Asia Policy Events, Monday April 13, 2026

SCIENCE DIPLOMACY SUMMIT 2026. 4/13-14, IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsors: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg Center. Speakers Include: Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences; Karen Pierce, UK Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, Chair of Ditchley; Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, Director Emeritus, Vatican Observatory; Juliet Gerrard, Professor, University of Auckland.

PRINCIPALS OF THE NEW WORLD ECONOMY. 4/13-17, IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Semafor World Economy. Speakers Include: Cristiano Amon, CEO, Qualcomm; Bill Anderson, CEO, Bayer; Jason Buechel, CEO, Whole Foods Market; David Burritt, CEO, U.S. Steel; Calvin Butler, CEO, Exelon; Thasunda Brown Duckett, CEO, TIAA; Brad Garlinghouse, CEO, Ripple; Michelle Gass, CEO, Levi’s; Ken Griffin, CEO, Citadel; Rene Haas, CEO, Arm Holdings; Reid Hoffman, Co‑founder, LinkedIn. 

THE DEVELOPMENTAL STATE REWIRED: JAPAN’S QUANTUM POLICY BETWEEN INNOVATION AND SECURITY. 4/13, 6:00-7:30pm (JST), 5:00-6:30am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsors: French Institute of Research on Japan (IFRJ-MFJ) Tokyo; Economic Department, French Embassy in Japan. Speakers: Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo. Moderator: Malo Mofakhami, Associate Professor, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, IFRJ-MFJ, CNRS. 

ADMIRAL DARYL CAUDLE ON THE STRATEGIC VISION FOR THE US NAVY. 4/13, 9:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Admiral Daryl Caudle, 34th Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy; Michael Andersson, Head of Strategic Partnerships and International Affairs, Saab, Inc., Board Director, Atlantic Council; Moderator: Joe Costa, Director, Forward Defense, Atlantic Council. 

ASSESSING THE U.S.-IRANIAN TRUCE AND FIRST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS. 4/13, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI). Speakers: Kristin Smith Diwan, Senior Resident Scholar, AGSI; Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar, AGSI; Sultan Al-Nuaimi, Director General, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research; Moderator: Douglas A. Silliman, President, AGSI.

WHAT PATH FORWARD? THE BOARD OF PEACE, GAZA, AND THE FUTURE OF MULTILATERALISM. 4/13, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Carnegie. Speakers: Yasmine Farouk, Project Director, Gulf and Arabian Peninsula, International Crisis Group; Joseph Saba, Chairman, Board of Directors, ANERA; Former Regional Director for the Middle East, World Bank; Michael Mattler, Former Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Muhammad Shehada, Visiting Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Program, European Council on Foreign Relations; Zaha Hassan, Senior Fellow, Middle East Program. 

THE NEXT GENERATION OF GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERSHIPS. 4/13, 1:00-2:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Jose Manuel “Babe” del Gallego Romualdez, Ambassador, Embassy of the Philippines in Washington D.C.; Alexander Benard, Co-Head of Cerberus Frontier and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management; Carlos Ruiz-Hernandez, Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Americas Program; Derek Berlin, Senior Vice President, Logistics Plus Inc.; Romina Bandura, Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development. 

MANAGING THE CHALLENGES OF NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR/MISSILE THREATS. 4/13, 1:30-3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School. Speaker: Vann H. Van Diepen, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. 

BOOK TALK: RETRENCH, DEFEND, COMPETE: SECURING AMERICA’S FUTURE AGAINST A RISING CHINA. 4/13, Noon-1:30pm (PDT), 3:00-4:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University. Speaker: author Charles L. Glaser, Senior Fellow, MIT Security Studies Program and Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/48poKe4 

GASTON SIGUR MEMORIAL LECTURE: CHINA'S REIMAGINED FUTURE. 4/13, 5:00-6:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University. Speakers: Elizabeth Economy, Hargrove Senior Fellow and co-chair of the Program on the US, China, and the World, Hoover Institution; Moderator: Bruce Dickson, Professor, George Washington University. 

BOOK TALK: KOREAN MESSIAH: KIM IL SUNG AND THE CHRISTIAN ROOTS OF NORTH KOREA'S PERSONALITY CULT. 4/13, 6:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Korea Society. Speakers: author Jonathan Cheng, China Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal; Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. Moderator: Jonathan Corrado, Policy Director. PURCHASE BOOK