Asia Policy Events, Monday September 15, 2025

BRUSSELS SPROUTS LIVE: EUROPE WITH LESS U.S.: PREVENTING RUSSIA OPPORTUNISTIC

AGGRESSION IN EUROPE. 9/15, 11:30-12:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Speakers: General (Ret.) Philip Breedlove, Former Commander of U.S. European Command; Former 17th Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Allied Command Operations; Admiral (Ret.) James Foggo, Former Commander of the United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa; Former Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples; Moderator: Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Program Director and Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Program, CNAS; Jim Townsend, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Program, CNAS. 

TAIWAN'S CHINA-FREE DRONE PRODUCTION: SUCCESSES AND CONTINUED CHALLENGES. 9/15, Noon-1:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Global Taiwan Institute. Speakers: Matthew Fulco, Journalist, Aviation Week; Lotta Danielsson, Vice President, US-Taiwan Business Council; Dr. Hong-Lun Tiunn, Deputy Director, National Security Program, Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology (DSET). 

SECURING AMERICA’S TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE: A CONVERSATION WITH USPTO ACTING DIRECTOR COKE MORGAN STEWART. 9/15, Noon-1:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce, Intellectual Property, Acting Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office; Adam Mossoff, Chair, Forum for Intellectual Property, Senior Fellow. 

RETHINKING THE PAST OF CONFLICT, IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF PEACE IN EAST ASIA.  9/15, 4:00-7:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Pennsylvania State University Institute for Korean Studies. Speakers: Aiko Utsumi, Professor Emeritus, Keisen University; Takashi Fujitani, University of Toronto; Dongeun Shin, Kangwon National University; Min-Chul Kim, Kyung Hee University; Jae-Jung Suh, International Christian University; Ran Zwigenberg, Pennsylvania State University. 6:00–6:40pm Roundtable Discussion: Dong-Choon Kim (Sungkonghoe University); Lisa Yoneyama University of Toronto,*online); Jan Thompson (ADBC Memorial Society, *online); Hong Kal, (York University, Canada); Inkyu Kang (Penn State); Dae‑yeol Yea (Sunchon National University,*online); Hyun-kuk Sung (PeaceNetwork); Shin Chang; (The Academy of Korean Studies,*online). https://events.la.psu.edu/event/rethinking-the-past/  REGISTRATION.

AFTER THE PANDEMIC: REVISING A TEXTBOOK AND RETHINKING HISTORY. 9/15, 7:00-8:00pm (EDT), 9/16, 8:00-9:30am (JST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Modern Japan History Association. Speaker: Dr. Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University. 9