Asia Policy Events, Monday June 22, 2026

SHADOW OF CATASTROPHE AND THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR DETERRENCE. 6/22, Noon-1:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Speakers: Colin Kahl, Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford; Janice Stein, Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy; Kristin Ven Bruusgaard, Chief, Norwegian Intelligence School. Moderator: Ulrich Kuehn, Head of Arms Control and Emerging Technologies, University of Hamburg.

PHILIPPINES ASEAN CHAIRSHIP 2026: ADVANCING REGIONAL RESILIENCE AND U.S.-ASEAN COLLABORATION. 6/22, 3:00-5:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsors: US-ASEAN Center; Embassy of the Philippines; US-Philippines Society. Speakers include: Jose Manuel G. Romualdez, Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States; Hunt VanderToll, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State; Hans Siriban, Economic Minister and Consul, Philippine Embassy to the U.S.; Heather Variava, Senior Advisor, Bureau of Economic & Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

STABILITY MULTIPLIERS: FOOD AND CLIMATE SECURITY IN A FRACTURED WORLD. 6/22, 6:00-8:30pm (BST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsors: Center for Climate and Security, Council on Strategic Risks; Strategic Climate Risks Initiative; Ditchley Foundation; Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Speakers: TBA; Moderator: Erin Sikorsky, Director, Center for Climate and Security, Council on Strategic Risks.

WOMEN ARTISTS IN ACTION: VISUALIZING THE 1970S WOMEN’S LIBERATION MOVEMENTS. 6/22, 6:00pm (JST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Modern Japan History Workshop. Speaker: Kanako Tajima, PhD Candidate, Columbia University. 

TAIWAN’S STRATEGIC OUTLOOK AND THE FUTURE OF US-TAIWAN RELATIONS. 6/22, 6:30-8:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). Speakers: Tom Chih-Chiang Lee, Director-General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office; Shihoko Goto, Vice President of Programs and Director, Asia Program, FPRI; Chris Estep is a Non-Resident Fellow, Asia Program, FPRI; Rupert Hammond-Chambers, President, US-Taiwan Business Council; Aaron Stein, President, FPRI; Vincent Wei-Cheng Wang, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Asia Program, FPRI.

Asia Policy Events, Monday April 6, 2026

FORGING JUST FUTURES: SOLUTIONS-BASED SCIENCE TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE GAP. 4/6, Noon-1:15pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. Speakers: Rachel Morello-Frosch, Professor, School of Public Health and Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley; Moderator: Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty, Belfer Center. 

PRESSURE POINTS: THE IRAN WAR’S GROWING ECONOMIC AND SECURITY IMPACT. 4/6, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute (MEI). Speakers: Lieutenant General Sam Mundy, USMC (Ret.), President of Once a Marine LLC; Karen E. Young, Senior Fellow, MEI; Moderator: Kenneth M. Pollack, Vice President for Policy, MEI. 

BOOK TALK: JAPAN REBORN: RACE AND EUGENICS FROM EMPIRE TO COLD WAR. 4/6, 5:30-7:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Modern Japan History Association. Speakers: author Kristin Roebuck, Assistant Professor, Cornell University; Takashi Fujitani, Dr. David Chu Professor in Asia-Pacific Studies, University of Toronto; Moderator: Seiji Shirane, Associate Professor of Japanese History, City College of New York. PURCHASE BOOK

THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT AT 47: TAIWAN'S EVOLVING HEDGING STRATEGY AMIDST INTENSIFYING GLOBAL COMPETITION. 4/6, 4:00-5:30pm (PDT), 7:00-8:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hoover. Speakers: David Ta-wei Lee, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan); Admiral O. James Ellis Jr, Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover; Larry Diamond, William L. Clayton Senior Fellow, Hoover.

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. 

Asia Policy Events, Monday November 10, 2025

TRANS-PACIFIC SUSTAINABILITY DIALOGUE 2025: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES. 11/10-11/11, 9:00am-6:00pm (PHST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsors: Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University; Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future. Speakers: Kiyoteru Tsutsui, Director, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) and APARC’s Japan Program, Stanford University; Arsenio M. Balisacan, Secretary, Department of Economy, Planning, and Development, Republic of the Philippines; Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General, United Nations; Chairman, Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, and more.

THE 21ST KOREA-MIDDLE EAST COOPERATION FORUM: A PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY. 11/10, 10:00am-5:30pm (AST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsors: Middle East Council on Global Affairs (ME Council); Korea Arab Society (KAS); Jeju Peace Institute (JPI). Speakers: Dr. Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al-Misnad, Minister of State for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar; Dr. Cho Hyun, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea; Dr. Khalid Al-Jaber, Director, Middle East Council on Global Affairs; Young Hoon Kang, President, Jeju Peace Institute; Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar; Dr. Waleed Siam, Ambassador, Permanent General Mission of Palestine to South Korea and Japan; Woong-Yeob Song, Former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan; and more.

THE STATE OF TAIWAN: WHAT'S NEXT AFTER THE TRUMP-XI MEETING? 11/10, 9:00-10:30am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Bonny Lin, Director, China Power Project, Senior Fellow, Asian Security, CSIS; Dan Blumenthal, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Bonnie Glaser, Managing Director, Indo-Pacific Program, German Marshall Fund; I-Chung Lai, President, Prospect Foundation; Ryo Sahashi, Professor, University of Tokyo.

STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT ON CHINA: EU APPROACHES AND TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION. 11/10, 10:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Global China Hub; Europe Center, Atlantic Council. Speakers: Jörn Fleck, Senior Director, Europe Center, Atlantic Council; The Hon. John Moolenaar, United States Representative (R-MI-02); Zoltán Fehér, Nonresident Fellow, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council; Michael Laha, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology, DGAP; Jacqueline Ramos, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, US Department of State, Valbona Zeneli, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Europe Center, Atlantic Council; Moderator: Melanie Hart, Senior Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council.

LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KĘSTUTIS BUDRYS ON NATO, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EUROPE-CHINA RELATIONS. 11/10, 2:30-3:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania; Marshall Billingslea, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute.

Asia Policy Events, Monday October 6, 2025

PRESS CONFERENCE: JAPAN'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER. 10/6, 11:00am-Noon (JST), 10/5 10:00pm (EDT). HYBRID. Sponsor: Foreign Correspondents Club Japan. Speaker: Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University.

NAVIGATING TROUBLED WATERS: INSIGHTS AND PROSPECTS FROM THE MANILA DIALOGUES. 10/6, 7:00pm (JST), 6:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Yokosuka Council on Asia Pacific Studies. Speaker: Dr. Bich Tran, Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS).

AFTER ISHIBA: WHAT’S NEXT FOR JAPANESE POLITICS? 10/6, 8:00-8:30am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Victor Cha, President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, Korea Chair; Kristi Govella, Senior Adviser, Japan Chair; Nicholas Szechenyi, Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, Senior Fellow, Japan Chair.

BETWEEN PEACE AND WAR: EXPLORING CHINA’S GRAY ZONE STRATEGY TOWARD TAIWAN. 10/6, 9:00-10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Stimson. Speakers: Kelly A. Grieco, Senior Fellow, Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program, Stimson Center; James Siebens, Fellow, Strategic Foresight Hub, Stimson Center; Pam Kennedy, Deputy Director, China Program, Stimson Center (Moderator). 

RESPONDING TO TRUMP’S NEW FOREIGN POLICY PARADIGM. 10/6, 9:00-11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Victor Cha, President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, Korea Chair, CSIS; Max Bergmann, Director,  Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, Stuart Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies, CSIS; Oge Onubogu, Director/Senior Fellow, Africa Program, CSIS; Mona Yacoubian, Director/Senior Adviser, Middle East Program, CSIS; Charles Edel, Senior Adviser, Australia Chair, CSIS; Kristi Govella, Senior Adviser, Japan Chair, CSIS. 

‘‘SENSING THE CLIMATE”: HOW DO INTERNATIONAL POLICY MAKERS ‘SENSE’ NATURE? 10/6, Noon-1:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University SAIS. Speakers: Joanne Yao, Reader in International Relations, Queen Mary, University of London and Ludovica Chiussi Curzi; Senior Assistant Professor in Public International Law, University of Bologna.

BIG DEAL, SMALL DEAL, OR NO DEAL? POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF A TRUMP-XI SUMMIT. 10/6, 12:30-1:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Thomas J. Christensen, Pritzker Chair, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department; Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics; Henrietta Levin, Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies; Bonny Lin, Senior Adviser, Director, China Power Project; Ilaria Mazzocco, Deputy Director/Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics.

A STRATEGY FOR BIOSECURITY VICTORY. 10/6, 12:30-2:00pm (PDT), 3:30-5:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hoover Institution. Speakers: Drew Endy, Science Fellow and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Rear Admiral Kenneth Bernard, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution; Emily Clise Tully, Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution.

COOPERATION AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF INDO-PACIFIC TUNA FISHERIES. 10/6, 2:30-5:00pm (JST), 1:30-4:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Speakers: Transform Aqorau, Vice-Chancellor, Solomon Islands National University; Hussain Sinan, Director, General Fisheries and Ocean Resources Management, Maldives Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources; Quentin Hanich, Fisheries Governance Program Leader, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS). 

EXPLORING THE ART OF MANGA. 10/6, 5:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Japanese Art Society of America (JASA). Speaker: author Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, Director, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, Professor of Japanese Art and Culture, University of East Anglia, U.K. PURCHASE BOOK

REPRESENTING TAIWAN IN DC: HOW TAIWANESE AMERICANS CAN BRIDGE CULTURE AND POLICY. 10/6, 5:30-7:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Global Taiwan Institute. Speakers: Tim Chng, Principal Software Developer, Yahoo Inc.; Adam Peir, Data Analyst, Former Board Member/President, Taiwanese American Professionals, Director of Civic Engagement, Taiwanese American Citizens League; David Tang, Principal, Washington DC Taiwanese School.

REVISITING THE JONES ACT: FROM PROTECTIONISM TO PARTNERSHIP. 10/6, 6:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Korea Society. Speaker: Colin Grabow, Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.

Monday Asia Policy Events June 23, 2025

THE US-JAPAN PARTNERSHIP IN THE NEW ERA. 6/23, 2:00-3:30pm (JST), 1:00am (EDT). HYBRID. Sponsor: Nikkei Global Events, The Asia Group. Speakers: Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, who oversaw Asia policy during the Biden presidency; former Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger, involved in Asia diplomacy in the first Trump administration; and former National Security Advisor Takeo Akiba, who long guided Japan's diplomacy.

THE NEXT DECADE: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF US-ROK NUCLEAR COOPERATION. 6/23-24 (KST), HYBRID. Sponsors: Atlantic Council; Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power. Speakers Include: Matt Bowen, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, University of Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA); Scott Campbell, President, Howard Baker Forum; Sungyeol Choi, Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University; Bumjin Chung, Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyung Hee University.

ENERGY SECURITY AND THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR. 6/23, 9:00-9:30am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Clayton Seigle, Senior Fellow and James R. Schlesinger Chair in Energy and Geopolitics, Energy Security and Climate Change Program; Adi Imsirovic, Senior Associate (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program; Raad Alkadiri, Senior Associate (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program.

US ATTACKS IRAN: ISRAEL IRAN CONFLICT UPDATE. 6/23, 9:00-10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute. Speakers: General Joseph L. Votel, US Army, Retired, Distinguished Military Fellow, Middle East Institute; Daniel Benaim, Associate Fellow, Middle East Institute; Colby Connelly, Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute.

SPACE FORCE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY: A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH AIR MARSHAL PAUL GODFREY. 6/23, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Air Marshal Paul Godfrey, Assistant Chief of Space Operations for Future Concepts and Partnerships, United States Space Force; Sarah Mineiro, Senior Associate (Non-resident), Aerospace Security Project, CSIS.

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND POLICY REFORM IN EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC. 6/23, 3:00-4:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: WTO. Speakers: Aaditya Mattoo, Chief Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank; Alessandro Barattieri, Senior Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank.

OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER: U.S. STRIKES AGAINST IRAN'S NUCLEAR SITES. 6/23, 3:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). Speakers: Israel Defense Forces MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, JINSA Distinguished Fellow; Israel Defense Forces MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish, Senior Vice President for Israeli Affairs, Julian & Jenny Josephson; Israel Defense Forces MG (ret.) Amikam Norkin, JINSA Distinguished Fellow; John Hannah, Randi & Charles Wax Senior Fellow, JINSA.

CENTRAL ASIAN FIGHTERS AND GLOBAL JIHAD. 6/23, 11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL .Sponsor: Center for the National Interest. Speakers: Dr. Gavin Helf, Adjunct Professor, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES), Georgetown University; Dr. Asfandyar Mir, Senior Fellow for South Asia, Stimson Center; Dr. Noah Tucker, Senior Research Consultant, Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. 

USING LABOUR MIGRATION TO SUPPORT EUROPE’S GREEN TRANSITION. 6/23, 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsors: Center for Global Development; Fragmen. Speakers: Gemma Hyslop, Director, Fragomen; Nina Vafaee, Global Mobility Immigration Manager, RWE. 

THE HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE AGENDA: A CONVERSATION WITH REPRESENTATIVE FRENCH HILL (R-AR). 6/23, 2:00–3:00 pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings. Speaker: Rep. French Hill, Chair, House Financial Services Committee. Moderator; Nellie Liang, Senior Fellow, Brookings; fmr. U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance. 

THE IMPACT OF GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS ON GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAINS. 6/23, 10:00–11:30 am (SGT), 10:00–11:30 pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. Speaker: Professor Archanun Kohpaiboon, Visiting Senior Fellow, ISEAS, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University. 

BOOK TALK: THE SENKAKU ISLANDS CONFRONTATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF JAPAN'S DEFENSE. 6/23, Noon-1:30pm (JST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS), Temple University, Japan Campus. Speaker: author Dr. Paul Midford, Professor, Political Science, Meiji Gakuin University. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/43ZcfD0

Monday Asia Policy Events, March 31, 2025

ARCTIC WOMEN LEADERSHIP ADDRESSING CLIMATE, GEOPOLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC TRADITION: LOCAL FEDERAL, AND INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES. 3/31, Noon-1:30PM (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: George Washington University. Speakers: Rebecca Alty, Mayor of Yellowknife, NWT, Canada; Carina Sammeli, Chair of the Municipal Board, Luleå municipality, Sweden; Meghan Tapqaq, Former member of the Nome Common Council, Staff Attorney, Kawerak; Jackie Schaeffer, Director of Climate Initiatives, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium; Mary Peltola, Former member of the U.S. Congress and Alaska State Legislature. 

INNOVATION TIES AND US-JAPAN ADVANCED TECH WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS. 3/31, 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: Bharati B. Belwalkar, Senior Industrial and Organizational Researcher, American Institutes for Research; Jeffrey Dressler, Partner, Head, Global Government Affairs, Softbank; Michi Kaifu, CEO, ENOTECH Consulting; Brandon Possin, CEO, Merito Network.

A FRACTURED LIBERATION: KOREA UNDER US OCCUPATION. 3/31, 4:00–5:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: author Kornel Chang, Associate Professor of History and Chair of the History Department, Rutgers University-Newark: Eric Arnesen, the Teamsters Professor of History in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, The George Washington University; Christian F. Ostermann, Founding Director of the History and Public Policy Program (HAPP).  PURCHASE BOOK 

VIEW FROM TREASURY: THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. 3/31, 5:00-7:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: GWU Elliott School of International Affairs. Speaker: Professor Jay Shambaugh, fmr. Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. 

A “NEW GOLDEN AGE” IN U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS? 3/31, 6:00-7:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP). Speakers: Dr. Ken Jimbo, Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University; Mr. Christopher B. Johnstone Partner and Chair, Defense & National Security Practice, The Asia Group. 

JAPAN'S ZELENSKYY SHOCK. 3/31, 4:00-5:00pm (PDT) 7:00-8:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. Speakers: Ulrike Schaede, Professor of Japanese Business, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy; Yuji Idomoto, Postdoctoral Scholar, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. 

WHEN FORESTS FALL SILENT: INVESTIGATING ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. 3/31, 5:00-6:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Georgetown Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Speaker: Anton L. Delgado, Freelance Journalist. 

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Monday Asia Policy Events, March 24, 2025

COMBATTING DISINFORMATION: THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN JAPAN AND CANADA. 3/24, 8:00-9:30am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Speakers: Chris Beall, Executive Director, Project Connie; Marcus Kolga, Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute; Kyoko Kuwahara, Fellow, Macdonalad-Laurier Institute. 

LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD: THE ROLE AND CHALLENGES OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN POST-ASSAD SYRIA. 3/24, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Carnegie. Speakers: Omar Alshogre, Director of Detainees Affairs, Syrian Emergency Task Force; Federica D’Alessandra, British Academy Global Innovation Fellow, Global Order and Institutions Program; Nousha Kabawat, Head of Program, Syria, International Center for Transitional Justice; Robert Petit, UN Assistant Secretary-General; Stephen J. Rapp, Senior Fellow, International Justice, Center on National Security, Georgetown Law.  

HOW CEOS ARE NAVIGATING THE TRUMP ERA. 3/24, 11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Live. Speaker: Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Founder, President, Chief Executive Leadership Institute. 

RECHARGED? THE FUTURE OF EUROPE’S AUTO SECTOR AND EU-CHINA RELATIONS. 3/24, 9:00-10:45PM (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Ilaria Mazzocco, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, CSIS; Maria Martin-Prat De Abreu, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission; Max Bergmann, Director, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and Stuart Center, CSIS; Francesca Ghiretti, Adjunct Fellow (Non-resident), Wadhwani AI Center; Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director, Vehicles & Emobility Supply Chains, Brussels (EU), T&E. 

ABE MEMORIAL LECTURE: THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL DIPLOMACY AND THE INDO-PACIFIC. 3/24, 9:30-11am (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Speakers: Ambassador Shigeo Yamada, Ambassador of Japan to the United States; Dr. Kurt Campbell, 22nd Deputy Secretary of The United States Department of State; Dr. Evan Medeiros (moderator), Director of Asian Studies, Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies in the School of Foreign Service. 

PUTIN'S REVENGE AND RUSSIA'S WAR ON UKRAINE. 3/24, 11:00am–Noon (EDT). VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: author Lucian Kim, Journalist.  PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3XVCR5u

FORECASTING DISASTER: HOW DOGE'S CUTS TO NOAA WILL AFFECT WEATHER AWARENESS AND WELL-BEING. 3/24, 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for American Progress. Speakers: Todd Carter, Chief Development Director, Hospitality House of Northwest North Carolina; David Dickson, Meteorologist, Covering Climate Now. 

GLOBAL PUBLIC OPINION ON CHINA: HOW DOES THE WORLD SEE CHINA? 3/24, 3:00-4:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Asia Society. Speakers: Andrew Chubb, Fellow, Foreign Policy and National Security, Center for China Analysis, Asia Society Policy Institute; Maria Repnikova, Associate Professor, Global Communication, Georgia State University; Cindy Yu, Expert, Modern China. 

CITIZENSHIP AND MULTICULTURALISM IN EAST ASIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MARRIAGE MIGRATION IN JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN. 3/24, 4:00–5:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsors: Harvard University Asia Center. Speakers: Margarita Estévez-Abe, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Syracuse University; Susan J. Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Research Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University. 

Asia Policy Events, Monday February 24, 2025

RATING INDIA 2025: KEY OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS. 2/24, 8:00-9:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Richard M. Rossow, Senior Adviser, Chair, India and Emerging Asia Economics; Erin L. Murphy, Deputy Director, Chair, India and Emerging Asia Economics, Senior Fellow, Emerging Asia Economics; Joydeep Mukherji, Managing Director, S&P Global Ratings; Christian de Guzman, Senior Vice President, Moody's Sovereign Ratings.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. 2/24, 8:00–9:15am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN). Speaker: author Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society, Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Director of the ALiGN Media Lab, Carleton University. . PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/433gdvA

THE UNITY GOVERNMENT AFTER TWO YEARS: ACHIEVEMENTS, VULNERABILITIES, AND PROSPECTS. 2/24, 9:00–11:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Malaysia Studies Programme at ISEAS, Yusof Ishak Institute. Speaker: Khairy Jamaluddin, Associate Senior Fellow, ISEAS,Yusof Ishak Institute, fmr. Minister at Malaysia’s ministries of Youth and Sports, Science and Technology, and Health, fmr. Coordinating Minister for the Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. 

TRUMP’S RETURN AND THE FATE OF UKRAINE. 2/24, 10:00am-11:45am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings Institution. Speakers: Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe; Anastasiia Lapatina, Ukraine Fellow, Lawfare; Tyler McBrien, Managing Editor, Lawfare; Constanze Stelzenmüller, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Trans-Atlantic Relations. 

MANAGING US-SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS UNDER THE SHADOW OF IMPEACHMENT. 2/24, 10:00-11:00am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Korea Economic Institute (KEI). Speakers: Ahn Ho-young, fmr. Ambassador to the US, ROK; Vincent Brooks, fmr. Commander of UN Command, ROK/US Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea; Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor, University of Texas Austin. 

THREE YEARS OF RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE: WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2025? 2/24, 10:30-11:30am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Speakers: Maria Avdeeva, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Colonel (ret.) Robert E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Head of Research, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Stefan Meister, Head, Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, German Council of Foreign Relations; Pavel Luzin Ph.D, Author; Maia Otarashvili, Director, Eurasia Program, FPRI. 

BEYOND 2025: WHAT'S NEXT FOR CHINA TECH? 2/24, 10:30-11:30am (HKT), 2/23 9:30-10:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: South China Morning Post. Speakers: Stephen Chen, News Editor, Science; Ralph Jennings, Senior Correspondent, Political Economy; Jasmine Wang, Editr, Political Economy. 

THREE YEARS OF RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE: WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2025? 2/24, 10:30-11:30am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Speakers: Maria Avdeeva, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Colonel (ret.) Robert E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Head of Research, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Stefan Meister, Head, Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, German Council of Foreign Relations; Pavel Luzin Ph.D, Author; Maia Otarashvili, Director, Eurasia Program, FPRI. 

DIGNITY AND DYNAMISM: THE FUTURE OF CONSERVATIVE TECHNOLOGY POLICY. 2/24, 11:10am–2:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: M. Anthony Mills, Director, Center for Technology, Science, and Energy, AEI; Brad Littlejohn, Director of Programs and Education, American Compass; Clare Morell, Fellow, Ethics & Public Policy Center; Leah Libresco Sargeant, Senior Analyst, Niskanen Center; Robert Bellafiore, Managing Director for Policy, Foundation for American Innovation; Katherine Boyle, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz; Ari Schulman, Editor, The New Atlantis; Christine Rosen, Senior Fellow, AEI; Ryan Streeter, Executive Director, Civitas Institute; Michael Toscano, Executive Director, Institute for Family Studies; Santi Ruiz, Senior Editor, Institute for Progress. 

NONPROLIFERATION IN GREAT POWER COMPETITION. 2/24, 11:30am-12:15pm, HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Yashar Parsie, Contributor, Keystone Defense Initiative; Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative. 

RESURRECTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO REVIVE JAPAN. 2/24, 12:45-1:45pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsors: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University. Speaker: Richard Katz, Editor, Japan Economy Watch, Special Correspondent, Toyo Keizai Inc. 

RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE PROSPECTS FOR PEACE. 2/24, 2:00-3:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Seth G. Jones, President, Defense and Security Department, Harold Brown Chair, CSIS; Emily Harding, Vice President, Defense and Security Department, Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program, CSIS; Eliot A. Cohen, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, CSIS; Honorable Dr. Michael G. Vickers, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. 
 

U.S.-ROK ECONOMIC RELATIONS. 2/24, 3:00–4:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsors: GW Institute for Korean Studies; East Asia National Resource Center; Institute for International Science and Technology Policy. Speakers: Celeste Arrington, Director, GW Institute for Korean Studies; Nick S. Vonortas, Associate Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs, Director, GW Institute for International Science and Technology Policy; Yonho Kim, Associate Director, GW Institute for Korean Studies; Gwanhoo Lee, Professor, Chair of the Department of Information Technology and Analytics, American University; Melissa K. Griffith, Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University; Henry Haggard, Senior Advisor, WestExec Advisors. 

NASA’S MOON TO MARS ROADMAP: CHARTING THE NEXT YEAR. 2/24, 4:00-5:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Clayton Swope, Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, CSIS; Amit Kshatriya, Deputy Associate Administrator of the Moon to Mars Program, NASA; John Neal, Executive Director for Space Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Thomas Culligan, President, Ascent Public Policy & Strategic Communications. 

BOOK TALK: THE HEAT AND THE FURY: ON THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE VIOLENCE. 2/24, 5:00-6:30pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. Speaker: author Peter Schwartzstein, Environmental Journalist, Global Fellow, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center, TED Fellow, Fellow, Center for Climate and Security. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/434gXk7 

US-CHINA COMPETITION: AI, CHIPS AND EXPORT CONTROLS – WHERE TO NEXT? 2/24, 6:00-7:00pm (AEST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: United States Studies Center. Speakers: Kevin J. Wolf, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, fmr. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security; Dr. Alan Dupont AO, Founder, CEO, Cognoscenti Group. 

Asia Policy Events Monday, February 3, 2025

AI AT WORK: BUILDING AND EVALUATING TRUST. 2/3-4, HYBRID. Sponsor: Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law and Society (TRAILS). 

THE STATE OF THE NATION PROJECT: A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION ON AMERICA’S SUCCESSES AND FAILURES. 2/3, 10:00-11:30am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Douglas N. Harris, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brown Center on Education Policy, The Brookings Institution, Professor, Chair, Department of Economics, Tulane; Gary Hoover, Executive Director, Murphy Institute; Ariel Kalil, Daniel Levin, Professor, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy; Kiron Skinner, Taube Family Chair of International Relations and Politics, Pepperdine School of Public Policy; Scott Winship, Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility, AEI. 

JORDAN AND THE ANNEXATION OF THE WEST BANK. 2/3, 11:00am–Noon (EST). VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Speakers: Marwan Muasher, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Bruce Riedel, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow, Quincy Institute; Steven Simon, Senior Research Fellow, Quincy Institute. 

GEOPOLITICS OF AID: CHINESE, RUSSIAN, AND AMERICAN COVID-19 ASSISTANCE. 2/3, Noon-1:00pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsors: George Washington University. Speaker: Dr. Mariya Y. Omelicheva, Professor of Strategy, National Defense University. 

NEW FRONTIERS IN JAPANESE PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH. 2/3, Noon-1:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University. Speakers: Saki Kuzushima, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Hirofumi Miwa, Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University and Professor, Gakushuin University. 

THE GREENS’ DILEMMA: BUILDING TOMORROW’S CLIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY. 2/3, 1:00-2:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Environmental Law Institute. Speakers: J.B. Ruhl, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law, Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished University Professor, Vanderbilt; James Salzman, Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, UC Santa Barbara. 

NAVIGATING BURDEN-SHARING: US ALLIES IN NORTHEAST ASIA. 2/3, 6:00-7:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Speakers: Dr. Kuyoun Chung, Associate Professor, Political Science, Kangwon National University; Michael Mazza, Senior Director, Project 2049 Institute; William Chou, Deputy Director, Japan Chair, Hudson Institute; Connor Fiddler, Associate Deputy Director, Asia Program, FPRI. 

THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT IN JAPANESE DOCUMENTARY FILMS. 2/3, 7:00pm (JST) 5:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Rikkyo University. Speaker: Ayelet Zohar, Tel Aviv University. 

THE ART OF POWER: MY STORY AS AMERICA'S FIRST WOMAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. 2/3, 7:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Truman Library Institute. Speaker: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.  PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3PGieG2

BOOK LAUNCH: HUMANITARIAN INTERNATIONALISM UNDER EMPIRE. 2/3, 7:30-8:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Modern Japan History Association. Speaker: author Michiko Suzuki, Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/4aBCUZx

Monday Asia Events October 21, 2024

SECURING ENERGY BY RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER - POWER VERSUS RULE. 10/21, 9:00am-1:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsors: Reischauer Center, SAIS, Johns Hopkins; Japan Economic Foundation. Speakers: Yukari Niwa Yamashita, Managing Director, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan; Hirotaka Ishii, Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security; Christopher Elsner, Associate Director in Energy-Wide Perspectives for S&P Global Commodity; Dr.Jennifer F. Sklarew, George Mason University, the Department of Environmental Science and Policy; Kenta Hirami; Associate Professor, University of Nagasaki; Kiyoshi Tanigawa, Executive Director, Keidanren USA; Ambassador David Shear. fmr. Ambassador to Vietnam, Senior Advisor, Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University (SAIS); Ambassador Kenneth Juster, fmr. Ambassador to India, Distinguished Fellow, CFR. 

THE FUTURE OF THE U.S.-ROK ALLIANCE. 10/21, 9:30-10:15am (EDT), LIVESTREAM. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Dr. Park Jin, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea from 2022 to 2024; Victor Cha, president of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair, CSIS; Mark Lippert, Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Korea Chair, CSIS. 

RELIGION AND HUMAN RIGHTS FROM THE UDHR TO DIGNITATIS HUMANAE. 10/21, 1:00-5:00pm, 10/22, 9:00am-1:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Georgetown University. Speakers: M. Cathleen Kaveny, Darald and Juliet Libby Professor, Boston College; José Casanova, scholars, senior fellow, Berkley Center; Meghan J. Clark, associate professor, moral theology, St. John’s University, New York; Mary Doak, associate professor of theology and religious studies, University of San Diego; Linda Hogan, professor of ecumenics, School of Religion, Trinity College Dublin; Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J., Pedro Arrupe Distinguished Research Professor, Walsh School of Foreign Service; senior fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs; affiliated professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Georgetown University; Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis, director, Volos Academy for Theological Studies (Volos, Greece), member, Executive Committee, European Academy of Religion (Bologna, Italy); David Little, research fellow, Georgetown University’s Berkley Center; Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love, tenured professor of international relations, Catholic University of America, expert, international security and peacebuilding. 

GEOPOLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE: KNOWNS AND UNKNOWNS. 10/21, 9:00am-4:35pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsors: Peterson Institute (PIIE), Bank of International Settlements (BIS), WTO. Speakers Include: Richard Baldwin, IMD Business School, PIIE; Linda S. Goldberg, Federal Reserve Bank, New York; Arvind Krishnamurthy, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Mary E. Lovely, PIIE; Susan M. Lund, International Finance Corporation; Ralph Ossa, WTO; Adam S. Posen, PIIE; Hyun Song Shin, BIS; Yeo Han-koo, PIIE. 

BARRIERS AND BREAKTHROUGHS: BUILDING AND FUTURE U.S. MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE. 10/21, 9:00-10:00am (EDT). IN-PERSON. Sponsor: Semafor. Speakers include: Neera Tanden, Domestic Policy Advisor to President Biden, White House; Christian Meisner, Chief Human Resources Officer, GE Aerospace. 

ASIAN-AMERICANS EYE THE U.S. ELECTIONS: A VIEW FROM CAPITOL HILL WITH CONGRESSMAN DON BEYER. 10/21, 10:30-11:30am (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: US-Philippines Society, Vietnam Society, United States-Indonesia Society. Speaker: Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA). 

AIRPOWER OPTIONS FOR JAPAN. 10/21, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Program on US-Japan Relations at Harvard University. Speaker: Eric Heginbotham, Principal Research Scientist, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

NAVIGATING NEW GLOBAL DYNAMICS: CHALLENGES AND POLICIES. 10/21, 2:30-4:15pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Global Economy and Development program at Brookings, jointly with the Korea Development Institute (KDI). Speakers: Richard E. Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, IMD Business School, Lausanne, Editor-in-Chief, VoxEU; Eswar Prasad, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings; Laura Tyson, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Berkeley, fmr. Chair, Council of Economic Advisers, Director, National Economic Council., Daehee Jeong, Senior Fellow and Senior Director, Department of Macroeconomic and Financial Policies - Korea Development Institute. 
PURCHASE BOOK,  New Global Dynamics: Managing Economic Change in a Transforming World: https://amzn.to/4dLizRs

ON XI JINPING WITH AMBASSADOR KEVIN RUDD. 10/21, 4:00-5:00pm (EDT). HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: author Amb. Kevin Rudd, Australian Ambassador to the United States, former Australian Prime Minister; John J. Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS; Jude Blanchette, Freeman Chair, China Studies.  PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/47PQRll

PUTIN'S RED LINES: DOES HE MEAN WHAT WE THINK WE HEARD? 10/21, 4:00-5:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES), The Russia Program at GW. Speakers: TBA. 

REMARKS BY MINISTER MOHAMMED AL-JADAAN OF SAUDI ARABIA. 10/21, 5:15pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Peterson Institute (PIIE). 

HOW “SUPERSTAR FIRMS” SHAPED SOUTH KOREA’S ECONOMIC MIRACLE. 10/21, 5:00pm (PDT), 8:00pm (EDT). VIRTUAL. Sponsors:  Seoul National University and the Korea-Pacific Program at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. Speakers: Jaedo Choi, Economist, Federal Reserve Board; Seula Kim, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University (Discussant); Munseob Lee, Assistant Professor, Director of the Korea Pacific Program, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (Moderator). 

BOOK TALK: THREAT MULTIPLIER: CLIMATE, MILITARY LEADERSHIP, AND THE FIGHT FOR GLOBAL SECURITY. 10/21, 5:00-7:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Women's Foreign Policy Group. Speakers: author Sherri Goodman, leader, senior executive, lawyer, director, national security, climate change, energy, science, oceans, environment; Meaghan Parker, Executive Director, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/487cEoG

CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE CROSSROADS: NATIONAL SECURITY AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES. 10/21, 5:00-6:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Speaker: Richard R. Verma, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. 

WILL U.S. LEADERSHIP IN ASIA AND THE WORLD LAST? 10/21, 6:30-7:30pm (EDT). IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Asia Society Policy Institute. Speakers: Amb. Wendy R. Sherman, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State; Stephen Biegun, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, Boeing Company; Daniel Russel, Vice President, International Security and Diplomacy, Asia Society Policy Institute.  Fee.

Monday Asia Events September 9, 2024

FUTURE SECURITY FORUM 2024: GLOBAL SECURITY IN THE NEXT DECADE. 9/9-10, HYBRID. Sponsors: Arizona State University, New America, Security, and Defence PLuS. Speakers Include: Adm. Christopher W. Grady, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; LTG (ret.) H.R. McMaster, fmr. National Security Adviser, Author, At War with Ourselves, Distinguished University Fellow, ASU; Major General Borys Kremenetskyi, Defense Attaché, Ukrainian Embassy, US; Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College, Author, Command and The Future of War: A History; Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director, The McCain Institute, ASU, fmr. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia; Vice Admiral Ann Rondeau (US Navy, Ret.), President, Naval Postgraduate School; Elizabeth Campbell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. State Department; Roger Carstens, Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, U.S. State Department; Sir Simon Gass, Senior Advisor to SC Strategy, fmr. British diplomat, Chair, UK Joint Intelligence Committee; Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America, Professor of Practice at Arizona State University, fmr. Director of Policy Planning, State Department. 

REACHING NET ZERO: THE POWER OF ALIGNING NDCS WITH LONG-TERM STRATEGIES. 9/9, 8:00-9:30am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: World Resources Institute. : Aloisio Lopes P. de Melo, Director of Climate Policy, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil; Anna Amalia, Associate Planner, Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia; Jongikhaya Witi, Chief Director, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa; Rachel Harris, Branch Head, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 

INSIGHTS FROM OKINAWA: GOVERNOR DENNY TAMAKI ON BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE US-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP. 9/9, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speaker: Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki. 

VOICES FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE. 9/9, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Stimson Center. Speakers: Aida Touma-Sliman, Member of the Knesset; Nadav Weiman, Executive Director, Breaking the Silence; Dahlia Scheindlin, Political Strategist and Public Opinion Researcher. 

THE ROLE OF CHINA IN AFRICA'S JUST ENERGY TRANSITION. 9/9, 10:00-11:15am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, Program Officer, Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy; 2021 Goldman Prize Winner; Samantha Atukunda Kakuru Mwesigwa, Executive Director and Legal Counsel, Greenwatch, Uganda; Emmanuella Doreen Kwofie, Lawyer, Green Climate Fund, Climate Negotiator; Mazi Choshane, Attorney, Centre for Applied Legal Studies. 

EXPOSING CHINA'S COMPLICITY IN AMERICA'S FENTANYL CRISIS. 9/9, 10:30-11:45am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Heritage Foundation. Speakers: Carrie Filipetti, Executive Director, and The Vandenberg Coalition, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; Andrés Martínez-Fernández, Senior Policy Analyst, Allison Center for National Security; The Hon. Steve Yates, Senior Fellow and Chair, China Policy Initiative.

MANAGING U.S.-CHINA TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION IN AN ERA OF RISING TENSIONS. 9/9, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for American Progress (CAP). Speakers: Adam Conner, CAP Vice President for Technology Policy; Emily Kilcrease, Center for a New American Security Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program. 

ACCELERATING INNOVATION FOR CLIMATE AND PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS. 9/9, 11:00am-1:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for Global Development (CGD). Speakers: Major General (Ret.) Dr. Paul Friedrichs, Director, Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response, The White House; Rachel Glennerster, Incoming President, CGD; Dr. Javier Guzman, Director, Global Health Policy Program and Senior Policy Fellow, CGD; Dr. Charles Kenny, Senior Fellow, CGD; Michael Kremer, Economics Nobel Laureate, 2019, University Professor in Economics, University of Chicago; Dr. Stephanie Psaki, U.S. Coordinator for Global Health Security, The White House; Nan Ransohoff, Head of Climate, Stripe; Christopher Snyder, Joel Z. and Susan Hyatt Professor of Economics, Dartmouth. 

THE STRUGGLE FOR TAIWAN: A HISTORY OF AMERICA, CHINA, AND THE ISLAND CAUGHT BETWEEN. 9/9, 4:00-5:30am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: Sulmaan Khan, Denison Chair, International History and Chinese Foreign Relations, Fletcher School, Tufts University; Shihoko Goto, Director, Indo-Pacific Program; Hsiao-ting Lin, Research Fellow, Curator of East Asian Collection, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. 

THE EU-US PERCEPTION OF THE RISE OF CHINA AND TAIWAN'S RESILIENCE. 9/9, 4:00-5:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Speakers: Hung-dah Su, Professor and Jean Monnet, Chair of Department, Political Science at National Taiwan University, Director General of the European Union Centre in Taiwan. 

CLIMATE CHANGE AS A THREAT MULTIPLIER: IMPLICATIONS FOR US DEFENSE AND GLOBAL SECURITY. 9/9, 4:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speaker: Sherri Goodman, Secretary General, International Military Council on Climate and Security. 

CAMPBELL AND OTHERS ON HOW TO GOVERN A WARMING PLANET. 9/9, 5:00-6:00pm (BST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Chatham House. Speakers: Ana Yang, Executive Director, Sustainability Accelerator, Environment and Society Centre; Rt Hon Kim Campbell, Former Prime Minister of Canada; Pascal Lamy, Former Director General of the World Trade Organization. 

Monday Asia Events May 20, 2024

CAPTURING THE POWER OF PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH TECH INVESTMENT. 5/20, 10:30am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: McKinsey Global Institute. Speakers: Olivia White, Senior Partner, Director, McKinsey Global Institute; Rodney Zemmel, Senior Partner, Global Leader, McKinsey Digital.

SOUTHERN ASIA’S SECURITY LANDSCAPE: VIEWS FROM RISING ANALYSTS. 5/23, 10:30-11:45am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Stimson. Speakers: Anuttama Banerji, Researcher at the National Maritime Foundation; Haleema Saadia, Lecturer at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Research Fellow at the ROADS Initiative; Dr. Muhammad Shareh Qazi, Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of the Punjab Lahore; Ladhu R. Choudhary, Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) of Political Science at the Department of Political Science, University of Rajasthan.

INDIA’S PATH TO PROSPERITY: BOOK TALK WITH RAGHURAM RAJAN ON ‘BREAKING THE MOLD’. 5/20, 10:30am-Noon (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings Institute. Speakers: Coauthor Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago; Eswar Prasad, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development.

STRATEGIC SYNERGIES: INDIA-US TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION. 5/20, 11:00am-12:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Rudra Chaudhuri, Director, Carnegie India; Konark Bhandari, Fellow, Carnegie India; Daniel Markey, Senior Advisor, South Asia Programs, United States Institute of Peace; Vikram Singh, United States India Strategic Partnership Forum; Lisa Curtis, Senior Fellow, Center for New American Security.

SOUTH KOREA’S INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY - A DIPLOMATIC LAME DUCK? 5/20, 6:00pm (JST), 5:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Yokosuka Council on Asia Pacific Studies (YCAPS). Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Robertson, Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies, Yonsei University, Non-Resident Fellow, Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI).

US POLICY ON IRAN: EXAMINING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD A NEW BIPARTISAN STRATEGY. 5/20, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute. Speakers: Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy, Middle East Institute; Goli Ameri, Vice Chair, Freedom House Board of Trustees; Alex Vatanka, Director of Iran Program, Middle East Institute.

UNRWA’S ROLE IN GAZA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. 5/20, Noon-1:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Stimson. Speakers: William R. Deere, Director, Washington Office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees; Merissa Khurma, Director, Middle East Program, Wilson Center; Andrew Hyde, Director, Senior Fellow Multilateral Financial Diplomacy, Powering Peace, Stimson Center.

POWERING UP: LOCALLY-LED APPROACHES FOR ADVANCING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP AND GENDER EQUALITY IN ASIA. 5/20, 1:30-2:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Asia Foundation. Speakers: Inthana Bouphasavanh, Director, Association of Development of Women and Legal Education, Laos; Udeni Thewarapperuma, Program Manager, Women’s Voice and Leadership, The Asia Foundation Sri Lanka; Rahpriyanto Alam Surya Putra, Director of Environmental Governance, The Asia Foundation Indonesia; Sumina Karki, Inclusive Governance Lead, The Asia Foundation Nepal.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSING THE RISKS AND IDENTIFYING MITIGATION STRATEGIES. 5/20, 2:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Rand Corporation. Speakers: Andrew Lauland, Senior International Defense Researcher; Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Michelle E. Miro, Information Scientist, Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Susan A. Resetar, Senior Operations Researcher; Rahim Ali, Senior Technical Analyst.

TO RUN THE WORLD: THE KREMLIN'S COLD WAR BID FOR GLOBAL POWER. 5/20, 4:00-5:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: author Sergey Radchenko, Fellow, Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Svetlana Savranskaya, Member, History and Public Policy Program Advisory Board, Director of Russia Programs, National Security Archive; William Taubman, Former Fellow; Bertrand Snell Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Amherst College.

OUTCOMES AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE 2024 SOLOMON ISLANDS ELECTION. 5/20, 4:00-5:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Kathryn Paik, Senior Fellow, Australia Chair; Alan Tidwell, Professor of Practice and Director of the Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies, Georgetown University; Anouk Ride, Research Fellow, Australian National University; Anna Powles, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Defense and Security Studies, University of New Zealand; Tarcisius Kabutaulaka, Associate Professor, Department of Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Monday Asia Events April 22, 2024

INNOVATIONS IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE CONFERENCE 2024 (ICR24). 4/22, 8:00am-7:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Environmental Change and Security Program, Polar Institute, Wilson Center. Speaker: TBA.

30 YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS: IS IT TIME AT LAST TO BE OPTIMISTIC? 4/22, 10:00-11:15am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: American Enterprise Institute. Speakers: Matthew Continetti, Director of Domestic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute; Steven F. Hayward, Resident Scholar, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley; Roger Pielke Jr., Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute.

JAPAN'S RESPONSES TO GLOBAL SECURITY CHALLENGES. 4/22, Noon-1:15pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Weatherhead Center for International Relations, Harvard University. Speakers: Kento Hara, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Takayuki Sugimoto, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Former Vice Admiral, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force; Senior Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center; Thomas Berger, Professor of International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies; Director, BU Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University.

NEW DIMENSIONS OF U.S. ALLIANCE COORDINATION IN EAST ASIA. 4/22, Noon-1:15pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Weatherhead Center for International Relations, Harvard University. Speakers: Chikako Kawakatsu Ueki, Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University; Kento Hara, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Takayuki Sugimoto, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Former Vice Admiral, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force; Senior Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center; Thomas Berger, Professor of International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies; Director, BU Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University.

BIOPOLITICAL ENTANGLEMENTS: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY AND NATIONALIST IMAGINARIES OF CHINA'S GENETIC DATA TROVES. 4/22, 12:15-2:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Weatherhead Center for International Relations, Harvard University. Speaker: Abigail Coplin, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Science, Technology and Society, Vassar College.

THE U.S. ROLE IN THE WORLD: LOOKING BEYOND THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 4/22, 2:00-3:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Georgetown University. Speakers: Verónica Gago, Professor of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires and the National University of San Martín; Mohsin Hamid, Acclaimed British Pakistani, Author; Ece Temelkuran, Turkish Novelist, a Political Thinker, Leading Analyst; Ben Rhodes, Writer, Political Commentator, and National Security Analyst; Leonard Benardo, Senior Vice President, Open Society Foundations.

THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON’S NATO SUMMIT USIP EXPERT STUDY GROUP REPORT ON NATO AND INDO-PACIFIC PARTNERS. 4/22, 2:15-3:45pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: United States Institute of Peace. Speakers: Lise Grande, President, CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace; Kurt M. Campbell, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of State; Mirna Galic, Chair, USIP Expert Study Group on NATO, Indo-Pacific Partners.

ENGAGING WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA: THE AMBASSADORS’ PERSPECTIVE. 4/22, 2:30-3:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Asia Society. Speakers: Hon. Marc E. Knapper, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; The Hon. Edgard D. Kagan, U.S. Ambassador-designate to Malaysia; The Hon. Heather Variava, U.S. Ambassador to Laos.

SINO-TURKISH RELATIONS AND THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE. 4/22, 3:00-4:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: SFS Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University. Speaker: Burak Gürel, Associate Professor of Sociology, Co-director of the Center for Asian Studies at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey.