The Future of Taiwan-U.S. Relations in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape
In-person, Members-only Briefing, Co-hosted with TECONY
Thursday, March 27, 2025 | 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET
As Taiwan navigates an evolving global order, the dynamics of its relationship with the United States take on renewed significance. With a new administration in Washington, there are growing questions about whether U.S. policy toward Taiwan, shaped in part by the Trump administration’s actions, needs updating. Taiwan must assess its strategic position amid shifting U.S. priorities, balancing security concerns, economic ties, and diplomatic maneuverability. This discussion will explore the evolving U.S.-Taiwan relationship, the implications for regional stability, and the broader geopolitical landscape shaped by growing tensions with China.
Network 20/20 and The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York would like to invite you to join us on Thursday, March 27, from 6:00 – 8:30 PM ET for a riveting discussion with David Sacks, Fellow for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations; Russel Hsiao, Executive Director of Global Taiwan Institute, senior fellow at The Jamestown Foundation, and adjunct fellow at Pacific Forum; and moderator Isaac Stone Fish, CEO and founder of Strategy Risks, a business intelligence firm which quantifies corporate exposure to China, and visiting fellow at the Atlantic Council.
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SPEAKERS:
Mr. David Sacks
David Sacks is a fellow for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where his work focuses on U.S.-China relations, U.S.-Taiwan relations, Chinese foreign policy, cross-Strait relations, and the political thought of Hans Morgenthau. In 2023, Mr. Sacks served as the project director for CFR’s Independent Task Force on U.S.-Taiwan Relations, which was chaired by Admiral (ret.) Michael G. Mullen and Susan M. Gordon. He also co-directed CFR’s Independent Task Force on China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which was chaired by Jacob J. Lew and Admiral (ret.) Gary Roughead. He is a regular commentator on U.S.-Taiwan and cross-Strait relations. His writings have appeared in Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, Time, The Diplomat, The Hill, and the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.
Prior to joining CFR, Mr. Sacks worked on political military affairs at the American Institute in Taiwan, which handles the full breadth of the United States’ relationship with Taiwan in the absence of diplomatic ties. Mr. Sacks was also a Princeton in Asia fellow in Hangzhou, China. He received his M.A. in International Relations and International Economics, with honors, from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). At SAIS, he was the recipient of the A. Doak Barnett Award, given annually to the most distinguished China Studies graduate. Mr. Sacks received his B.A. in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, from Carleton College.
Mr. Russell Hsiao
Russell Hsiao is the executive director of Global Taiwan Institute, senior fellow at The Jamestown Foundation, and adjunct fellow at Pacific Forum. He is a former Penn Kemble fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy and visiting scholar at the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia. He previously served as a senior research fellow at The Project 2049 Institute and national security fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Prior to those positions he was the editor of China Brief at The Jamestown Foundation from October 2007- to July 2011 and a special associate in the International Cooperation Department at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. While in law school, he clerked within the Office of the Chairman at the Federal Communications Commission and the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Mr. Hsiao received his J.D. and certificate from the Law and Technology Institute at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Catholic University’s Journal of Law and Technology. He received a B.A. in international studies from the American University’s School of International Service and the University Honors Program.
MODERATOR:
Mr. Isaac Stone Fish
Isaac Stone Fish is the CEO and founder of Strategy Risks, a business intelligence firm which quantifies corporate exposure to China, and helps companies and entities manage and reduce their China risk. He is the author of America Second (Knopf, 2022), a book about Beijing’s influence in the United States. He is also a visiting fellow at the Atlantic Council, an adjunct at New York University, and the author of a column on China risk for Barron’s.
Formerly a Beijing correspondent for Newsweek, Stone Fish spent seven years living in China: He has traveled widely in the region and in the country, visiting every Chinese province, autonomous region, and municipality. He was previously Asia Editor at Foreign Policy Magazine, senior fellow at the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations, an on-air contributor to CBS, a contributing columnist to the Washington Post, and an international affairs analyst on PRI’s The World.
Stone Fish is a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied Chinese literature. He is also a Truman National Security Project fellow, an alumni of the World Economic Forum Global Shaper’s program, and a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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