As the Indo-Pacific construct evolves, the debate on how to include Taiwan also intensifies. Taiwan’s participation in the Indo-Pacific seems beneficial for the major stakeholders. Taiwan — like other major rule-abiding stakeholders — advocates for a rules-based order, inclusiveness, and transparency, and its COVID-19 response is an important example in that context. Taiwan’s role in the Indo-Pacific cannot be overstated as is the significance of its several bilateral relations. One of the most important yet understudied and underappreciated set of relations is India-Taiwan relations, the potential of which still remains underutilised.
Considering Taiwan’s COVID-19 response, both India and Taiwan sharing similar values in the Indo-Pacific, economic and soft power benefits of engagement, there is merit in developing greater India-Taiwan connections. In this context, the ORF-TAEF dialogue aims to explore different aspects of cooperation between India and Taiwan within the geopolitical and geo-economic framework of the Indo-Pacific. Highlighting the importance of India-Taiwan relations, the experts and policy makers will discuss the way forward for the relations vis-a-vis the opportunities and challenges of the Indo-Pacific region.
This event is being held in association with the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation.
Inaugural session
9:30 — 9:35 a.m. | Introductory remarks | Harsh V. Pant
9:35 — 9:40 a.m. | Remarks | Michael Hsiao
9:40 — 9:50 a.m. | Remarks | Gourangalal Das
9:50 — 10:00 a.m. | Remarks | Bau Shuan Ger
Vote of thanks | Alan H. Yang
Session One — Contours of the Emerging Indo-Pacific Order
10:00 — 10:10 a.m. | Remarks | Harsh V. Pant
10:10 — 10:20 a.m. | Remarks | Natasha Kassam
10:20 — 10:30 a.m. | Remarks | Tosh Minohara
10:30 — 10:40 a.m. | Remarks | Alan H. Yang
10:40 — 10:50 a.m. | Remarks | Sana Hashmi
10:50 — 11:00 a.m. | Discussion
Break | 11:00 — 11:05 a.m.
Session Two — Taiwan-India Trade, Investment, Technological, and Health Cooperation
11:05 — 11:15 a.m. | Remarks | Kuan-ting Chen, CEO, Taiwan’s NextGen Foundation
11:15 — 11:25 a.m. | Remarks | Kristy Hsu
11:25 — 11:35 a.m. | Remarks | Trisha Ray
11:35 — 11:45 a.m. | Remarks | Oommen C. Kurian
11:45 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. | Discussion
Session Three — Taiwan and India in the Indo-Pacific: The Way Forward
12:00 — 12:10 p.m. | Remarks | I-Chung Lai, President
12:10 — 12:25 p.m. | Remarks | Roger Liu
12:25 — 12:40 p.m. | Remarks | Premesha Saha
12:40 — 1:00 p.m. | Discussion
