Monday Asia Events, August 23, 2021

SPACE POLICY TRENDS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. 8/23rd, 6:00-7:45PM (JST), ZOOM. Sponsors: Yokosuka Council on Asia Pacific Studies, Institute for Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) and Japan US Military Program (JUMP). Speakers: Senior Analyst Dr Malcolm Davis of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has been invited to participate in a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Stephen Nagy a senior associate professor at the International Christian University in Tokyo. 

 

JAPAN'S 2050 NET ZERO GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS PLEDGE. 8/23, 8:00-9:00am (EDT), VIDEO WEBCAST. Sponsor: Asia Society. Speakers: Toshi Arimura is a professor of Political Science and Economics, and Director of the Research Institute for Environment Economics and Management at Waseda University; Mika Ohbayashi is Director at the Renewable Energy Institute;Jackson Ewing, Ph.D. holds appointments as a Senior Fellow at Duke University's Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions. 

AFGHANISTAN’S COLLAPSE & THE IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL JIHADISM AND COUNTERTERRORISM. 10:30am-Noon (EDT), ZOOM WEBINAR. Sponsor: Middle East Institute (MEI). Speakers: Karen Joy Greenberg , Director, Center on National Security, Fordham University School of Law; David Kilcullen, President and CEO, Cordillera Applications Group, Inc., Director, Thesigers and Native Data; Anne Likuski, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI); Asfandyar Ali Mir, Senior Expert, United States Institute of Peace (USIP); Moderator: Charles Lister, Senior Fellow and Director, Syria and Countering Terrorism and Extremism programs, MEI.

GROUND TRUTH: LOCAL VIEWS ABOUT THE TALIBAN'S RETURN. 8/23, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), ONLINE. Sponsors: Central Asia Program at George Washington University and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Present. Speakers: Malali Bashir, Radio Free Afghanistan; Tohir Safarov, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and Mélanie Sadozaï, George Washington University.  

SUSTAINING US MICROELECTRONICS LEADERSHIP. Noon-1:00pm (EDT), LIVESTREAM. Sponsor: Hudson. Speakers: Representative Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Vice-Chair, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, House Armed Services Committee; Dr. Victoria Coleman, Chief Scientist, U.S. Air Force; Jay Goldberg, CEO, D2D Advisory; Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow, Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson; Dr. Dan Patt, Adjunct Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson.