Asia Policy Events, Monday May 4, 2026

WHAT’S NEXT FOR JAPANESE SECURITY POLICY AND U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS? PERSPECTIVES FROM THE DIET. 5/4, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Itsunori Onodera, Member of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Chairperson, Research Commission on the Tax System; Former Minister of Defense; Fumitake Fujita, Member of the House of Representatives, Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party); Secretary-General, Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party); Asei Ito, Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo; Moderator, Kristi Govella, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, Associate Professor, University of Oxford.

IS AMERICA WINNING OR LOSING IN IRAN? 5/4, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute (MEI). Speakers: Jon Finer, Former Principal Deputy National Security Advisor, Executive Office of the President of the United States, Co-Host, The Long Game Podcast; Victoria Coates, Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Middle East and North African Affairs, Executive Office of the President of the United States, Vice President, Davis Institute for National Security, The Heritage Foundation; Moderator: Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, MEI. 

ECONOMIC SECURITY AND MEGA CHOKEPOINTS: JAPAN’S STRATEGIC RESET. 5/4, 2:00-3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Keiro Kitagami, Former Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Liberal Democratic Party; Keitaro Ohno, Chief Secretary, Promotion of Economic Security Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party, Former State Minister of Economic Security; Mira Rapp-Hooper, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies; Akihisa Shiozaki, Director General, Headquarters for Intelligence Strategy, Liberal Democratic Party; Moderator: Mireya Solís, Director, Center for Asia Policy Studies, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies.

MEETING STRATEGIC DEMAND FOR BATTERIES. 5/4, 2:00-3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS, Energy Security and Climate Change Program. Speakers: Joseph Majkut, Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS; Jane Nakano, Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS; Ray Cai, Associate Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS; Speakers from U.S. Department of Energy, J.P. Morgan, Google.

BOOK TALK: TRADECRAFT, TACTICS, AND DIRTY TRICKS: RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AND PUTIN'S SECRET WAR. 5/4, 4:30-6:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Institute of World Politics (IWP). Speaker: author Sean M. Wiswesser, Former Senior CIA Operations Officer. PURCHASE BOOK

BOOK TALK: THE NARROWING SEA: FUKUOKA, PUSAN, AND THE RISE AND FALL OF AN IMPERIAL REGION. 5/4, 8:00-9:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Modern Japan History Association. Speakers: author Hannah Shepherd, Assistant Professor, Yale University; Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Professor Emerita of Japanese History, Australian National University. Moderator: Joseph Seeley, Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia. PURCHASE BOOK