Thank you so much. Really appreciate your time.

Perhaps, I don’t know if there are any questions, but perhaps we can end with what your vision is for this ministry going forward now. I know it’s just a startup, as you say, but where do you see it going?

You said, find new lines of division, don’t mirror the old ones.

Anybody else with a question or comments? We’re going to go back to something you said earlier.

Well, I know that you just attended the summit of democracy. Yes. And so there, what’s your main takeaway from the summit? It’s the process of it and the major takeaway that you think is important to share with the broader community, for people who are concerned about the state ...

I’m just being curious, what in your experience do you think has helped you see things in a different way? Because the way you talk about this is a thing I feel very distinct from a lot of people. I’m just curious if you thought about how you ended up ...

Just a quick side off of the policy. A number of the things that are going on in Taiwan are quite innovative. They’re quite distinct, and they haven’t been done anywhere else. You would have been one of the thought leaders and driving some of this. I’ve heard since you ...

Since you mentioned one lesson from Ukraine, what are some other lessons that you’ve drawn from the Russia/Ukraine war?

We thought that this was a good opportunity for us to get a better sense in terms of the dynamics occurring in Taiwan as well as how other global geopolitical events will shape the trajectory to come. We’ve assembled this excellent delegation to engage in exchange with experts as well ...

Minister Tang, I wanted to yield the floor over to my colleague, Igor, whom we’ve charged with leading the delegation. I just want to quickly thank you for taking the time to meet with us. We’re here in town at this critical time for an exchange with the Prospect Foundation, ...

Thank you, Zach. Take care.

Thank you so much.

We will work hard on it.

Okay. Well, thank you so much, Minister Tang. I think you’ve answered all my questions that I had, and I really appreciate your time. If there’s anything that, in GTI, that we can do to help to better inform the international community about the important work that your agency and ...

So, it’s very new.

How long has this plan… this initiative been in place?

Yeah.

Are there sort of anything on the horizon that you think are really important for the international observers to understand about what your agency is doing and the challenges that Taiwan faces with regards to within the digital space? And what are sort of like, you know, if there are ...

This session has been very, very productive in terms of what you’ve been able to share with me, in just I think a relatively short time, but you’ve been very generous with your views.

Got it. Wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing all your insights.

Okay, no, that’s all right. I was unclear as to what is that.

If I may be able to return to an earlier topic, an issue area that you have been very invested in and leading in Taiwan’s effort, certainly in recent years, is countering PRC disinformation. And how much of that is also within your current mandate, within MODA’s responsibilities? And how ...

I would love to be able to host you for a conversation about your book when it’s ready for publication. I think it sounds incredibly forward thinking and important to share to the world and our audience.

Right.

Wonderful.

What is your vision for the future of the digital space, digital transformation, some call the era we are in the fourth industrial revolution. What is the role of your agency in moving forward in this space.

That’s really important to know that there are concrete outputs in terms of how the SFD has helped to enhance Taiwan’s international space and its security as well, in particular in terms of being able to adopt these international standards and contribute to those standards.

That’s important to know.

And is this a direct output of the Summit for Democracy?

It’s pretty easy now? There aren’t any restrictions given Taiwan’s status?

Are you having challenges and difficulties to be able to participate in these standardizing mechanisms?

You mentioned that there are certain areas where you as the agency head or Taiwan in general still needs more international support. In what areas would you specify as being the capabilities or the support that is most needed in the work that you’re doing?

So, do you see then that security is being a permanent mandate of this organization and its focus?

No. That’s unlikely.

So, it sounds like right now you are almost entirely focused on security. How do you see your mandate evolving? Is this a permanent feature of your agency? Or would it change when the Ukraine war abate? How would you respond to that?

So, are those authorities clear then in terms of right now?

Right.

Right. It was sort of a matter of understanding whether or not there’s legislative authorities for the particular agency that you are in charge of, you know, and whether or not those authorities are competitive authorities.

All parties are supportive. That’s really important.

Pan-parties?

You know it’s always a matter within Taiwan that politics in some ways get involved. Does your agency have bipartisan support within Taiwan?

Is that adequate?

I mean it’s a lot of work that your agency is now doing. How big is your staff?

Have there been any cases of this yet or is it something that you are preparing for?

Taiwan has an election next year, you know, coming up in January. Are you seeing any sort of noticeable uptick in the types of online activities that was apparent in previous elections? What are your major concerns with regards to the types of threats vector that you’re watching here? And ...

The norms, exactly. And can you share a little bit about what you’re doing there?

It seems like this is quite a top-down process as far as we have discussed so far. So, are you integrating civil society organizations to be better integrated into your trainings? And are there things that you can share in terms of examples that you are building right now as ...

How much are your exercises, your planning, your strategy aimed or geared towards also enhancing civil resilience and civil defense efforts?

Is there interoperability? Are you looking at interoperability also between the civilian and military channels? Sort of networks on that so there is a channel by which…

Yeah. Right.