Monday Asia Policy Events May 19, 2025

CHINA’S YOUTH: THE AGE OF ANXIETY. 5/19, 9:00-10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Asia Society New York. Speakers: Yi-Ling Liu, Journalist in Residence, Tarbell Center; Biao Xiang, Director, Max Planck Institute in Social Anthropology, Germany; Li Zhang, Professor, University of California Davis. 

AN ASSESSMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VISIT TO THE GULF AND THE FUTURE OF U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS. 5/19, 10:00-11:30am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Speakers: Dr. Kenneth Katzman, Senior Advisor, Soufan Group, Former Specialist in Middle East Affairs, Congressional Research Services; Dr. Joseph Kéchichian, Senior Research Fellow, Office of the Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, CEO, Kéchichian & Associates, LLC; Christopher Johnson, Managing Attorney, Al-Sharif Law, Former Chairman, Middle East Council of Chambers of Commerce; Norman Roule, Former United States National Intelligence Manager for Iran, United Against a Nuclear Iran Senior Advisor. 

ISRAEL AND CIVILIZATION: THE FATE OF THE JEWISH NATION AND THE DESTINY OF THE WEST. 5/19, 4:00-5:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Josh Hammer, Senior Editor at Large, Newsweek; Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative.

AMBASSADORS' CIRCLE WITH AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 5/19, 7:00-8:00pm (EDT) 5/20, 8:00-9:15am (JST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Asia Society Japan. Speaker: Cheol-Hee Park, Ambassador to Japan, ROK. 

WHAT WE CHOSE NOT TO SEE: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER MATTHIEU AIKINS ON WAR, POWER, AND TRUTH. 5/19, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Quincy Institute. Speaker: Matthieu Aikins, Reporter, New York Times, Pulitzer Prize Winner. 

HOW THE WEST CAN OVERCOME THE TOTALITARIAN AXIS. 5/19, 2:00-3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speaker: Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, former leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party and founder and cochair of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China. 

MAINTAINING AMERICA'S AI EDGE. 5/19, 2:00-3:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for a New American Security. Speakers: Michael Kuiken, Commissioner for the United States–China Economic and Security Review Commission; Randall Schriver, Commissioner for the United States–China Economic and Security Review Commission. 

BOOK TALK: EDWARD LUCE ON THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI. 5/19, 5:30-6:30pm (CET) 6:30-7:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Speakers: author Edward Luce, US National Editor and Columnist, Financial Times; Ian Brzezinski, Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/4jHp4bO

BOOK TALK: OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF JAPAN: PROMINENT AMERICAN VISITORS TO JAPAN IN THE 1870. 5/21, 12:15-1:45am (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY, Brown bag lunch. Sponsor: ICAS, Temple University Japan and Harvard Club of Japan. Speaker: author Samuel Kidder, Managing Director, FES Inc. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3Sovj8c