Firelight Chats Ep011 | Diversified Resilience w/Marcin Jerzewski

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Marcin Jerzewski swung by the Spacelab to visit Kane & Mocha on the day after Nancy Pelosi’s departure from Taiwan. With time ticking before Marcin’s next appointment, they dive deep into the contours of the most recent cross-straight tensions vis-à-vis the larger geopolitical landscape.

In this wide-ranging chat, Marcin also shares his thoughts about Taiwan’s democratic and military resilience, the current LGBTQIA+ situation, the importance of education, the need for diversification, and the folly of succumbing to overly alarmist and sensationalist narratives. Kane and Marcin wrap up the episode with a toast of ice cold boba and a promise to chat again.

Marcin Jerzewski is originally from Łódź, Poland. Among other important roles, Marcin heads the Taipei branch of the European Values Center for Security Policy, the first European think tank with legal and permanent presence in Taiwan.