Welcome to the Policy People Podcast. In this conversation, I explore think tank innovation and the Taiwan Model with
Kuan-Ting Chen. We discuss how his tank is innovating Taiwan's policy ecosystem, the country's current COVID outbreak and its pandemic response model, the threat of China and how it is perceived locally and globally, Taiwan's role in promoting democracy across the Indo-Pacific, the role of think tanks in Track 2 diplomacy, the importance of values and Taiwan's relations with the EU, burgeoning Taiwan-India ties and many more topics.
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Thank you to
Merissa Khurma,
Nikola Ilic,
Dr. Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell,
Dr. Matthias Wochinz,
Lalit Mohan Joshi and
ChangeLab Global for sharing our last episode.
Kuan-Ting Chen is the CEO and Founder of
Taiwan NextGen Foundation, a think tank working to make Taiwan more sustainable, diverse, and inclusive. He is also host of Radio Taiwan International’s program
“Vision on China”. Previously, Kuan-Ting was the Chief Research Officer and Deputy Spokesperson of the Taipei City Government, where he launched a global internship program, aimed at bringing emerging foreign and public policy leaders from all over the world to Taiwan’s capital. Kuan-Ting has also worked as a researcher with Taiwan’s National Security Council, specializing in Taiwan-Japan affairs and co-founded the
Formosan Enterprise Institute, a security-focused think tank based in Washington, D.C. You can discover Kuan-Ting’s think tank at
en.taiwannextgenfoundation.org or follow the tank on
Instagram or
Twitter at the handle @nextgentaiwan. You can also connect with Kuan-Ting on
LinkedIn or follow him on Twitter at the handle
@kuantingvision.
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