Sunday, March 1, 2026

Asia Policy Events, Monday March 2, 2026

CHINA’S GREAT TECH LEAP FORWARD AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES. 3/2, 10:00-11:15am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics; Ilaria Mazzocco, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics; Kyle Chan, Fellow – Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center; Lizzi C. Lee, Fellow on Chinese Economy, Center for China Analysis, Asia Society Policy Institute; Paul Triolo; Partner, DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group; Jeannette Chu, Senior Associate (Non-resident), Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics.

AFTER US-ISRAEL STRIKES: WHAT COMES NEXT FOR IRAN AND THE REGION? 3/2, 11:00-11:45am (CST), Noon-12:45pm (EST). Sponsor: Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Speakers: Lisa Anderson, James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations, Columbia University; Daniel Byman, Director of the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Leslie Vinjamuri, President & Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 

U.S. AND ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN - WHAT COMES NEXT? 3/2, Noon-12:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Mona Yacoubian, Director and Senior Adviser, Middle East Program CSIS; Seth G. Jones, President, Defense and Security Department; Harold Brown Chair CSIS; Clayton Seigle, Senior Fellow and James R. Schlesinger Chair in Energy and Geopolitics, Energy Security and Climate Change Program CSIS; Emily Harding, Vice President, Defense and Security Department; Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program CSIS. 

AN UPDATE ON MILITARY ACTIONS IN IRAN. 3/2, 1:15-2:15pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for American Progress (CAP). Speakers: Jon Finer, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Frank Kendall, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Andrew Miller, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Moderator: Allison McManus, Managing Director, National Security and International Policy, Center for American Progress. 

STRIKES AND SUCCESSION: IS IRAN'S SYSTEM BEGINNING TO CRACK? 3/2, 2:00-3:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute (MEI). Speakers: Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., USMC (Ret.), former Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM); Colby Connelly, senior fellow MEI; Ken Pollack, Vice President for Policy MEI. 

NORTHEAST ASIA IN FOCUS - STATE OF DEMOCRACY: IMPLICATIONS OF RECENT SNAP ELECTIONS IN JAPAN AND KOREA. 3/2, 2:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: US-Asia Institute. Speakers: Yuko Nakano, Associate Director, U.S.-Japan Strategic Leadership Program, CSIS; Darcie Draudt-Véjares, Korean Studies Fellow, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

RETHINKING POVERTY AND MICROCREDIT. 3/2, 5:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Institute for International Economic Policy, George Washington University. Speaker: Jonathan J. Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, NYU, Executive Director of the Financial Access Initiative.

THE TRUMP-XI SUMMIT: WHAT TO EXPECT? THREE FORMER U.S. DIPLOMATS ASSESS WHAT'S AT STAKE. 3/2, 6:00-7:30pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society. Speakers: Nicholas Burns, Former Ambassador of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China; Sarah Beran, Partner, Macro Advisory Partners; Winston Lord, Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Editor of Foreign Affairs; Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Vice President, Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society.

U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS IN A SHIFTING GLOBAL LANDSCAPE. 3/2, 7:00-8:15pm (PST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Japan House, Los Angeles. Speaker: Glen S. Fukushima, Visiting Fellow, Stanford University.

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