“Taiwan is dealing with an adversary that is fighting a war on the physical, psychological and cyber fronts with much bigger resources.”

Dr. Chen-wei Lin (林成蔚) is the INDSR's Chief Executive Officer since 2020. He served as a senior advisor in the National Security Council under two administrations and was a core member of Taiwan’s representative office in Japan. He has taught as a professor at Hokkaido University Public Policy School and Tokoha University.

Formally inaugurated on May 1, 2018, the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR,財團法人國防安全研究院) is dedicated to fueling knowledge-based policy analyses and strategic assessments on Taiwan’s security. INDSR’s dynamic research agenda and activities are used to develop pragmatic policy recommendations for the Taiwan government.