Monday Asia Events, October 30, 2023

DARK FLEET AND MARITIME DANGERS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. 10/30, 6:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS). Speaker: Samir Madani, Co-Founder of TankerTrackers.com. 

PARTY OF ONE: THE RISE OF XI JINPING AND CHINA'S SUPERPOWER FUTURE. 10/30, 9:00-10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS, Freeman Chair in China Studies. Speakers: Chun Han Wong, author of Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future; Neil Thomas, Fellow for Chinese Politics at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis; Sheena Greitens, Visiting Associate Professor of Research in Indo-Pacific Security at the U.S. Army War College.  PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3M2dER7

IS GLOBALIZATION REALLY IN RETREAT? 10/30, 9:00-10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Peterson Institute (PIIE). Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Speakers: Alan Blinder, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, PIIE; Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University; Stephen Redding, Harold T. Shapiro 1964 Professor in Economics, Economics Department and Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; Arvind Subramanian, Senior Fellow, PIIE. 

AIR & SPACE WARFIGHTERS IN ACTION: MINOT WING COMMANDERS. 10/30, 10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Air & Space Forces Association (AFA). Speakers: Col. S. Daniel Hoadley, commander of the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, N.D; Col. Kenneth C. McGhee, Commander of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, ND. 

WHAT’S NEXT FOR THAILAND? 10/30, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Carnegie. Speakers: Elina Noor, Senior Fellow, Asia Program, Carnegie; Pita Limjaroenrat, Chief Adviser, Thailand’s Move Forward Party. 

DEFENDING DEMOCRACY IN AN AGE OF SHARP POWER. 10/30, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: National Endowment for Democracy. Speakers: Sarah Cook, Senior advisor for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Freedom House; Nadège Rolland, Distinguished fellow for China studies, National Bureau of Asian Research; Glenn Tiffert, Distinguished research fellow, Hoover Institution; editor William Dobson, Coeditor, Journal of Democracy.  PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3M8AHcX

UNDERGROUND EMPIRE: HOW AMERICA WEAPONIZED THE WORLD ECONOMY. 10/30, 11:00-11:45am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: authors Henry Farrell, SNF Agora Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS and Abraham Newman, Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Emily Benson, Director, Project on Trade and Technology, CSIS; Federico Steinberg, Visiting Fellow, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, CSIS. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3Sjim0z 

ENGAGING MEN AS ALLIES IN WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY. 10/30, 1:15-2:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsors: Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security; Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations; United States Mission to the United Nations; Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Speakers: H.E. Yoko Kamikawa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan; T.H. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations; H.E. Kimihiro Ishikane, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations; Dr. Robert Nagel, Research Fellow, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security; Dr. Gary Barker, President and Founder, Equimundo; Ms. Samsidar, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Indonesian Justice and Peace Foundation; Ms. Maho Nakayama, Director and Senior Program Officer, Peacebuilding Program, Sasakawa Peace Foundation; Amb. Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. 

A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DITTE JUUL JØRGENSEN, DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR ENERGY AT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 10/30, 3:30-4:15pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Ambassador Richard Morningstar, Founding Chairman of the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, Juul-Jørgensen, Director-General for Energy at the European Commission; Landon Derentz, GEC’s Senior Director and Morningstar Chair for Global Energy Security. 

JAPANESE STRATEGY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. 10/30, 4:00-6:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Speakers: Satoru Mori, Professor, Keio University; Ayumi Teraoka, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute. 

THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF OUTER SPACE COMPETITION. 10/30, 5:00-6:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Institute of World Politics (IWP). Speaker: Dr. Matthew Jenkings, IWP Doctor of Statecraft of National Security.