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Global Taiwan Insights

Global Taiwan Institute
China
Taiwan
Chile
Russia
Taiwan Drone Industry
United States
Undersea Cables
CCP Propaganda
One China Policy
People's Republic Of China
South Korea
Economic Dependence
Japan
Baltic Sea
Taiwan Strait
Europe Drone Exports (poland, Czech Republic)

Global Taiwan Insights is a podcast produced by the Global Taiwan Institute, a 501(c)3 policy think tank based in Washington, D.C. Global Taiwan Insights consist of brief, timely interviews with a wide range of journalists, activists, and policy experts. From security and defense matters to diplomatic, trade, and social issues, the podcast will explore a variety of topics related to Taiwan and its... more

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In Season 7, Episode 2 of Global Taiwan Insights, Ben Sando and Eliza Cormier interview Lotta Danielsson, Executive Vice President of the US-Taiwan Business Council. Lotta shares how Taipei has stimulated investment in air- and sea-based drones that ... more

In Season 7, Episode 1 of Global Taiwan Insights, Ben Sando interviews Mariah Thornton, teaching fellow at the London School of Economics, on her groundbreaking research into Taiwan’s own political warfare system. Taiwan’s Political Warfare Bureau, e... more

In Season 6, Episode 5 of Global Taiwan Insights, Ben Sando interviews Andrew Yeh, Executive Director of the China Strategic Risks Institute, on suspected Chinese and Russian collaboration on undersea cable sabotage. In recent years, critical underse... more

In Season 6, Episode 5 of Global Taiwan Insights, Ben Sando interviews Dr. Eun A Jo, an Assistant Professor at William and Mary and expert on South Korean politics. In June this year, the Democratic Party of Korea’s Lee Jae Myung was elected presiden... more

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Lotta Danielsson
Executive Vice President of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council; non-resident fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research
U.S.-Taiwan Business Council; National Bureau of Asian Research
Episode: Taiwan’s Home-Grown Drone Industry (feat.Lotta Danielsson)
Mariah Thornton
Teaching fellow of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science; researcher at LSE Ideas
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Episode: Taiwan’s Own Political Warfare System (with Mariah Thornton)
Andrew Yeh
Executive Director of the China Strategic Risks Institute
China Strategic Risks Institute
Episode: China and Russia Collaborate on Undersea Cable Sabotage? (With Andrew Yeh)
Eun A Jo
Assistant professor in government and director of the Asia Policy Lab at William & Mary
William & Mary
Episode: How will South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung Approach Taiwan? (with Eun A Jo)
Sze-Fung Lee
Independent researcher specializing in Chinese hybrid warfare, foreign information manipulation and interference, grand strategy, gray zone tactics, and cognitive warfare
Episode: The PRC ID Card Controversy in Taiwan (with Sze-Fung Lee)
Lawrence Farley
YouTuber, comedian, activist
Self-employed/LeLe Farley channel
Episode: Winning the Cross-Strait Content War with Comedy (Feat. LeLe Farley)
Sascha Hannig Nuñez
Executive Secretary at CAD of Chile; researcher at Hitotsubashi University
Centro de Análisis para la Democracia (CAD) / Hitotsubashi University
Episode: Chile’s Cross-Strait Relations and its Dependence on China (feat. Sascha Hannig Nuñez)

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Ben Sando
Host of Global Taiwan Insights and GTI-affiliated policy communicator

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Taiwan’s Home-Grown Drone Industry (feat.Lotta Danielsson)
Q: What are the main challenges Taiwan faces in exporting drones globally?
Export controls, concerns from buyers about Taiwan's origin in a China-adjacent supply chain, and the complexity of ensuring a fully non-red supply chain pose hurdles, along with certification and cybersecurity requirements for the US market.
Taiwan’s Home-Grown Drone Industry (feat.Lotta Danielsson)
Q: What does the threefold drone strategy look like in practice for Taiwan?
Taiwan buys larger drones from the United States, develops a robust mid-sized indigenous drone sector, and emphasizes dual-use drones that leverage commercial tech for military purposes, with a focus on expanding export markets and reducing reliance on single sources.
Taiwan’s Home-Grown Drone Industry (feat.Lotta Danielsson)
Q: Why does Taiwan feel the need to develop an indigenous defense industry, especially drones?
The host and guest explain that building domestic capability protects autonomy, strengthens secure supply chains, and provides strategic leverage in defense planning, especially given the realities of regional security and the desire to deter aggression.
Winning the Cross-Strait Content War with Comedy (Feat. LeLe Farley)
Q: What do you think spaces like the Global Taiwan Institute and other DC think tanks should do to reach more people beyond policy-minded audiences?
He suggests adopting a cooler, more entertaining persona and leveraging cultural influence to reach younger audiences, while still conveying substantive information about democracy and human rights.
Winning the Cross-Strait Content War with Comedy (Feat. LeLe Farley)
Q: So you focus your platform and your comedy on CCP propaganda and cross-strait issues. Of all the things you could have focused on, why build your platform around this?
Lawrence explains he was drawn to the topic because humor can reveal truths that harsh or formal discussions miss, and he found satire a potent way to engage audiences during absurd early-pandemic chaos.

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What is Global Taiwan Insights about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The latest batch of episodes centers on Taiwan's security, diplomacy, and technology frontiers, with a strong emphasis on how external powers shape the island's strategic environment. Conversations dissect Taiwan's indigenous drone sector and its export controls, the evolution of Taiwan's political warfare apparatus, vulnerabilities in global communications undersea cables, cross-strait dynamics under new Korean leadership, and the influence of information operations and propaganda. A recurring throughline is pragmatic policy analysis: assessing legality, governance, and international cooperation, while also exploring cultural and civil-society tools—such as humor—as counters to authoritarian narratives. Viewers can expect expert context fr... more

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1. Lotta Danielsson
2. Mariah Thornton
3. Andrew Yeh
4. Eun A Jo
5. Sze-Fung Lee
6. Lawrence Farley
7. Sascha Hannig Nuñez

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