAS CHANGED TO 4PMTaiwan is where the uneasy peace between the United States and China will be tested–and possibly broken. Beijing believes that “reunification” is inevitable. American military strength has preserved peace and stability for decades\, but its advantages are eroding. Beijing has found critical gaps in U.S. strategy and is working to squeeze\, isolate\, and coerce Taiwan into submission without firing a shot. If deterrence fails\, the consequences of a Taiwan crisis would be catastrophic–plunging the global economy into chaos\, shattering U.S. alliances\, and allowing China to dominate the region and reshape the world order. \n\n\n\nIn Defending Taiwan\, Eyck Freymann presents the first integrated strategy to deter war with China and preserve an honorable peace. Drawing on untranslated Chinese sources\, cutting-edge military and economic analysis\, and deep historical research\, Freymann argues that Washington’s deterrence strategy must extend beyond conventional military power and familiar threats of mutually assured destruction. America must work with allies to develop a bold new vision of technological and economic statecraft–and a plan to secure its interests if deterrence fails. Freymann examines China’s full range of strategic options. The United States can deter them all. But to do so\, it must integrate its military strength\, economic leverage\, technological leadership\, and diplomatic influence into a single\, coherent plan to prevent war. \n\n\n\nEyck Freymann is a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University\, where he directs the Allied Coordination Working Group. He is also a Non-Resident Research Fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy\, the Institute of Geoeconomics in Tokyo\, and the China Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. He works on strategies to preserve peace and protect U.S. interests and values in an era of systemic competition with China. He is the author of several books\, including Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China (Oxford\, 2026)\, The Arsenal of Democracy: Technology\, Industry\, and Deterrence in an Age of Hard Choices (Hoover\, 2025)\, and One Belt One Road: Chinese Power Meets the World (Harvard\, 2021).  \n\n\n\nThis event is part of Harvard Worldwide Week \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/taiwan-studies-workshop-featuring-eyck-freymann-defending-taiwan-a-strategy-to-prevent-war-with-china/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Room S050\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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