Navigating Cross-Strait Relations: Taiwan's Domestic and International Imperatives

George Washington University's Sigur Center for Asian Studies presents a conference focusing on Taiwan's current sources of foreign policy.

10:00-10:30 am - Welcome and Opening Remarks

Welcome:
Shawn McHale, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Opening Remarks:
Jason Yuan, Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office

10:30 am - 12:00 pm - Panel I: Taiwan's External Environment: Implications for Cross-Strait Ties

Shirley Kan, Specialist, Congressional Research Service

Phillip Saunders, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

Teng Chung-Chian, Professor and Dean, College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Moderator: Bruce Dicskon, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University

12:15 - 2:00 pm - Luncheon and Keynote Lecture

Douglas Paal, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
City View Room, 7th Floor

2:00 - 3:30 pm - Panel II: Domestic Sources of Taiwan's Cross-Strait Policies

Sara Friedman, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies, Indiana University

Megan Greene, Associate Professor of History, University of Kansas

Shelley Rigger, Brown Professor of East Asian Politics, Davidson College

Moderator: Edward McCord, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, The George Washington University

Please RSVP to gsigur@gwu.edu with your name, affiliation, and contact information by Monday, April 19, 2010.

**Please also include which session(s) you plan to attend (Panel I, Luncheon, Panel II).**