Date and time: Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM JST

Venue: Hybrid (Main Conference Room, IASA 3rd Floor/online meeting via Webex)

Registration：Please register your attendance at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XRFCRGW by Friday, June 17. A Webex invite to the webinar will be sent out the day before the event.

Title: What’s in for Taiwan in the Context of the Russia-Ukraine War?

Speaker: Valerie Niquet, head of the Asia program at the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS) in Paris and non-resident senior fellow at the Japanese Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) in Tokyo

Chair: Yasuhiro Matsuda, Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo

Disscussant: Ken Endo, Professor at the Graduate Schools of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
       Yasuhiro Matsuda, Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo

Language: English (English translation is provided if needed)

Abstract:
Please join us for a discussion on the strategic implications of the Russia-Ukraine war for Taiwan, featuring a presentation from Valerie Niquet, head of the Asia program at the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS) in Paris and senior fellow at the Japanese Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) in Tokyo. Dr. Niquet will provide her analysis of China’s discourse on “reunification” with Taiwan, the evolution of its posture toward Taiwan, and how the Ukraine War will impact the regional order.
The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with Ken Endo, Professor at the Graduate Schools of Law and Politics, and Yasuhiro Matsuda, Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, both from the University of Tokyo. The event is moderated by Dr. Matsuda and will be held in English.

Contact person: Yasuhiro Matsuda ymatsuda[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Co-organizer: 米日財団研究プロジェクト「A Study on the Impact of Taiwan Strait Issue on the US-Japan Alliance」、日本台湾学会定例研究会