Meeting

2021 International Affairs Fellowship (IAF) Conference Keynote Session on Taiwan

Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Ann Wang/Reuters
Speakers
Margaret K. Lewis

Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law; Visiting Researcher, Academia Sinica Law Institute; CFR Member

Nancy Yao Maasbach

President, Museum of Chinese in America; CFR Member; Former IAF (2003–2004)

Evan S. Medeiros

Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies and the Cling Family Senior Fellow in U.S.-China Relations, Georgetown University; Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia, National Security Council; CFR Member; Former IAF (2006–2007)

Presider
Carl Minzner

Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law; Former IAF (2006–2007)

Introductory Remarks
Shannon K. O'Neil

Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Panelists discuss the potential for escalation in the Taiwan Strait, the state of cross-Strait relations, and the outlook for U.S. policy toward Taiwan.

For more information about the International Affairs Fellowship (IAF), please visit CFR’s Fellowship Affairs Page. 

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