Panel 1: The TRA at 25 - Looking Forward
Amb. Harvey Feldman
Senior Fellow in China Policy, Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation (Chairman)
James Feinerman
Associate Dean, International and Graduate Programs, Georgetown
University Law Center
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
Professor of History, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University
Dennis Halpin
Professional Staff Member,
House Committee on International Relations
Light Luncheon Refreshments Served
Panel 2: Analysis of the March 20
Taiwan Presidential Election
Amb. James Lilley
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (Chairman)
Richard C. Bush, III
Director, Foreign Policy Studies,
The Brookings Institution
Robert Suettinger
L&S Consulting
Richard Dunn
Senior Analyst, Northrup Grumman
Rupert Hammond-Chambers
President, U.S.-Taiwan Business Council
Location: The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium
Twenty-five years ago the Congress passed a unique law - the
Taiwan Relations Act, Public Law 96-8. The Act sets out the
parameters of America's relationship with both the People's
Republic of China and with Taiwan, stating that Chinese use of
military force against Taiwan would be regarded as a threat to the
peace of the region and a matter of "grave concern" to the U.S.
Under the Act, the United States sells arms to Taiwan and for all
purposes under American law the island republic is treated as a
state separate from China. Under the Act's protection, democracy
has thrived on Taiwan, which holds a presidential election on March
20. Our afternoon session will be devoted to an analysis of that
election.