Can Democracy Survive Globalization? Lessons From Taiwan

The Sigur Center for Asian Studies hosts a conference on the challenges of democracy.

Schedule:

9:00-9:25 am - Welcome

Kirk Larsen, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The George Washington University;
Wen-cheng Lin, President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
Terri Giles, Director, Formosa Foundation
9:25-10:00 am - Opening Session

"Global Forces and the Challenges to Democracy," David Huang, Deputy Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, Washington, DC
"UN Membership for Taiwan in the New Era of Democracy and Globalization," Lung-chu Chen, Chairman, Taiwan New Century Foundation & President, UN For Taiwan Alliance
10:00-11:30 am - Globalization and Impact on Taiwan's Democracy
Chair: Edward McCord, Associate Professor of History & International Affairs, The George Washington University

"Power and Democracy in Post Confucian Globalized Societies," David Steinberg, Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies, Georgetown University
"Economic Growth and Democratic Practices," Tun-jen Cheng, Class of 1935 Professor, Department of Government, College of William & Mary
"The Third Wave of Authoritarianism and China," Edward Friedman, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin
"Democracy and Legitimacy: The False Promise of Globalization," Donald Rodgers, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Austin College

11:30-11:45 am - Coffee Break

11:45 am – 12:15 pm - Remarks on Current State of Democracy
Chair: Kirk Larsen, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The George Washington University

Wen-cheng Lin, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy
12:15-12:30 pm - Plenary Address

Ambassador James Lilley, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

12:30-1:00 pm - Keynote Address

Senator Bob Dole, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader

1:00-2:00 pm - Lunch

2:00-3:30 pm - Democracy and Security in Cross-Strait Stability
Chair: Bruce Dickson, Professor of Political Science & International Affairs, The George Washington University

"East Asian Democracies and Regional Peace," Stephen Yates, President, DC Asia Advisory
"China's Illiberalism and Regional Stability," June Teufel Dreyer, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Miami
"U.S. Balancing Act in Cross-Strait Relations," John Tkacik, Jr., Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
"Worlds Apart: Democratic Futures of Taiwan and China," James Mann, FPI Author in Residence, The Johns Hopkins University
3:30-4:15 pm - Taiwan Policy Road Map for the Next U.S. President
Chair: Henry Nau, Professor of Political Science & International Affairs, The George Washington University

Randall Schriver, Founding Partner, Armitage International, LLC; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia
Rupert Hammond-Chambers, President, U.S.-Taiwan Business Council
Christopher Griffin, Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
 
RSVP: Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Friday, December 14, 2007.