Asia Policy Events, Monday April 23, 2026

2025 NETWORK READINESS INDEX (NRI). 3/23, 9:00-10:30am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Portulans Institute. Speakers: Chinasa T. Okolo, PhD, Author of AI Governance in a Global Context; Rafael Escalona Reynoso, CEO and Director, Portulans Institute; Shailja Bang Shah, Head of Research, Portulans Institute; Shri Jaipal, Director of the Economic Research Unit (ERU), Department of Telecommunications, Government of India; Bitange Ndemo, Kenya's Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union; Maria Victoria C. Castro, Assistant Secretary for e-Government Department of Information and Communications Technology, The Philippines; Anna Mysyshyn, Founder, Institute of Innovative Governance, Ukraine.

CROSS-STRAIT CROSSROADS: PATHWAYS FOR AMERICA’S TAIWAN POLICY. 3/23, 10:00-11:15am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Jennifer Kavanagh, Senior Fellow and Director of Military Analysis, Defense Priorities; Bonnie S. Glaser, Managing Director of the Indo-Pacific Program, The German Marshall Fund of the United States; David Sacks, Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Matthew Turpin, Senior Advisor, Palantir Technologies, Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution; Moderators: Ryan Hass, Director, John L. Thornton China Center, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center, Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies; Jude Blanchette, Distinguished Tang Chair in China Research; Director, RAND China Research Center – RAND.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TRUMP’S BEIJING VISIT. 3/23, 10:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Kurt M. Campbell, Chairman and Co-Founder, The Asia Group, Former Deputy Secretary, United States Department of State (2024-2025); Moderator: Melanie Hart, Senior Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council.

TAIWAN’S SPACE AMBITIONS AND THE FUTURE OF U.S.–TAIWAN COOPERATION. 3/23, 10:30-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Jong-Shinn Wu, Director General, Taiwan Space Agency; Chirag Parikh, Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Aerospace Security Project; Kari A. Bingen, Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department. 

TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS IN AN ERA OF UPHEAVAL. 3/23, 11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Tyson Barker, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Europe Center, Atlantic Council; Frances Burwell, Distinguished Fellow, Europe Center, Atlantic Council; Daniel Fried, Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council; Moderator: Amanda Thorpe, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Europe Center, Atlantic Council. 

WAR AND UNCERTAINTY IN THE MIDDLE EAST: ASSESSING THE NEXT PHASE. 3/23, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute. Speakers: Lieutenant General Sam Mundy, USMC (Ret.), Distinguished Military Fellow, Middle East Institute; Colby Connelly, Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute; Moderator: Kenneth M. Pollack, Vice President for Policy, Middle East Institute. 

BOOK TALK: CARBON HUNTERS: REFLECTIONS AND FORECASTS OF CLIMATE MARKETS IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 3/23, Noon-1:15pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Speaker: author, Richard Sandor, CEO, Environmental Financial Institutes, Aaron Director Lecture in Law and Economics, University of Chicago Law School, Moderator: Joseph E. Aldy. PURCHASE BOOK

TAIWAN'S SHIFTING GLOBAL LANDSCAPE: SECURITY, PARTNERSHIPS, AND IMPLICATIONS. 3/23, 1:00-3:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Institute for Indo-Pacific Security (IIPS). Speakers: Ian Easton, Associate Professor, U.S. Naval War College; Rupert Hammond-Chambers, President, U.S.-Taiwan Business Council; Patrick Nevins, Deputy Staff Director, House Armed Services Committee; Gregory Brown, Executive Director, Alliance Futures Initiative; Iku Tsujihiro, Research Associate, Hudson Institute; Japhet Quitzon, CSIS.

GEOPOLITICAL RISKS AND THE FUTURE OF MULTILATERAL ORDER. 3/23, 6:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP). Speakers: Dr. Lukas Haynes, Visiting Scholar, Ralph Bunche Institute at CUNY; Hon. Mallory Stewart, CEO, The Council on Strategic Risks; Amb. Susan Elliott, President and CEO, NCAFP.