Event: US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference 2021
October 10-12, 2021
Leesburg, Virginia
www.taiwandefenseconference.com
The US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference 2021 will be held October 10-12, 2021 at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Virginia. We are currently planning to host this event in person. This will be the 20th annual event in a series of ongoing conferences addressing the future of U.S. defense cooperation with Taiwan, the defense procurement process, and Taiwan’s defense and national security needs.
This year, the conference will open with a discussion on the evolving threat in the Taiwan Strait. The opening session will examine how the threat picture for Taiwan is changing, given that the PRC is intensifying its threat posture towards Taiwan and intensifying its incursions into the Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). We will also discuss how Taiwan, the U.S., and their regional allies could potentially respond.
The second session will examine the big picture of Taiwan’s overarching defense strategy. As the overarching approach drives both policy and acquisitions, this session will discuss current strategic thinking in Taiwan. We will also consider the U.S. view of that approach, and how reconciling differences could provide insights into areas ripe for further development and cooperation. The third session will discuss national security as a whole-of-society approach, including ways to enhance supply chain security, how to leverage public/private partnerships to support defensive priorities, and how civic defense and civic mobilization could help Taiwan enhance deterrence and improve resilience.
The fourth session will consider how the two sides are continuing to explore ways to deepen business relationships in the defense sector. Building on the discussion at the June 2021 Taiwan-U.S. Defense Business Forum, this session will focus on new approaches to bind the defense industries on both sides closer together, as well as to support future defense and security cooperation efforts.
The fifth and final session will discuss how the Taiwan defense industrial base has continued to develop, and will examine some past and current programs where the U.S. and Taiwan have cooperated to support indigenous production of key systems for the Taiwan military. The panel will discuss how to build on what has worked in the past, and how to surface ideas and opportunities for potential future collaboration.
The US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference website is at www.taiwandefenseconference.com
Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) Reports
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) occasionally publishes reports on the status of the military and national security in Taiwan.
Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR)
The Taiwan Quadrennial Defense Review publications are available at www.mnd.gov.tw. Follow links to the MND publication page.
Quadrennial Defense Review 2009
Published in March, 2009
Quadrennial Defense Review 2013
Published in March, 2013
Quadrennial Defense Review 2017
Published in March, 2017
Quadrennial Defense Review 2021
Published in March, 2021
National Defense Report
For the Chinese language and comic book versions of these reports, and for all MND publications, see www.mnd.gov.tw. Follow links to the publication page.
National Defense Report 2002
Published July, 2002
National Defense Report 2006
Published August 14, 2006
National Defense Report 2008
Published May 13, 2008
National Defense Report 2009
Published October, 2009
National Defense Report 2011
Published July, 2011
National Defense Report 2013
Published October, 2013
National Defense Report 2015
Published October, 2015
National Defense Report 2017
Published December, 2017
National Defense Report 2019
Published September, 2019
National Defense Report 2021
Published November 9, 2021
National Defense Report 2023
Published September 12, 2023
Additional versions of these reports are also available at the Taiwan in Perspective’s “Complete Collection of Taiwan’s Defence Policy Documents” page.