As a part of the 55th TKU anniversary celebration, the Graduate Institute of American Studies is holding a forum in the morning of Dec. 13 at the Ching-sheng International Conference Hall. Scholars from Taiwan and afar will confer to discuss issues relating to the Taiwan-US current and future relations and the cross-strait security as well as future development. Scholars that have been invited to attend the forum include research fellows, Bates Gill, and Derek J. Mitchell.(~ Ying-hsueh Hu )