Kamala Harris Rallying Asian Allies to Taiwan's Defense | Taiwan Talks EP4

Описание: 📹Host: Yin Khvat

"In this episode, we analyze U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s trip to Asia; former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Taiwan; the call for Taiwan to join the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); and Antony Blinken’s comments that an attack by the PRC would be economically “devastating” on a global scale.

Yen Chen-shen, National Chengchi University professor on Taiwan-U.S. relations, and Raymond Sung, Deputy CEO of think tank Taiwan New Constitution Foundation, discuss with us improving Taiwan-U.S. ties as both nations seek to deter China.

We also speak to Stephen Ezell, Vice President, Global Innovation Policy, at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation from Washington D.C. who says taking Taiwan by force would be “deleterious to the entire global economy.”

Topics discussed:
U.S. partnership with Japan for Taiwan security issues
Kamala Harris’s commitment to deepen unofficial ties with Taiwan
How China has undermined the “status quo” in the Taiwan Strait
Effects of de-sensitizing the Median Line
President Yoon Suk-yeol on the role of South Korea in any PRC attack
Philippines’ commitment for U.S. to use its military bases provided “important to own security”
How PRC’s August exercises have triggered the deepening of ties between the U.S. and regional allies
-How PLA’s rehearsal is also preparing U.S. allies
End of “blind engagement” with China
Whether greater ambiguity is bad for “strategic ambiguity”
U.S. “One China” Policy vs. China “One China” principle
Unspoken agreement between the PRC and the U.S. that U.S. officials wouldn’t publicly state they “don’t take a position on Taiwan’s sovereignty”
How PRC’s de facto blockade caused havoc for international flights
How Taiwan’s contribution to the U.S. economy is greater than that of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam combined
-Why Taiwan is the world’s chip foundry
-Why semiconductors are crucial to global supply chains and the world economy"