Taiwan’s new president will play a significant role in determining how the island navigates cross-strait turbulence and a fragile status quo. As a key point of contention in the U.S.-China relationship, any tactical shifts around inauguration will carry reverberations for the region. In this event, Crisis Group was joined by esteemed foreign policy and defence experts from Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines to discuss the political and security situation in and around the Taiwan Strait and how the unofficial relationships between Taiwan and key regional actors may evolve under a new Taiwanese administration.

This event was co-hosted by the International Crisis Group, the Association of Taiwan Journalists and the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club.