05/14/2020: COVID-19 & Taiwan’s International Space Reimagined

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Thursday, May 14, 2020

8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT

Live Roundtable via WebEx

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In this time of world-wide pandemic, Taiwan’s continued exclusion from the World Health Organization is being hotly debated. Ahead of the upcoming World Health Assembly meetings on May 18-23, the Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the East Asia National Resource Center are hosting a webinar with leading experts to discuss the politics and diplomacy over China’s blocking of Taiwan from the World Health Organization, and how the unprecedented global health crisis may be changing Taiwan’s future.

Opening Remarks: Benjamin D. Hopkins, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Expert Panel:

The World Health Organization and New Pandemic Politics in Play: Jacques deLisle, Professor of Law and Political Science, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Seeing Taiwan’s International Status Today in Historical Perspective: James M. Lin, Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Taiwan’s Health Diplomacy and New International Soft Power: I-Chung Lai, President, Prospect Foundation
Discussant: Robert Sutter, Professor of Practice of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs
Moderator: Deepa M. Ollapally, Associate Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Q&A

Speakers will discuss political controversies spotlighted by the pandemic as well as the historical circumstances of Taiwan’s exclusion from the United Nations under resolution 2758 and how it is shaping current prospects for inclusion in the WHO and other international organizations.

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