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Strategic Pathways for South Korea in Taiwan Contingency Scenarios With Yerin YoonIn conversation with Susan A. ThorntonNovember 2024 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5OUKnwq4u1tguOWK1nB0qE?si=FReRf8MpRbSWq_CZ1a-1yw Susan Thornton, Director of the NCAFP's program on Asia-Pacific security, sits down with Yerin Yoon to discuss her research into the impact of a Taiwan contingency on the security architecture of the Korean Peninsula. Read more about our Next-Generation Korean Peninsula Specialists Program . Yerin YOON is currently a graduate…

Whither Ambiguity? Next-Generation Perspectives on Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations By Juliet Lee and Nia WilliamsJanuary 2025 In the second half of 2024, the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) convened a second cross-Strait next-generation working group with young scholars and experts from the United States, Mainland China, and Taiwan to highlight new voices on the longstanding and sensitive issue of cross-Taiwan Strait relations. Throughout this series of dialogues, participants shared their assessments of the current situation and their recommendations to manage relations. A few…

Asia-Pacific Security Emerging Leaders Program The Asia-Pacific Security Emerging Leaders programs convene groups of distinguished, carefully selected next-generation scholars and experts from around the world to address a variety of pressing issues related to Asia-Pacific security. Emerging leaders are typically research associate professionals or assistant professors with five to ten years of experience who are likely to influence the policy planning process in the future. These young experts are often then included in the NCAFP’s well-established and high-level Track II conferences and public programs. Many participants in the program form relationships that continue beyond its conclusion. The goal of…

Debating Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations: Emerging Leaders' Perspectives August 17, 2022 With the continued absence of dialogue between Beijing and Taipei, and the cut-off of major US-China bilateral dialogues in response to US Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent to Taipei, cross-Taiwan Strait relations are at their lowest point in decades. Each side accuses the other of eroding the "status quo," yet there are different perspectives on what the "status quo" actually is. Over the last few months, the NCAFP convened a cross-Strait emerging leaders working group with young scholars from the US, Mainland China, and Taiwan to share their perspectives on the…