Stanford University

The Taiwan Relations Act: Too Much or Too Little?

The Taiwan Relations Act: Too Much or Too Little?

Friday, November 16, 2018
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)

Philippines Conference Room
Encina Hall, 3rd Floor
616 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305

Speaker: 
  • Steven M. Goldstein
The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) was enacted by Congress on April 10, 1979, and has served as the formal basis for U.S.-Taiwan relations ever since. In this talk, Professor Goldstein will provide an assessment of the TRA’s influence on America’s foreign policy in Asia as we approach the 40th anniversary of its adoption.
 
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Photograph of Steven M. Goldstein
Steven M. Goldstein was the Sophia Smith Professor of Government at Smith College from 1968 to 2016. He is now an Associate of the Fairbank Center and the director of the Taiwan Studies Workshop at Harvard University. He has been a visiting faculty member at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Columbia University and United States Naval War College. Goldstein's research interest has been largely related to issues of Chinese domestic and foreign policy. He has published studies of Sino-American relations; Sino-Soviet relations; and the emergence of a Chinese Communist view of world affairs. His current research focus is on the relations between the mainland and Taiwan as well as the evolution of U.S.-Taiwan relations.
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