THE RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF MYANMAR’S ELECTIONS. 2/2, 9:00-11:30am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Stimson Center. Speakers: Morgan Michaels, Research Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, IISS; Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Chulalongkorn UniversitySteve Ross, Senior Fellow, Stimson; Min Zin, Executive Director, ISP-Myanmar; Amara Thiha, Nonresident Fellow, Stimson; Moe Thuzar, Senior Fellow and Coordinator, Myanmar Studies Programme, Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS); Moderator: Yun Sun, Senior Fellow, Myanmar Project; Co-Director, East Asia Program, Stimson.
THAILAND’S 2026 GENERAL ELECTION AND REFERENDUM: WHAT TO EXPECT. 2/2, 10:00-11:30am (SGT), 2/1, 9:00-10:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: ISWAS Yusof Ishak Institute. Speakers: Mathis Lohatepanont, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan; Thanisara Ruangdej (GG), CEO and Co-founder, WeVis.
WHAT FUTURE AFTER THE WAR? OPPORTUNITIES FOR UKRAINE’S SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND PROSPERITY. 2/2, 9:00am-Noon (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Speakers: Anatolii Amelin, Executive Director, Ukrainian Institute of the Future; Max Bergmann, Director, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Hans Braunfisch, Founder, Pravo Ventures; Serhii Haidaichuk, Founder, CEO Club Ukraine; John E. Herbst, Senior Director, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council; Mykola Murskyj, Program Director, Razom for Ukraine; Senator Rob Portman, Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the Practice of Public Policy, AEI; Dalibor Rohac, Senior Fellow, AEI; Kori Schake, Director, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, AEI; Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States; Angela Stent, Senior Fellow, AEI.
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND THE FUTURE OF US DEMOCRACY. 2/2, 10:00-11:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Institute of Global Politics. Speakers: Marie Gottschalk, Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania; G. Elliott Morris, data journalist and author of the Strength in Numbers Substack; Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, University of Minnesota; Moderator: Alex Hertel-Fernandez, Herbert H. Lehman Professor of Government and Director of IGP American Democracy Initiative, Columbia SIPA.
JAPAN’S NATIONAL SECURITY. 2/2, Noon-1:15pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA. Speaker: Ryo Sakai, 35th Chief of Staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and International Fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School. For inquiries, please contact Mr. Kenji Nagayoshi, knagayoshi@spfusa.org.
IN CONVERSATION WITH TOM STEYER. 2/2, 6:30-8:00pm (BST), 1:30-3:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: London School of Economics (LSE). Speakers: Tom Steyer, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chair, Galvanize, Founder, NextGen America, Investor, Climate Advocate; President and Vice Chancellor, Larry Kramer, London School of Economics, Former President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Former Dean, Stanford Law School; Susana Mourato, Professor of Environmental Economics, Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research), Department of Geography and Environment; Jonathan Pershing, Dean of the Global School of Sustainability, Professor in Practice, The Global School of Sustainability at LSE; Lord Stern, IG Patel Chair of Economics and Government, Chairman, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Department of Economics, The Global School of Sustainability, London School of Economics (LSE).
TARIFFS, TECH & TRUST: NAVIGATING THE NEXT PHASE OF U.S.–JAPAN TRADE TIES. 2/2, 5:30-7:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) Washington, DC. Speakers: Emma Chanlett-Avery, Deputy Director & Director for Political-Security Affairs, ASPI; William Chou, PhD, Senior Fellow & Deputy Director, Japan Chair, Hudson Institute; Yuka Hayashi, Vice President, Japan Practice, The Asia Group; Moderator: Wendy Cutler, Senior Vice President, ASPI. LIVESTREAMING HERE.
