Podcasts by GTI Insights
GTI Insights is a podcast produced by the Global Taiwan Institute, a 501(c)3 policy think tank based in Washington, D.C.
GTI Insights consist of brief, timely interviews with a wide range of journalists, activists, and policy experts. From security and defense matters to diplomatic, trade, and social issues, the podcast will explore a variety of topics related to Taiwan and its place in the world. In doing so, it will work to shed light on the unique challenges and opportunities facing the island democracy in an uncertain world.
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GTI Insights Season 4, Episode 9: A Conversation with Ben Sando on Taiwan's Civil Society and its Role in Countering Disinformation from 2023-10-20T12:40
In Season 4, Episode 9 of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and GTI Research Associate Adrienne Wu interview Ben Sando, a research fellow at Doublethink Lab and a recipien...
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GTI Insights Season 4, Episode 8: A Conversation with Ja-Ian Chong on Singapore's Complex Ties to Taiwan and China from 2023-09-15T16:00:33
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and GTI Research Associate Adrienne Wu interview Dr. Ja-Ian Chong, an associate professor of political science at the ...
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GTI Insights Season 4, Episode 7: A Conversation with Joshua Espeña on the Philippines’ Approach to Taiwan from 2023-08-18T15:08:05
In Season 4, Episode 7 of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and GTI Summer Intern Eric Jung interview Joshua Espeña, lecturer at the Department of Political Science and In...
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GTI Insights Season 4, Episode 6: A Conversation with Dramane Germain Thiombiano on Taiwan's Ties with African States from 2023-07-03T17:40
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Program Associate Zoë Weaver-Lee interview Dr. Dramane Germain Thiombiano, an assistant professor at National Sun ...
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GTI Insights Season 4, Episode 5: A Conversation with Julieta Heduvan on the Taiwan-Paraguay Relationship from 2023-06-08T13:10:05
In Season 4, Episode 5 of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Program Associate Zoë Weaver-Lee interview Julieta Heduvan, a Paraguayan academic and foreign policy analys...
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GTI Insights Season 4, Episode 4: A Conversation with Satoru Nagao on Japan's Changing Role in Taiwan Strait Security from 2023-05-04T12:40:11
In Season 4, Episode 4 of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Intern Melynn Oliver interview Dr. Satoru Nagao, a non-resident fellow at the Hudson Institute. In an expan...
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GTI Insights Season 4, Episode 3: A Conversation with Alexandre Dayant on Taiwan-China Competition in the Pacific Islands from 2023-04-14T17:00:13
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid interviews Alexandre Dayant, the deputy director of the Indo-Pacific Development Centre at the Lowy Institute. In a ti...
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GTI Insights Season 4, Episode 2: A Conversation with Jonas Parello-Plesner on Taiwan's Role in the International Democratic Community from 2023-02-24T13:30:33
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Research Assistant Adrienne Wu interview Jonas Parello-Plesner, the executive director of the Alliance of Democrac...
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GTI Insights Season 4, Episode 1: A Conversation with Rasheed Griffith on Taiwan-China Competition in the Caribbean from 2023-01-31T13:45:05
In this episode GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Program Associate Zoë Weaver-Lee interview Rasheed Griffith, a non-resident senior fellow with the Asia & La...
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GTI Insights Season 3, Episode 14: A Conversation with Nicola Casarini on Italy's Policies toward Taiwan and China from 2022-12-22T13:50:47
In Season 3, Episode 14 of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid interviews Dr. Nicola Casarini, a senior research fellow at Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). In...
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GTI Insights Season 3, Episode 13: A Conversation with Jagannath Panda on India's Policies toward China and Taiwan from 2022-12-02T13:45:05
In Season 3, Episode 13 of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Intern Katherine Wagner interview Dr. Jagannath Panda, the head of the Stockholm Centre for Sout...
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GTI Insights Season 3, Episode 12: A Conversation with Veerle Nouwens on the UK's Policies Toward China and Taiwan from 2022-11-09T13:45:19
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Intern Katherine Wagner interview Veerle Nouwens, a senior research fellow and head of the Navigating th...
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GTI Insights Season 3, Episode 11: A Conversation with Frank Jüris on Estonia's Evolving Policy Towards Taiwan and China from 2022-10-18T17:30:55
In Season 3, Episode 11 of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Intern Anais Fang interview Frank Jüris, a research fellow with the Estonian Foreign Policy Inst...
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GTI Insights Season 3, Episode 10: A Conversation with Simona Grano on Switzerland's Approach to Taiwan and Taiwan's Environmental Policy from 2022-09-15T17:30:54
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Research Assistant Adrienne Wu interview Dr. Simona Grano, a senior lecturer in China studies and director of the ...
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GTI Insights Season 3, Episode 9: A Conversation with Marcin Przychodniak on Poland's Asia Strategy in the Wake of the War in Ukraine from 2022-08-29T12:30:35
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Program Assistant Zoe Weaver-Lee interview Dr. Marcin Przychodniak, an analyst with the Asia and the Pac...
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GTI Insights Season 3, Episode 8: A Conversation with Antoine Bondaz on France's Cross-Strait Strategy from 2022-07-18T12:00:35
In Season 3, Episode 8 of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Intern Koji Kawamoto interview Dr. Antoine Bondaz, a research fellow and the director of the Kore...
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GTI Insights Season 3, Episode 7: A Conversation with Prashanth Parameswaran on ASEAN's Approach to Taiwan, China, and the United States from 2022-06-10T12:30:09
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid interviews Dr. Prashanth Parameswaran, a fellow with the Wilson Center’s Asia Program. In a wide-ranging dis...
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GTI Insights Season 3, Episode 6: A Conversation with Seong-Hyon Lee on South Korea's Approach to Taiwan from 2022-05-02T12:00:02
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Intern David Calhoun interview Dr. Seong-Hyon Lee, a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center...
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Season 3, Episode 5: A Conversation with Matej Šimalčik on Slovakia's Unique Approach to China and Taiwan from 2022-04-11T12:00
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Program Assistant Zoë Weaver-Lee interview Matej Šimalčik, the Executive Director of the Central European Institut...
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Season 3, Episode 4: A Conversation with Brian Hioe on Expanding US Awareness of Taiwan from 2022-03-25T16:08:10
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Intern Adrienne Wu interview Brian Hioe, an activist, journalist, and co-founder of New Bloom magazine. I...
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Season 3, Episode 3: A Conversation with Michael Zickerick on Germany's Cross-Strait Approach from 2022-03-08T13:00
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid interviews Dr. Michael Zickerick, the Vice-Chairman of the German-Taiwan Association. In a fascinating discussion...
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Season 3, Episode 2: A Conversation with Saša Istenič on Slovenia's Growing Relationship with Taiwan from 2022-02-21T13:00
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Associate Marshall Reid and Intern David Calhoun interview Dr. Saša Istenič, an assistant professor of sinology and director of th...
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Season 3, Episode 1: A Conversation with Margaret Myers on Taiwan's Diplomatic Position in Central America from 2022-02-07T13:00
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Associate Marshall Reid interviews Margaret Myers, the director of the Asia and Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialog...
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Season 2, Episode 16: A Conversation with Ambassador Mohamed Hagi on Taiwan's Evolving Relationship with Somaliland from 2021-11-30T13:35:31
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Associate Marshall Reid and Intern Henry Walsh interview Ambassador Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud, the Chief Representative of the Republic of Somalilan...
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Season 2, Episode 15: A Conversation with Tuhi Martukaw on Opportunities and Challenges for Taiwan's Indigenous Communities from 2021-11-16T13:00
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Associate Marshall Reid and Intern Adrienne Wu interview Tuhi Martukaw, a Taiwanese Indigenous rights activist, journalist, and founder of the LIMA T...
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Season 2, Episode 14: A Conversation with Konstantinas Andrijauskas on Lithuania's Withdrawal from the 17+1 and Ties with Taiwan from 2021-11-01T12:00
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Associate Marshall Reid and Research Associate Katherine Schultz interview Dr. Konstantinas Andrijauskas, associate professor of Asian studies a...
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Season 2, Episode 13: A Conversation with Tamás Matura on Hungary's Complex Relations with China and Taiwan from 2021-10-19T12:00
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Associate Marshall Reid and Research Associate Katherine Schultz interviewed Dr. Tamás Matura, an assistant professor at Corvinus University...
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Season 2, Episode 12: A Conversation with Srikanth Kondapalli on India's Relations with China and Taiwan from 2021-08-17T11:00
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Associate Marshall Reid interviews Dr. Srikanth Kondapalli, a professor of Chinese Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. In a tim...
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Season 2, Episode 11: A Conversation with Natasha Kassam on Australia's Approach to China and Taiwan from 2021-08-02T11:00
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Associate Marshall Reid and Program Assistant Zoë Weaver interview Natasha Kassam, the director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at t...
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Season 2, Episode 10: A Conversation with Ttcat and Tim Niven on Chinese Information Operations in Taiwan from 2021-07-16T12:00
In Season 2, Episode 10 of GTI Insights, GTI Program Associate Marshall Reid interviews Ttcat and Tim Niven, the chief executive officer and research scientist, respectively, ...
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Season 2, Episode 9: A Conversation with Björn Jerdén on Sweden's Approach to China and Taiwan from 2021-06-10T17:56:56
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Associate Marshall Reid and Research Associate Katherine Schultz interview Dr. Björn Jerdén, the director of the Swedish National ...
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Season 2, Episode 8: A Conversation with Oriana Skylar Mastro on US Policy in the Taiwan Strait from 2021-05-21T00:10:46
In this episode of GTI Insights, GTI Program Associate Marshall Reid interviews Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro, a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanfo...
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Season 2, Episode 7: A Conversation with Jessie Lau on Transnational Solidarity and Social Movements in the Asia-Pacific from 2021-05-03T11:00
In this episode of GTI Insights, we interview Jessie Lau, a freelance journalist and Editor-in-Chief at NüVoices. In a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion, Lau shares her ...
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Season 2, Ep. 6: A Conversation with Madoka Fukuda on the US-Japan Relationship and its Implications for Taiwan from 2021-04-16T14:50:22
We interviewed Dr. Madoka Fukuda, a professor of international politics and China studies at the Department of Global Politics at Hosei University and a visiting scholar at Academia Sinica ...
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Season 2, Ep. 5: A Conversation with Kharis Templeman on Taiwan's Democratic System and the Threats it Faces from 2021-04-01T11:00
We interviewed Dr. Kharis Templeman, a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. In a compelling discussion, Templeman discusses his thoughts on the current sta...
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Season 2, Ep. 4: A Conversation with Didi Kirsten Tatlow on the Hong Kong Protests and their Implications from 2021-03-19T11:00
We interviewed Didi Kirsten Tatlow, a Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the German Council on Foreign Relations, a Senior Non-Resident Fellow with Project Sinopsis, and the co-edito...
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Season 2, Ep. 3: A Conversation with Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian on China's Global Influence Operations from 2021-03-01T12:00
We interviewed Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, a China reporter at Axios. Through her in-depth investigative reporting, Allen-Ebrahimian has broken several major news stories, inclu...
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Season 2, Ep. 2: A Conversation with Janka Oertel on the EU's Changing Approach to China and Taiwan from 2021-02-01T12:00
We interviewed Dr. Janka Oertel, the director of the Asia program and senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). At ECFR, Oertel conducts research on a w...
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Season 2, Ep. 1: A Conversation with Mike Hunzeker on Security Dynamics in the Taiwan Strait from 2021-01-05T12:00
We interviewed Dr. Mike Hunzeker. Hunzeker currently serves as an assistant professor and associate director of the Center for Security Policy Studies at George Mason University's...
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Season 1, Ep. 10: A Conversation with Jamie Fly on the 2020 US Election and the Transatlantic Approach to Asia from 2020-12-01T12:00
We interviewed US policy analyst Jamie Fly. Currently based in Berlin, Fly serves as the newest member of GTI’s Advisory Board, as well as a Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor to the President at ...
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Season 1, Ep. 9: A Conversation with Robert Sutter on the Impacts of the 2020 Election on US Taiwan Policy from 2020-11-24T10:00
We interviewed US scholar and professor Dr. Robert Sutter, who currently serves as Professor of Practice of International Affairs at the Elliott School at George Washington University, is a...
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Season 1, Ep. 8: A Conversation with Ming-sho Ho on Social Movements in Taiwan and Hong Kong from 2020-11-02T10:00
We interviewed Taiwanese scholar and sociologist Dr. Ming-sho Ho. Ho, who currently serves as a professor of sociology at National Taiwan University, is a leading expert on modern social movemen...
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Season 1, Ep. 7: A Conversation with Shelley Rigger on Taiwan's Domestic Political Trends from 2020-10-01T12:00
We interviewed Taiwan scholar Dr. Shelley Rigger. Rigger, who serves as the Brown Professor of Political Science at Davidson College and is a member of GTI's Advisory Board, has long been recogn...
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Season 1, Ep. 6: A Conversation with J. Michael Cole on Cross-Strait Relations since 2016 from 2020-09-01T17:41:27
We interviewed journalist and scholar J. Michael Cole. A Senior Non-Resident Fellow with GTI, Cole is a leading expert on Taiwanese foreign policy and domestic politics. In a wide-ranging interv...
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Season 1, Ep. 5: A Conversation with J. Michael Cole on CCP Influence Operations in the Media in Taiwan from 2019-08-02T16:00
We spoke with GTI Non-Resident Fellow J. Michael Cole about CCP influence operations in the media directed at Taiwan citizens, and the implications of these operations on the upcoming January 20...
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Season 1, Ep. 4: A Conversation with Michael Fonte on the 2020 Presidential Elections in Taiwan from 2019-07-10T18:00
We talked with Director of the DPP Mission in the US Michael Fonte about the DPP primary nomination of President Tsai and her campaign leading up to the January 2020 presidential elections in Ta...
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Season 1, Ep. 3: A Conversation with Lt. Gen. Gregson on the Recent US-Taiwan-Japan Joint Declaration from 2019-07-06T17:00
We invited former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, Lt. Gen. Gregson (USMC, ret.), to speak about the recent US-Taiwan-Japan joint declaration calling for en...
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Season 1, Ep. 2: A Conversation with Crison Chien on the Ways Taiwan Provides Development Aids from 2019-07-03T17:00
We talked with Professor Crison Chien from National Taiwan University about the ways in which Taiwan provides development aid, what are some of its unique aspects, and how its approach differs f...
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Season 1, Ep. 1: A Conversation with Scott Harold on the Strengths and Challenges of Taiwan’s Development Assistance from 2019-03-29T16:00
We interviewed Scott W. Harold, the associate director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy and they discuss the strengths and challenges of Taiwan’s development assistance, as well as Sco...
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