In our upcoming CKN Knowledge Session, which will take place on the 11th of March, Dr. Covell Meyskens - Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in California, USA - will explore Taiwan’s perspectives on Russia’s war in Ukraine. It a very topical subject, given the deal Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are discussing to end the war in Ukraine. Some people in Taiwan might understandably wonder whether something similar could ever happen to them: a deal struck by Trump and Xi without the direct involvement of Taiwan’s leadership.
Dr. Covell Meyskens - Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in California, USA - will share his insights by answering questions, such as:
- (How) has the war in Ukraine changed Taiwan’s military strategy?
- How does it see its strategic environment change?
- What is the impact of the war on Taiwan’s relationship with the US and the EU?
- What is the public’s response in Taiwan to events unfolding in Ukraine?
Interested? You can register for the event by clicking on the 'register here' button.
About the keynote speaker:
Dr. Covell Meyskens is a historian of modern China interested in security, development, and great power competition in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific. His research examines national security and economic development in modern China. He has conducted studies for the U.S. Department of Defense on Taiwanese security, Chinese influence operations abroad; China’s BRI; Sino-Russian relations; and Chinese views of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Meyskens holds a PhD and MA in History from the University of Chicago. He is the author of Mao’s Third Front: The Militarization of Cold War China, published by Cambridge University Press. He is currently working on his second book, The Three Gorges Dam: Building a Developmental Engine for China and the World. He has published in academic journals and policy outlets such as Foreign Policy, Cold War History, The Nonproliferation Review, Asia Policy, and the New York Times.
