ECCT Special Lunch

2024, the Year When the Whole World Votes
Will the elections in the US and the European Union have an impact on East Asia?

Guest speaker: Federico Rampini, Global Columnist, Corriere della Sera; Member, Council on Foreign Relations

Date & Time: 12:00 – 14:00, Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Venue: 1F, Residence III, Grand Hyatt Taipei / 台北君悅酒店1樓君寓三
Address: 2 Songshou Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City / 台北市信義區松壽路二號

2024 will witness elections across the world, including the United States, the European Union, and Taiwan. They come at a time of continuing geopolitical and economic uncertainty and what many analysts call democratic decay or crisis. The confluence of factors ranging from the ongoing war in Ukraine, shifting supply chains in the face of calls for derisking or even deglobalisation, the prospect of economic recessions and growing complacency and even mistrust on the part of citizens in the political system are just some of the issues that will play a role in voters’ decisions. Among other topics, our guest speaker will discuss the links between electoral scenarios and foreign policies in the Western hemisphere and how the results of elections in the West could affect East Asia.

About the speaker
Federico Rampini is an Italian journalist based in the United States. He is currently a global columnist for the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. Previously he was the US Bureau Chief for the newspaper La Repubblica and a White House correspondent, travelling regularly with three presidents of the United States (Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden) and covering international summits (G7, G20, ASEAN, NATO). From 2004-2009 he was the China correspondent of La Repubblica. As a special envoy for Asia he covered India, Japan, Southeast Asia and Korea. From 2000 to 2004 he was the West Coast correspondent and columnist for the global economy of La Repubblica in San Francisco, where he wrote extensively about the first boom of the digital economy and the “Golden Age” of globalisation. From 1997 to 2000 he was the European editor of La Repubblica, where he covered the launch of the single currency. He is a member of the New York-Washington based Council on Foreign Relations, and of the Foreign Policy Association. He is a Principal Expert in Geopolitics, for projects of The European House – Ambrosetti, a consulting firm. He has produced a television programme “Geo-history” for Rai, the Italian public television network.

Cost: NT$1,600 for members and NT$2,400 for members' guest(s)

To cancel without penalty, written cancellations must be received 24 hours prior to the event.

Contact: Fiona Lee Tel: 2740-0236 ext. 216 / Fiona.lee@ecct.com.tw