Asia Policy Events, Monday January 12, 2026

NEXT STEPS FOR THE U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE: DETERRENCE, CYBERSECURITY, AND INDO-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIPS. 1/12, 10:00-11:00am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Kristi Govella, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, CSIS; Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Kei Koga, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore; Satoru Mori, Senior Fellow, The Nakasone Peace Institute & Professor, Keio University; Motohiro Tsuchiya, Professor and Vice President for Global Engagement, Keio University. 

BOOK TALK: TO DARE MIGHTY THINGS: US DEFENSE STRATEGY SINCE THE REVOLUTION. 1/12, 10:00-11:15am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: author Michael E. O’Hanlon, Director of Research, Foreign Policy, Director, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Co-Director, Africa Security Initiative; Robert Kagan, Stephen & Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology; General David Petraeus (ret.), Partner and Chairman, KKR Global Institute, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency, Former Commander, U.S. Central Command, Former Commander, International Security Assistance Force. Moderator: Melanie W. Sisson, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology.  PURCHASE BOOK

IRAN AT A CROSSROADS: PROTESTS, REPRESSION, AND THE RISK OF U.S. MILITARY ESCALATION. 1/12, Noon-1:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Quincy. Speakers: Vali Nasr, Majid Khadduri, Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS; Ellie Geranmayeh, Senior Policy Fellow; Deputy Head, Middle East and North Africa Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations; Mohammad Ali Shabani, Editor, Amwaj.media; Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President, Quincy. 

TRUMP’S VENEZUELA STRATEGY. 1/12, Noon (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Live. Speakers: Matthew Kroenig, Columnist, Foreign Policy; Vice President and Senior Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council; Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy. 

JAPAN'S CHINA-FOCUSED GRAND STRATEGY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CROSS-STRAIT DETERRENCE. 1/12, 12:15-1:30pm, IN PERSON ONLY "brown bag lunch." Sponsor: Stimson. Speaker: Dr. Giulio Pugliese, Director of the EU-Asia Project at the European University Institute in Florence and an incoming Assistant Professor in Asian Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa later this year. To attend contact: Dr. Andrew Oros, Japan Program Director, Stimson, aoros@stimson.org.

SECURING AMERICA’S COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE: A STRATEGIC AGENDA FOR US LEADERSHIP. 1/12, 1:00-2:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Olivia Trusty, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet, Hudson Institute. 

TURKEY, SYRIA, AND ISRAEL: WHAT’S NEXT IN THE REGION? 1/12, 1:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Council for a Secure America (CSA). Speaker: Dr. Mark Meirowitz, Ph.D., J.D., Professor at SUNY Maritime College.

STRENGTHENING THE U.S.-INDIA PARTNERSHIP: A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH REPS. RICH MCCORMICK AND AMI BERA. 1/12, 1:30-2:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Representative Rich McCormick (R-GA), U.S. House of Representatives; Representative Ami Bera (D-CA), U.S. House of Representatives.

REPORT LAUNCH: ISLAMIC FINANCE AND CLIMATE AGENDA. 1/12, 8:30-11:00pm (EST), 9:30am-Noon (MYT), HYBRID. Sponsor: World Bank. Speaker: TBA.