Zócalo Public SquareTaiwanese Diplomat, Political Scientist, and Taiwan Foundation for Democracy Founder Michael Y.M. Kau – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Taiwanese Diplomat, Political Scientist, and Taiwan Foundation for Democracy Founder Michael Y.M. Kau https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/09/29/taiwanese-diplomat-taiwan-foundation-for-democracy-founder-michael-y-m-kau/personalities/in-the-green-room/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/09/29/taiwanese-diplomat-taiwan-foundation-for-democracy-founder-michael-y-m-kau/personalities/in-the-green-room/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:01:20 +0000 Admin https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=114925 Michael Y.M. Kau is a senior fellow at Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, a nonprofit national think tank that he was the founding president of, which is devoted to the study and promotion of democracy and human rights based in Taipei. Previously, he served as Taiwan’s Representative to the European Union, and as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was also a professor of political science and director of the East Asian security program at Brown University for more than 30 years. Before speaking at a Zócalo/Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy event, titled “Should Global Democracy Be More Direct?,” he talked in the virtual green room about how winter builds character, why he misses Rhode Island, and what inspired his dreams for Taiwanese democracy.

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]]> Michael Y.M. Kau is a senior fellow at Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, a nonprofit national think tank that he was the founding president of, which is devoted to the study and promotion of democracy and human rights based in Taipei. Previously, he served as Taiwan’s Representative to the European Union, and as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was also a professor of political science and director of the East Asian security program at Brown University for more than 30 years. Before speaking at a Zócalo/Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy event, titled “Should Global Democracy Be More Direct?,” he talked in the virtual green room about how winter builds character, why he misses Rhode Island, and what inspired his dreams for Taiwanese democracy.

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