*[Virtual Seminar] US-Japan-Taiwan Relations in 2021*
Thursday, April 15, 2021 from 9:00AM-10:30AM (EST, Washington, DC)

Webcast Only @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rT_Ue6EgOk

Event Description:

The Global Taiwan Institute (GTI) is pleased to invite you to a virtual
conversation on US-Japan-Taiwan relations in 2021. In the near-decade since
the rise of Xi Jinping in 2012, much has been made about China's
increasingly aggressive foreign policy and growing military threat to the
Indo-Pacific region, particularly to Taiwan. Over the last year, these
concerns have only grown more pronounced, as Beijing has sought to
subvert Taiwan's political system and media through consistent influence
operations and disinformation campaigns, and to intimidate the island's
citizens through increasing frequent air incursions into Taiwan's
territory. For the United States and Japan--Taiwan's most important
democratic and security partners in the region--this aggression has not gone
unnoticed. In a recent US-Japan 2+2 summit, the two nations acknowledged
the threat presented by China and reaffirmed their commitment to
maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. These unprecedented
public disclosures of shared concerns are likely to continue during the
upcoming meeting between US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister
Yoshihide Suga. This virtual seminar will explore the opportunities and
challenges facing the US, Japan, and Taiwan as they seek to expand
cooperation and work together to challenge an increasingly aggressive China