This Saturday, May 28, from 6:00pm to 7:15pm in Kane Hall 130, the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies will host a discussion addressing the evolving relationship between Taiwan and the Baltic States.
Diplomatic relations between the Baltic countries and the Republic of China (Taiwan) began in the 1920s, and were revived in the 1990s. Ties deepened in 2021 with the establishment of the Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania, and Lithuania’s plans to open a representative office in Taiwan in spring of 2022. The panelists will address current developments and assess future prospects.
Presenters:
Jyun-yi Lee Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan | “Taiwan and the Baltic Countries”
Konstantinas Andrijauskas, Vilnius University | “The Baltic Countries and Taiwan”
Discussant:
Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Rīga Stradiņš University
Chair:
Daunis Auers, University of Latvia
This event is part of the 28th Biennial AABS Conference, running from May 27-29, 2022, in Seattle. Click here for more information about this year’s AABS Conference.
Event sponsored by the University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies East Asia Center, Taiwan Studies Program, Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, and the Department of Scandinavian Studies Baltic Studies Program.