The Complex Legacies of Fallen Empires: from Rome to Britain and from Russia to China
In his talk at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Prof. Harry Harding, CAPRI board member and Yushan Scholar, explored how the legacies of fallen empires continue to shape global culture, politics, society, and architecture in unexpected ways.
At the University of Virginia’s historic Rotunda, Malcolm Turnbull, former Prime Minister of Australia and Chair of CAPRI International Advisory Council, and Lucy Turnbull, former Lord Mayor of Sydney, discussed democratic resilience and effective leadership from the local to the global level.
Difficult Choices: Building Taiwan’s Resilience for an Uncertain Future
CAPRI’s second public forum featured Dr. Richard Bush, nonresident senior fellow at Brookings, focusing on themes in his recent book Difficult Choices: Taiwan’s Quest for Security and the Good Life and the challenges Taiwan faces in balancing competing priorities when formulating policy. Dr. Bush was joined by Alicia García Herreo, Enoch Wu, and Jiunn-rong Yeh to discuss how to build a resilient future of Taiwan.
The Origin and Management of COVID-19: Views from the U.S. Front Line
In this public forum moderated by Syaru Shirley Lin of the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation and the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, the Pottingers reflect on successes and failures in responding to COVID-19 and ongoing efforts to understand the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in order to build resilient healthcare systems and improve governance for future crises.
