Asia Policy Events, Monday July 6, 2026

Asia Policy Point is not publishing a newsletter this week, Congress is in recess, and President Trump will attend the NATO Summit the 7th and 8th in Turkey. Apart from NATO's 32 members, Ukraine will attend along with four of NATO's Indo-Pacific partner states -- Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand -- as well as Middle East partners Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. On the 8th, the IMF will release an update of its World Economic Outlook.

JAPAN’S AI START-UP ECOSYSTEM AND TRENDS IN VENTURE INVESTMENT. 7/6, Noon-1:00pm (BST), 7:00-8:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Japan Society-London. Speakers: James Riney, Founding Partner and CEO, Coral Capital; Jesper Koll, Expert Director, Monex Group and Japan Catalyst Fund; Bill Emmott, Visiting Fellow, Tokyo College, University of Tokyo.

A NEW ERA FOR OLD ALLIANCES: CHINA-NORTH KOREA AND US-SOUTH KOREA TIES IN 2026. 7/6, 9:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: National Committee on North Korea (NCNK). Speaker: Dr. Chung-in Moon, Former Special Advisor for Foreign Affairs and National Security to South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

PRESERVATION AS CONTINUITY: PROTECTING JAPANESE BUILT CULTURAL HERITAGE. 7/6, 6:45pm (BST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Japan Society-London. Speaker: Andrea Carlson, Founder, Kominka Collective.

CRITICAL MINERALS AND THE FUTURE OF KOREAN INDUSTRY. 7/7, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Korea Inter-Parliamentary Exchange Center (KIPEC). Speaker: Meredith Schwartz, Associate Fellow, Critical Minerals Security Program, CSIS.

Asia Policy Events, Monday December 15, 2025

CRITICAL MINERALS: 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW & LOOKING AHEAD TO 2026. 12/15, 9:00am-6:00pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Seth G. Jones, President, Defense and Security Department; Harold Brown Chair; Jarrod Agen, Executive Director of the White House’s National Energy Dominance Council; Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Ranking Member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining; Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Chairman, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance; Representative Ami Bera (D-CA), Ranking Member, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific; Representative Young Kim (R-CA), Chair, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific; Rahim Bapoo, Managing Director, Energy Transition, Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals, BMO Capital Markets; and more.

LOOKING TO 2026: ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND POLICY CHALLENGES IN THE GCC. 12/15, 10:00-11:00am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI). Speakers: Amine Mati, Assistant Director, Mission Chief for Saudi Arabia, Head of GCC Division, International Monetary Fund; Monica Malik, Chief Economist, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. Moderator: Tim Callen, Visiting Fellow, AGSI.

CRAFTING A NATIONAL POWER INDUSTRY STRATEGY IN RESPONSE TO CHINA’S INDUSTRIAL WAR. 12/15, 1:00-2:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). Speakers: Michael Brown, Partner, Shield Capital; Lt. Gen. (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Moderator: Robert D. Atkinson, President, ITIF.

ANNUAL CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF LECTURE BY AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR RICHARD KNIGHTON. 12/15, 6:30-9:00pm (GMT), 1:30–4:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Royal United Services Institute. Speaker: Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton KCB ADC FREng, Chief of the Defense Staff.

AI GOVERNANCE: A DISCUSSION WITH REPRESENTATIVE JAY OBERNOLTE, FEATURING REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN HERN. 12/15, 3:00-4:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Speakers: Kevin Hern, Chairman, House Republican Policy Committee; Jay Obernolte, US House of Representatives (California); Jim Harper, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

Monday Asia Events March 11, 2024

 GUARANTEES FOR CLIMATE FINANCE IN THE WORLD BANK-IMF AGENDA. 3/11, 10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: TBD.

HOW TO WIN AN INFORMATION WAR: THE PROPAGANDIST WHO OUTWITTED HITLER. 3/11, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: New America. Speaker: author Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow, SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUKUS ARMY CHIEFS ON LAND POWER’S CONTRIBUTION TO AUKUS PILLAR 2. 3/11, 4:00-5:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: General Randy A. George, Chief of Staff of the Army, U.S Army; General Sir Patrick Sanders, Chief of the General Staff, British Army; Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, Chief of Army, Australian Army; Charles Edel, Senior Adviser and Australia Chair; Seth G. Jones, Senior Vice President; Harold Brown, Chair and Director, International Security Program.

THE WAR BELOW WITH AUTHOR ERNEST SCHEYDER. 3/11, 4:00-6:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Ernest Scheyder, Senior Correspondent, Reuters; Joseph Majkut, Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program; Baskaran Gracelin Baskaran, Research Director and Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/49PcUbw

*INNOVATION AND GROWTH PROSPECTS FOR A COMPETITIVE JAPAN. 3/11, 7:00-8:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: Izumi Devalier, Managing Director and Head of Japan Economics, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Robert Feldman, Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities; Kenji Kushida, Senior Fellow, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.