Taiwan Frontlines: Taiwan in the Global Arena

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  Sovereign AI, Cyber Resilience, and Taiwan’s Digital Future 09.09.2026 39分

  Taiwan sits at the heart of the global AI and advanced computing supply chain and is home to world-leading companies such as ASUS, TSMC, and UMC. At the same time, it is on the front lines of the PRC's relentless cyber and information campaigns, with some days launching as many as 2.4 million attacks. How Taiwan harnesses the governance of artificial intelligence while protecting its critical infrastructure offers a glimpse into the challenges that every open society will soon face. Today we're joined by Isabel Hou, Political Deputy Minister at Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs, and one of the principal architects of Taiwan’s AI governance framework. Deputy Minister Hou has spent roughly 25 years working at the intersection of technology and law. She assumed her current role in September 2025, and played a crucial role in passing the AI Basic Act — the framework law that now defines how the island classifies and manages AI risk. Taiwan Frontlines is a podcast created in partnership with NowNews, Taiwan's first, largest, and most timely online native news website. 
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  Developing Taiwan’s Drone Ecosystem: A Conversation with Shield AI’s Brandon Tseng 08.05.2026 38分

  Drones are at the center of the global defense conversation — and nowhere is that more strategically consequential than Taiwan. Lai Ching-te’s administration has made drone production a national priority, committing roughly $3 billion USD to building out a domestic ecosystem, with more investment expected. Taiwan understands that resilient, non-red supply chains and scalable autonomous systems are essential to deterrence. Today we’re joined by Brandon Tseng, Co-Founder and President of Shield AI, an American aerospace and defense technology company. Brandon previously served seven years in the U.S. Navy as both a Navy SEAL and a Surface Warfare Officer. He deployed twice to Afghanistan, as well as to the Pacific Theater and the Arabian Gulf. It was during those deployments that he saw firsthand the risks service members face in complex combat environments — experiences that ultimately led him to found Shield AI, with the mission of protecting service members and civilians through intelligent, autonomous systems. Shield AI recently signed a teaming agreement with Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), a Taiwanese aerospace company based in Taichung, marking an important step in deepening cooperation on trusted drone production and autonomous capabilities. In today’s episode we’ll explore what it takes to build secure drone supply chains, how Taiwan’s coast guard and navy fit into the evolving deterrence picture, and what the next era of autonomous warfare looks like in the Taiwan Strait. This episode was created in partnership with NOWNEWS, through its English-language platform Taiwan Current News (https://www.tcn.tw/).
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  Jake Sullivan on Taiwan, China, and the Age of Strategic Rivalry 06.04.2026 48分
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  How AI is Shaping Taiwan's Security, Society, and Strategy 01.03.2026 29分

  AI has rapidly become a central arena of global competition, shaping everything from national security and economic power to information ecosystems and democratic resilience. The race for AI leadership now spans energy infrastructure, semiconductor supply chains, global talent, and strategic partnerships, as nations seek to build sustainable and trustworthy technological ecosystems. At the same time, AI is transforming the information domain—enabling unprecedented advances, but also amplifying disinformation, influence operations, and cognitive warfare. Our guest today is Ethan Tu, the founder of Taiwan AI Labs and a pioneering figure in Taiwan’s technology ecosystem, best known for founding PTT, Taiwan’s largest online bulletin board system. He has led groundbreaking AI research across academia, government, and industry, including work at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and as Microsoft’s Director of AI Research and Development in Asia-Pacific, where he helped shape Cortana. Today, Ethan focuses on building human-centric AI for healthcare, smart cities, and democratic resilience, while serving on keyboards and advisory bodies shaping Taiwan’s digital future. This episode was created in partnership with NOWNEWS, through its English-language platform Taiwan Current News (https://www.tcn.tw/). 
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  Chip Wars Revisited: Geoeconomics, Security, Taiwan, and the Global Tech Battle 13.01.2026 35分

  Semiconductors have become the most strategic resource of the 21st century. They power everything from smartphones and data centers to fighter jets and unofficial intelligence, and whoever controls this technology controls the future of military and economic power. The global chip industry now sits at the intersection of economic, security and ideology. It is shaping how the United States, China and allies like Taiwan and Japan compete for advantage. Our guest today is Dr. Chris Miller, a professor at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a thinktank in Washington, D.C. His most recent book is Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology. It was a New York Times Best Seller and a winner of the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2024 History Prize. This episode was created in partnership with NOWNEWS, through its English-language platform Taiwan Current News (https://www.tcn.tw/).
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  Trailer 05.01.2026 2分

  Introducing Taiwan Frontlines: Taiwan in the Global Arena — a limited series GMF podcast hosted by Bonnie Glaser & Jason Hsu in partnership with NOWNews.