NATO & Taiwan: Agency of Middle Powers ft. Marcin Jerzewski

In this episode of Global Voices on Taiwan, Marcin Jerzewski, European Values Center for Security Policy Taiwan Office Head, shares with hosts, Vincent Chao, director of the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan’s International Affairs Department and Rath Wang, a news producer and show host, what brought a Polish polyglot to Taipei and why Taiwan draws many similarities with European democracies. 

Jerzewski also touches on changing attitudes in Europe towards an increasingly assertive China and the EU's recalibration of Taiwan policy. He shares how European policy makers are gradually realizing that "Wandel durch Handel," increasing trade with authoritarian regimes induce political change, is ineffective with China.

We also discuss the agency of middle powers, how the agency of the Taiwanese people is often overlooked, and specific ways to increase visibility and deepen ties with other democracies around the world.

在本集《世界信賴台風眼》中，歐洲價值安全政策中心在台辦事處主任葉皓勤（ Marcin Jerzewski），與主持人民進黨國際事務部主任趙怡翔，以及媒體製作人兼主持人王健智，分享了作為一個多語言使用者的波蘭人，是怎麼來到台北，以及為什麼台灣與歐洲許多民主國家有共同之處。 葉皓勤也提到歐洲正在改變他們對日益自信的中國的態度，以及歐盟正在重新調整其對台政策。他分享了歐洲政策制定者是如何醒悟到「透過貿易實現改變」（德語：Wandel durch Handel）政策，也就是透過與威權國家的貿易促成政治改變，對中國而言越來越沒有效率。 我們也探討了中型國家的主動性，以及台灣人民的主動性是經常被忽視的，還有增強能見度、強化與世界其他民主國家的連結的特定方式。

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