Taiwan’s Strategic Clarity Amid Global Upheaval

Mike joins I-Chung Lai, President of The Prospect Foundation. Prior to current role, he held several prominent positions within Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party, serving as Executive Director of the DPP Mission to the United States and as the Director General of the Department of International Affairs. They discuss the PLA’s increasing operational abilities and Taiwan’s potential response to counter a blockade, how Taipei is interpreting the evolution of Chinese foreign policy towards Taiwan and the purge of Chinese general Zhang Youxia, Taipei’s assessment of U.S. foreign policy and posture in the Indo-Pacific, and much more.

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Taiwan’s Strategic Clarity Amid Global Upheaval is an episode from The Asia Chessboard by Center for Strategic and International Studies.

This episode is 42:46 long.

This episode was published on Feb 10, 2026.

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