Asia Policy Events, Monday November 9, 2026

ARMS CONTROL, DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION: CHARTING A PATH AHEAD - A GENEVA SECURITY DEBATE. 11/9, 12:30pm-2:00pm (CET), 6:30-8:00am (EST). HYBRID. Sponsor: Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP). Speakers: William Alberque, Former Director of Strategy, Technology and Arms Control, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS); Emilie Sarah Roulet, Deputy Head of Section Arms Control, Disarmament & Cybersecurity, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA); Nobumasa Akiyama, Professor of International Security, Hitotsubashi University, and Director, Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology, JIIA.  

CHINA FORUM 2026: NO SAFE DISTANCE: BEIJING'S GLOBAL REACH AND THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE. 11/9-11/10, HYBRID. Sponsor: Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC). Speakers Include: Sikyong Penpa Tsering, President, Central Tibetan Administration; Josh Rogin, Lead Global Security Analyst, Washington Post Intelligence; Michael Lucci​, Founder and CEO, State Armor; Emily de La Bruyère, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Joshua Kagan, Special Counsel, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP; Adrian Zenz, Senior Fellow and Director in China Studies, VOC.

BOOK TALK: EVERYDAY OCCUPATION: AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND CHINESE CIVILIANS AFTER WORLD WAR II. 11/9, 9:30-10:45am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsors: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; Harvard University Asia Center. Speaker: author, Chunmei Du, Professor, Department of History, Lingnan University. PURCHASE BOOK

BREAKING THE IMPASSE: SEEKING NEW APPROACHES TO NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS AND COEXISTENCE ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA. 11/9, 1:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Stimson. Speakers: Stephen Biegun, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State; Sang Hyun Lee, Emeritus Senior Fellow, Sejong Institute; Susan A. Thornton, Trustee & Director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security, National Committee on American Foreign Policy; Inwook Kim, Associate Professor, International Relations, Sungkyunkwan University; Rachel Minyoung Lee, Senior Fellow, 38 North Program, Stimson Center; Seong-ho Sheen, Professor & Former Dean of Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University; Frank Jannuzi, President & CEO, Maureen & Mike Mansfield Foundation; Jung-Chul Lee, Professor, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Seoul National University.

WHAT COMES NEXT: THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS. 11/9, 2:00-3:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for Effective Public Management, Brookings. Speakers: David C. Barker, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Center for Effective Public Management, Brookings; Sarah A. Binder, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Center for Effective Public Management, Brookings; Moderator: Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Center for Effective Public Management, Brookings.

CHINA’S TRAJECTORY AND THE FUTURE OF U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS. 11/9, 3:00-4:00pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Harvard Kennedy School. Speakers: former Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinge; Ambassador Nicholas Burns, U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 2021 to 2025.  

BOOK TALK: CAPITALISM IN SOUTH KOREA, 1945-2025. 11/9, 5:30-7:00pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Institute for International Science and Technology Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs, GWU. Speaker: author, Keun Lee, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Chung-Ang University. PURCHASE BOOK

US, IRAN, AND THE GULF CONFLICT: WHAT COMES NEXT? 11/9, 5:00-7:00pm (CST), 6:00-7:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Speakers: Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Ph.D., Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute; Danny Citrinowicz, Former head of the Iran Branch in Israeli Defense Intelligence, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council. 

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