Asia Policy Events, Monday February 9, 2026

INSIDE JAPAN’S HIGH-STAKES SNAP ELECTION. 2/9, 8:00-9:00AM (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). Speakers: Nicholas Szechenyi, Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Senior Fellow, Japan Chair, CSIS; Kristi Govella, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, CSIS; Associate Professor, University of Oxford; Charles McClean, Adjunct Fellow (Non-resident), Japan Chair, CSIS, Assistant Professor, Yale University; Moderator: Nicholas Szechenyi, Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Senior Fellow, Japan Chair, CSIS.

BOOK TALK: RUNAWAY CAPITALISM. 2/9, Noon-1:30pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: American University School of International Service. Speakers: author, James Mittelman, Distinguished Research Professor and University Professor Emeritus, American University; Maria De Jesus, Professor, School of International Service, American University; Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor of Communication Studies, School of Communication, American University, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Media & Social Impact; Clarence Lusane, Professor, Howard University; Director, International Affairs Program; Julie Radomski, Global China Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Boston University Global Development Policy Center; Yang Zhang, Professor, School of International Service, American University.  PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/4qR3l4n

BOOK TALK: CANCELING RUSSIA: THE UKRAINE WAR AND THE RISE OF THE WESTERN HAWKS. 2/9, Noon-1:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Quincy Institute. Speakers: author, Andrei Pavlovich Tsygankov, Professor of Russian and International Politics, San Francisco State University; Anatol Lieven, Director, Eurasia Program, Andrew Bacevich Chair in American Diplomatic History, Quincy Institute.

DECODING TRUMP’S CHINA POLICY. 2/9, Noon (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy LIVE (FP). Speakers: Kurt Campbell, Former U.S. deputy secretary of state and current chairman and co‑founder of The Asia Group; Ravi Agrawal, Editor in chief of Foreign Policy and host of FP LIVE.