Professor Chyungly Lee will discuss Taiwan’s current energy strategy as well as the dilemmas and vulnerabilities Taiwan might face in the next few years.
2025 ANU TAIWAN UPDATE
SESSION 2 | Taiwan’s Multidimensional Energy Security Challenges
A stable and reliable energy supply is essential for a nation’s economic growth and development. In selecting fuel sources, nowadays almost all countries have taken climate change into account, adopted sensible clean energy transition plans, and designed a schedule to meet the goal of Net Zero. While pursuing a 3-E (energy-economic-environmental) balanced energy supply strategy, Taiwan, lacking indigenous resources, faces unique challenges of supply disruptions from over dependence on energy imports and possible blockade, quarantine, or invasion from Beijing. Any disruption of power supply or surge of energy costs could not only threaten Taiwan’s competitive edge in the global high-tech market but also undermine Taiwan’s internal stability and the nation’s survival. In this talk, Dr. Chyungly Lee will first present fact sheets on Taiwan’s energy status, summarise Taiwan’s current energy strategy, and then discuss dilemmas and vulnerabilities that Taiwan might face in the next few years.
Event Speakers
Chyungly Lee is Professor of International Relations at National Chengchi University in Taiwan. Her research covers topics on Asia-Pacific comprehensive security, Indo-Pacific multilateralism, and conflict prevention in East Asia.