Monday Asia Events August 17 2020

UNDER BEIJING’S SHADOW: SOUTHEAST ASIA’S CHINA CHALLENGE. 9:00–10:00am (EDT), WEBINAR. Sponsor: CSIS. Speaker: Author, Murray Hiebert, Senior Associate, CSIS Southeast Asia Program. 

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THE ARMS TRADE TREATY & DIVERSION: ASSESSING RISKS AND IMPACTS. 9:30–11:00am (EDT), WEBINAR. Sponsor: Stimson. Speakers: Jonah Leff,Conflict Armament Research; Tom Nijs, Flanders Department Of Foreign Affairs in Belgium and Co-Chair of the ATT CSP6 Working Group on Transparency and Reporting; Stela Petrović, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications of Serbia and Facilitator of the ATT CSP6 Sub-Working Group on Diversion; Himayu Shiotani, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research; Rachel Stohl, Stimson Center.

A CONVERSATION WITH FORMER US SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. Noon (EDT), #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speaker: Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former US Secretary of State; Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council.

TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY: THE SEDUCTIVE LURE OF AUTHORITARIANISM. 4:00–5:30pm (EDT), WEBINAR. Sponsor: Wilson Center - History and Public Policy Program. Speakers: Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer, The Atlantic. Moderators: Christian F. Ostermann, Director, History and Public Policy Program; Eric Arnesen, Professor of History, George Washington University. 

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CARLOS P. ROMULO IN WASHINGTON, DC - WITH LIANA ROMULO. 7:30-8:30pm (EDT), ONLINE EVENT. Sponsor: RMC Foundation, Philippines on the Potomac Project (POPDC), US-Philippines Society, Sentro Rizal Washington DC. Speaker: Liana Romulo, Gen. Carlos P. Romulo’s granddaughter.