FSI scholars produce research aimed at creating a safer world and examing the consequences of security policies on institutions and society. They look at longstanding issues including nuclear nonproliferation and the conflicts between countries like North and South Korea. But their research also examines new and emerging areas that transcend traditional borders – the drug war in Mexico and expanding terrorism networks. FSI researchers look at the changing methods of warfare with a focus on biosecurity and nuclear risk. They tackle cybersecurity with an eye toward privacy concerns and explore the implications of new actors like hackers.
Along with the changing face of conflict, terrorism and crime, FSI researchers study food security. They tackle the global problems of hunger, poverty and environmental degradation by generating knowledge and policy-relevant solutions.
Taiwan's National Security and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: The International Law Dimension
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Abstract
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is widely regarded as the economic component of the US strategy of “rebalance” to Asia. As a major trading partner of many of the founding members, Taiwan has obvious economic and security interests at stake and is therefore seeking to join the TPP in the next round. But an overlooked aspect of the TPP for Taiwan is its potential impact on sovereignty. Trade agreements provide a revealing window into the evolving conceptions of modern sovereignty. The way Taiwan’s unique form of statehood and international status is defined in trade agreements could strengthen its position under international law and contribute to its national security. This talk will consider how Taiwan was defined as a sui generis legal entity in its application to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) and as a party to the Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), with lessons for future negotiations to join the TPP.
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This event is hosted by the Taiwan Democracy Project.
TPP and Taiwan
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Joseph Yen-ching Chao
Visiting Fellow
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Seminars
Reset of U.S. Nuclear Waste Management Strategy and Policy Series - Meeting 2: The Structure and Behavior of a New Nuclear Waste Management Organization
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The United States’ strategy for the storage and disposal of highly radioactive nuclear waste is at a stalemate: spent nuclear fuel accumulates at nuclear power plants, yet there is no long-term, national strategy for spent fuel management and disposal. The Blue Ribbon Commission for America’s Nuclear Future emphasized the urgency of finding a geologic repository, but work on the proposed site -- Yucca Mountain – has stopped, and there is no active program to site a new geologic repository. The political impasse has overwhelmed thoughtful discussion of technical, regulatory, risk and public policy issues.
To inform efforts to reset the U.S. nuclear waste program, the Center for International Security and Cooperation, with the support of FSI and the Precourt Institute for Energy, is sponsoring a series of meetings to review and discuss the nuclear waste management strategy in the United States.
The agenda and prospectus can be downloaded below.
For information related to the first meeting in this series, and relevant materials, please click here.
Reset Conference Documents for meeting no. 2 can be accessed through this link.
Follow-up materials
Encina Hall 616 Serra StreetStanford, CA 94305
Agenda can be downloaded below
