Notable Thinking - National Security

Every week Washington area seminars and workshops provide fresh thinking on national defense and geo-political topics. Some may be of great interest to you. But which ones? Notable Thinking - National Security condenses speakers’ comments from selected events into bulletized notes designed to be skimable. Readers quickly see what the speakers said, not an interpretation. Notes are also enhanced with relevant hyperlinks including those to the recorded events posted on the web.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Current Asia-Pacific Security Situation & Taiwan

Dr. Nien-Dzu (Andrew) Yang Deputy Minister for Policy, Taiwan Ministry of National Defense spoke at the Center for Strategic & International Studies on Nov 9, 2011. Video & Audio versions are available.

Dr. Yang discussed several issues including:

Relations between the US and Taiwan
Taiwan’s Future Security Challenges
Taiwan’s Future Defense Needs
Other Areas of Future Concern for Taiwan
Question & Answer Session topics included:

South China Sea concerns
Cross-strait Military Confidence Building Measures
US Arms Sales to Taiwan
Taiwan’s Defense Budget

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