Date: Aug 19, 2021
Taiwan, India, and the Indo-Pacific Order: Current Trends and Future Possibilities

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.


Programme

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