Asia Policy Events, Week of August 9, 2026

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WEEK OF AUGUST 9, 2026

8/9 - 1945. Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki.
8/11 - Mountain Day, National Holiday, Japan

8/12 - Demise of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Imam Hassan, National Holiday, Iran

8/14 - International Memorial Day for Comfort Women. On August 14, 1991, when South Korean Kim Hak-sun became the first to give a public testimony about her experience as a comfort woman victim.
8/14 - Taiwan's annual 10-day Han Kuang military exercise ends.

8/15 - 1945. Imperial Japan accepts the Potsdam Declaration and ceases combat operations. Shūsen-kinenbi (Memorial Day for the End of the War in Japan). National Memorial Service for the War Dead at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo with the Emperor and prime minister. Rightwing parliamentarians visit the Yasukuni Shrine. Possible visit to the war memorializing Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister Takaichi. She visited last year, but was not PM.

8/15 - Independence Day, National Holiday, South/North Korea. Day off 8/17.

8/15 – Annual Far Eastern Prisoners of War (FEPOW) Day in Taiwan hosted by Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society.

BEYOND THE STRAIT: THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL ENERGY SECURITY. 8/11, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI). Speakers: Carole Nakhle, CEO, Crystol Energy, Secretary General, Arab Energy Club; Robin Mills, Non-Resident Fellow, AGSI, CEO, Qamar Energy; Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies; Moderator: Kate Dourian, Non-Resident Fellow, AGSI, Contributing Editor, MEES, Fellow, Energy Institute.

AN UPHILL CLIMB: PUSHING FOR AN INCLUSIVE POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN AFGHANISTAN. 8/12, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Speakers: Ambassador Nasir A. Andisha, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Afghanistan to the UN in Geneva; Palwasha Hassan, Executive Director, Mina's List; Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne, Former Deputy U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Argentina; Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan; Annie Pforzheimer, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security Program, CNAS.

ISRAEL AND THE U.S. IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE: IS THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP FAILING? 8/13, 10:00-10:45am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Carnegie. Speakers: Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program; Yael Lempert, Vice President for Outreach, Middle East Institute; Daniel C. Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies, Princeton University; Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland, College Park. 

SIX MONTHS AFTER EPIC FURY: THE STATE OF THE CONFLICT IN THE GULF. 8/13, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson. Speakers: Behnam Ben Taleblu, Iran Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Michael Doran, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East; Ludovic Hood, Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East; Zineb Riboua, Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. 

AN OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW. 8/13, 1:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Law Library, Library of Congress. Speakers: Law Library Staff. 

VISUAL ART REPRESENTATIONS OF WORLD WAR II IN THE PHILIPPINES: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF A SHARED TRAGEDY. 8/15, 4:00-6:00pm (PHT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines. Speaker: Jose T. Ricardo PhD, country's foremost scholar on the Second World War in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific, specializes in military and diplomatic history, focus on the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. 

Asia Policy Events, Monday June 8, 2026

JAPAN'S CRACKDOWN ON FOREIGN BUSINESS OWNERS. 6/8, 1:30-2:30pm (JST), 12:30-1:30am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ). Speakers: Sakura Uchikoshi, Member of the House of Councillors; Kazuki Yuda, Touch Immigration Law Firm.

2026 JAPAN–PHILIPPINES FRIENDSHIP YEAR COMMEMORATIVE SYMPOSIUM. 6/8, 2:30-6:00pm (JST), 1:30-5:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Sasakawa Peace Foundation Tokyo. Speakers Include: H.E. Mylene J. Garcia-Albano, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines; H.E. Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of Defense, Member of the House of Representatives; Sen. Juan Miguel Fernández Zubiri, Senator, the Republic of the Philippines; Yoshiaki Wada, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan; Maryjun Takahashi; Shun Ohno, Affiliated Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University; Ines Yamanouchi Mallari, School President, Philippine Nikkei Jin Kai International School, School President, Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku.

PETRO DIPLOMACY 2026: ENERGY IN CRISIS. 6/8, 9:00am-4:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI). Speakers: Phillip Cornell, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council; Mason Hamilton, Vice President of Economics and Research, American Petroleum Institute; Ben Cahill, Nonresident Fellow, AGSI; Ambassador William Roebuck, Executive Vice President, AGSI; Sarah Ladislaw, Founding Director, New Energy Industrial Strategy Center, Former Senior Director for Climate and Energy, U.S. National Security Council.

GAZA UPDATE: REALITIES, RISKS, AND THE ROAD AHEAD. 6/8, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute (MEI). Speakers: Jaser Abu Mousa, Senior Fellow, MEI; Natan Sachs, Senior Fellow, MEI; Moderator: Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, Senior Fellow, MEI.

THE END OF TURKEY'S DEMOCRACY?: ERDOĞAN'S ATTEMPTS TO NEUTER THE LAST OPPOSITION PARTY. 6/8, 3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). Speakers: Amb. Eric Edelman, Distinguished Scholar, JINSA, Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey; Svante E. Cornell, Scholar, Director, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, JINSA; Blaise Misztal, Vice President for Policy, JINSA. Exclusively for JINSA National Leaders in good standing, program participants, congressional and administration staff, U.S. military, press, and select members of the policy community.

FRAGILITY, CONFLICT, AND THE FUTURE OF AID IN TURBULENT TIMES. 6/8, 4:00-5:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Global Development Department, CSIS. Speakers: David Miliband, President and CEO, International Rescue Committee (IRC); Rabih El Chammay, Head, National Mental Health Programme, Ministry of Health, Lebanon; Roya Rahmani, Director of Global Engagement, World Bank Group; Moderator: Enoh T. Ebong, President, Global Development Department, CSIS.

FROM YORKTOWN TO PHILADELPHIA: GEOPOLITICAL IMPERATIVES AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION. 6/8, 6:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Hillsdale College [MAGA]. Speaker: Paul A. Rahe, Professor of History, Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair, Western Heritage, Hillsdale College.

KOREAN PENINSULA ISSUES AND US NATIONAL SECURITY. 6/8, 7:00-8:15pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Institute for Corean-American Studies (ICAS). Speaker: Xavier Brunson, General Commander UNC/CFC/USFKs, United States Army.

FISCAL POLICY FORUM: THE ROLE OF FISCAL POLICY DURING GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISES. 6/8, 8:00-9:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsors: Institute for Korean Studies at George Washington University, School of Public Policy and Management at Korea Development Institute. Speakers: Tom Ramage, Fellow/Economic Policy Analyst, Korea Economic Institute of America; Tami Overby, Partner, DGA Group Government Relations; Taesuk Lee, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public Finance and Social Policy, Korea Development Institute (KDI); Younghyun Kim, Director, Budget Communication Cooperation Division, Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Planning and Budget; Moderator: Celeste Arrington, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University.

APP'S BOOKS OF THE WEEK of April 27, 2026

📚Books of the Week📖

The Broken China Dream: 

How Reform Revived Totalitarianism

By Minxin Pei, Professor of Government, 

Claremont McKenna College

PURCHASE BOOK 12/2/2025

When China embarked on its transformative journey of modernization in 1979, many believed the country’s turn toward capitalism would put its totalitarian past to rest and mark the birth of a democratic, open society. Instead, China reverted to a neo-totalitarian state, one backed by one of the fastest-growing, most formidable economies on earth. Pei explains why the reforms of the post-Mao era have been reversed on nearly every front.

Goliath's Curse: The History and Future 

of Societal Collapse

By Luke Kemp, Research Associate, Centre for the 

Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge

PURCHASE BOOK 9/23/2025

Kemp traces the emergence of “Goliaths”: large societies built on a collection of fragile hierarchies that collapse time after time across the world. Drawing on historical databases and the latest discoveries in archaeology and anthropology, he uncovers that more democratic societies tend to be more resilient. In our modern, global Goliath, a collapse is likely to be long-lasting and more dire than ever before. Collapse may be invisible until after it has occurred and has often had a more positive outcome for the general population than for the 1%.

Israel on Trial: Examining the History, 

the Evidence, and the Law

By Roy K. Altman, U.S. District Judge for 

the Southern District of Florida

PURCHASE BOOK 4/28/2026

Judge Altman applies courtroom-tested standards—burden of proof, corroboration, chain of custody— to examine claims of colonialism, apartheid, and genocide with dispassionate precision. In an era shaped by viral slogans and curated outrage, Judge Altman offers a disciplined method for discerning truth from propaganda and what it means to demand proof.

*Books purchased through the links here support Asia Policy Point*

Books selected on the APP website are not a sign of endorsement. 

They are simply new and interesting.

Asia Policy Events, Monday November 24, 2025

BEHIND THE BUILD: DRIVING FACTORS OF CAPACITY AND EFFECTS OF GEOPOLITICAL RISKS ON THE SHIPBUILDING MARKET. 11/24, 9:30am-5:30pm (CET), 3:30-11:30am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: OECD. Speakers: Ines Nastali, Senior Supply Chain Analyst, S&P Global Intelligence & Analytics; Jayendu Krishna, Director and Head of Maritime Advisors, Drewry; Tim Walters, First Marine International; Jacob Gunter, Head of Program, Economy and Industry, Merics; Capt. Rahul Khanna, Global Head Marine Risk Consulting, Allianz; Brooke Weddle, Senior Partner, McKinsey; Ryan Brukardt, Senior Partner, McKinsey; and more.

TESTING THE WATERS: UNREGULATED MINING IN THE MEKONG REGION. 11/24, 9:00-10:30am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Stimson Center. Speakers: Regan Kwan, Research Analyst, Southeast Asia Program and the Energy, Water, and Sustainability Program, Stimson Center; Pai Deetes, Regional Campaigns Director, Southeast Asia Program, International Rivers; Saeng Lee, Vice President, Romphothi Foundation, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Wan Wiriya, Assistant Head, Environmental Science Research Center, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University; Moderator: Brian Eyler, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program, Stimson Center.

SUSTAINABLE TRADE INDEX 2025. 11/24, 10:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the United States (AFPC-USA), in partnership with the Hinrich Foundation. Speaker: Dr. Christos Cabolis, Chief Economist, IMD World Competitiveness Center.

THE IMPOSSIBLE STATE LIVE PODCAST: WHAT DOES CHINA WANT? 11/24, 11:00-11:40am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Victor Cha, President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair; Henrietta Levin, Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies; Zenobia Chan, Assistant Professor of Government, Georgetown University.

BOOK TALK: MIDDLE EAST CRISES. 11/24, 11:00-11:45am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speaker: Author James F. Jeffrey, Former U.S. Special Representative for Syria Engagement; John J. Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS, and Langone Chair in American Leadership; Seth G. Jones, President, Defense and Security Department, CSIS; Eliot A. Cohen, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, CSIS; Mona Yacoubian, Director and Senior Adviser, Middle East Program, CSIS. PURCHASE BOOK

PROMISES, POWER, AND PROTECTION: THE WEST'S DEBATE OVER SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE. 11/24, 11:00am-Noon (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: American German Institute (AGI). Speaker: Iulian Romanyshyn, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow; Moderator: Jeff Rathke, President and Director of the Foreign & Security Policy Program, AGI.

PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF IRAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS. 11/24, Noon-2:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for International Studies, MIT. Speaker: Peter Krause, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston College.

Monday Asia Policy Events, June 9, 2025

WILL LEE JAE-MYUNG REORIENT SOUTH KOREA’S FOREIGN POLICY? 6/9, 9:00-10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Quincy Institute. Speakers: Rep. Kim Joon-hyung, Member, National Assembly, Republic of Korea; Frank Aum, Senior Expert, Northeast Asia, U.S. Institute of Peace; Darcie Draudt-Véjares, Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; James Park, Research Associate, Quincy Institute; Moderator: Jake Werner, Director of East Asia Program, Quincy Institute. 

REPORT LAUNCH: RUSSIA’S USE OF THE INSTRUMENTS OF STATECRAFT IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. 6/9, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Speakers: Dr. Alexander Korolev, Senior Lecturer, Politics, International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney; Dr. Michael Rouland, Senior Strategic Advisor, Director, Research, Russia Strategic Initiative, US European Command; Colonel (ret.) Robert E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Head, Research, Eurasia Program, FPRI. 

FUTURE OF WAR. 6/9, 11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy (FP Live). Speakers: Mara Karlin, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins SAIS, Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution. Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy. 

ISRAEL, CHINA, AND THE INDO-PACIFIC IN THE POST-OCTOBER 7TH MIDDLE EAST WITH, DIRECTOR OF SIGNAL GROUP. 6/9, Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Council for a Secure America. Speaker: Carice Witte, Founder and Executive Director, SIGNAL Group. 

WHY THE US NEEDS TO WIN THE BIOTECHNOLOGY RACE AGAINST THE CCP. 6/9, 2:00-3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Dr. Jason Kelly, CEO, Ginkgo Bioworks; Mike Gallagher, Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute. 

SECURING EUROPE: WHAT SHOULD THE US PRIORITISE TO SUPPORT ITS CRITICAL SECTORS? 6/9, 2:00-5:30pm (CET), ), 8:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsors: Science Business Network; Indra. Speakers: Robert de Groot, Vice-President, European Investment Bank; David Luengo Riesco, Head, Brussels Office, Indra; Manuel Aleixo, Cabinet Expert, Cabinet of Commissioner Zaharieva, European Commission; Martin Übelhör, Deputy Head of Unit, Innovation and Security Research, DG HOME, European Commission; Ethan Corbin, Director, Defence and Security Committee, NATO Parliamentary Assembly; Kate Robson-Brown, Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact, University College Dublin; Sergii Nazarenko, Head, Office for Identification and Countering Threats to Critical Infrastructure Objects, NPC Ukrenergo; Nikolas Ott, Director, Cybersecurity and Defence Policy, Microsoft; Francesco Topputo, Full Professor of Space Systems, Politecnico di Milano; Verena Fennemann, Head, EU Office Brussels, Fraunhofer; Stijn Vermoote, Head of User Outreach and Engagement, ECMWF; Marco Brancati, Senior Vice President of Technology, Innovation & Systems Architecture - Space Division, Leonardo.

ECONOMIC NATIONALISM AND GLOBAL (DIS)ORDER. 6/9, 6:30-8:00pm (BST), 1:30-3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Speakers: Robert Falkner, Professor of International Relations, LSE; Katerina Dalacoura, Associate Professor in International Relations, LSE. 

Monday Asia Events June 24, 2024

CHINA STRATEGY INITIATIVE LAUNCH EVENT. 6/24, 8:15am-1:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Council on Foreign Relations. Keynote Address (8:45-10:00am): Sustaining U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell. Speakers: Elbridge Colby, Principal, Marathon Initiative; Former Deputy Assistant, Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, U.S. Department of Defense (2017–18); CFR Member Bonny Lin, Director, China Power Project and Senior Fellow, Asian Security, CSIS; CFR Member Matthew Pottinger, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution; Former Deputy National Security Advisor (2019–21); CFR Member Stephen Wertheim, Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Presider: Rush Doshi, Senior Fellow for China and Indo-Pacific Studies and Director of the China Strategy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations; Maher Bitar, Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Intelligence and Defense Policy, National Security Council; Tarun Chhabra, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Technology and National Security, National Security Council; Presider: Ellen Nakashima, National Security Reporter, Washington Post. AGENDA

ISRAELI-SAUDI NORMALIZATION: AN EFFECTIVE INCENTIVE FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACEMAKING? 6/24, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute. Speakers: Asher Kaufman, John M. Regan, Jr. Director, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame; Nimrod Goren, Senior Fellow for Israeli Affairs, Middle East Institute; Aziz Alghashian, Fellow, American Gulf States Institute in Washington; Sectarianism, Proxies, & De-sectarianisation Project; Michal Yaari, Lecturer, Hebrew University, Ben Gurion University; Open University; Huda Abuarquob, Independant Consultant, Peacebuilding Specialist and Conflict Transformation.

THE ORIGINS OF ELECTED STRONGMEN HOW PERSONALIST PARTIES DESTROY DEMOCRACY FROM WITHIN. 6/24, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for a New American Security. Speakers: Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director, Transatlantic Security Program, CNAS; Joe Wright, Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University; Erica Frantz, Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University.

A THREAT LIKE NO OTHER - THE RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA ALLIANCE. 6/24, 110:00-11:45am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Maria Snegovaya, Senior Fellow for Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, CSIS; Jude Blanchette, Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS; Sydney Seiler, non-resident Senior Adviser for Korea Chair, CSIS; Scott Snyder, President and CEO of Korea Economic Institute of America. 

THE IRAN CHALLENGE: A CONVERSATION WITH FORMER CENTCOM COMMANDER GEN. KENNETH ‘FRANK’ MCKENZIE JR. 6/24, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Stimson. Speaker: General Kenneth F. “Frank” McKenzie, Jr., Executive Director, University of South Florida’s Global, National Security Institute.

THE STATE OF RUSSIA'S DEFENSE INDUSTRY AFTER TWO YEARS OF WAR AND SANCTIONS. 6/24, 1:00-2:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Dara Massicot, Senior Fellow, Russia, Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Samuel Bendett, Senior Associate, Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Maria Snegovaya, Senior Fellow, Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 

SCHRIEVER SPACEPOWER SERIES: GEN STEPHEN WHITING. 6/24, 2:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Mitchel Institute for Aerospace Studies. Speaker: Gen Stephen N. Whiting, Commander, United States Space Command, United States Space Force. 

REPORT LAUNCH: THE ROLE OF TRUST IN ADVANCING EQUITY IN INNOVATION. 6/24, 4:00-5:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Jessica Milli, Research 2 Impact; Holly Fechner, Invent Together, Covington & Burling; Breann Branch, Research 2 Impact; Margo A. Bagley, Emory University School of Law.

BELIEVERS AND OUR ETHICS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE. 6/24, 4:00-5:45pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University. Speakers: Jonathan Chaplin, Fellow, Wesley House, Cambridge Theological Federation, Research Fellow, Cardus, Canada; Daniel Madigan, Matteo Ricci Professor of Interreligious Theology, Director, Loyola Institute, Australian Catholic University, Rector, Newman College, University of Melbourne; Mahan Mirza, Professor, Keough School of Global Affairs, Executive Director, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, University of Notre Dame.

THE ORIGINS OF ELECTED STRONGMEN HOW PERSONALIST PARTIES DESTROY DEMOCRACY FROM WITHIN. 6/24, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for a New American Security. Speakers: Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director, Transatlantic Security Program, CNAS; Joe Wright, Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University; Erica Frantz, Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University.

WIDENING THE CIRCLE: BUILDING NEW TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPS. 6/24, 10:00-11:30am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsors: American-German Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Speakers: Heather Hurlburt, Associate Fellow, Chatham House, former Chief of Staff, United States Trade Representative; Michael Kilpper, Deputy Head of Division, USA, Canada, Mexico, German Ministry, Economic Affairs and Climate Action; Dan Mullaney, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East; Luisa Santos, Deputy Director-General, BusinessEurope; Claudia Schmucker, Head of the Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology, German Council on Foreign Relations.

BIOTECH INNOVATION AND BAYH-DOLE: A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH GILLIAN M. FENTON. 6/24, 10:00-10:30am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Gillian M. Fenton, former President of the Licensing Executives Society, Special Counsel for Innovation and Government Collaboration, GSK; Dr. Walter G. Copan, Senior Adviser, Non-Resident, Renewing American Innovation Project.

Monday Asia Events June 17, 2024

COMPLEXITIES, DISCONTINUITIES, AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF US INTERNATIONAL TAX RULES: OPTIONS FOR CHANGE. 6/17-18/2024, HYBRID. Sponsor: American Enterprise Institute. Speakers Include: Kimberly S. Blanchard, Law Office of Kimberly S. Blanchard, P.C.; Kara L. Mungovan, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell; David G. Noren, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery; Paul W. Oosterhuis, Of Counsel, Skadden; John Bates, Principal, Deloitte; George Callas, Executive Vice President of Public Finance, Arnold Ventures; Chip Harter, Senior Policy Adviser (Ret.), Washington National Tax Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Michael J. Caballero, Partner, Covington & Burling; Ronald Dabrowski, Principal, KPMG; Layla J. Asali, Member, Miller & Chevalier; Paul W. Oosterhuis, Of Counsel, Skadden; Philip Wagman, Partner, Clifford Chance; Michael J. Caballero, Partner, Covington & Burling; Ronald Dabrowski, Principal, KPMG.

HOW DOES THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR END? A CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR DAVID SATTERFIELD. 6/17, 10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Carnegie. Speakers: Ambassador David M. Satterfield, director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Aaron David Miller, senior fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT: A CONVERSATION WITH NATO SECRETARY GENERAL JENS STOLTENBERG. 6/17, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: Ambassador Mark A. Green, President, CEO, Wilson Center; Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General, NATO; Philip Reeker, Chair, Global Europe Program, Albright Stonebridge Group, Department of State.

IRAQ AND THE UNITED STATES: RETURN TO THE STATUS QUO OR CALM BEFORE THE STORM? 6/17, 2:00-3:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Quincy. Speakers: Sajad Jiyad, Fellow, Century International, Director, Shia Politics Working Group; Simona Foltyn, Independent Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker based in the Middle East; Mohammed Shummary, Professor, Al-Nahrain University, College of Political Science, Baghdad, Chairman, Sumeria Foundation for International Affairs; Steven Simon, Professor of Practice, Middle East Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies of the University of Washington, Senior Research Fellow, Quincy Institute; Adam Weinstein, Research Fellow, Quincy Institute.

UKRAINE ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT. 6/17, 3:00pm (CEST), 9:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: International Crisis Group (ICG). Speakers: Alissa de Carbonnel, Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Program, ICG; Richard Gowan, UN Director, ICG; Simon Schlegel, Senior Analyst, Ukraine, ICG; Oleg Ignatov, Senior Analyst, Russia, ICG. 

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS UNDER THREAT. HOW DO WE PROTECT IT? 6/17, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: William A. Galston, Ezra K. Zilkha Chair, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings; Vanessa Williamson, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings; Steven R. Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University; Co-author, "How Democracies Die".

PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE: A LONG-RUN VIEW OF GLOBALIZATION. 6/17, 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Peterson Institute for International Economics. Speaker: Christopher M. Meissner, Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis, Author of One from the Many: The Global Economy Since 1850.

IRAN RAMPS UP ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. 6/17, 2:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). Speakers: Jonathan Ruhe, Director of Foreign Policy, JINSA; Gabriel Noronha, Fellow, JINSA, Former Special Advisor, Iran Action Group, U.S. Department of State.

REPORT RELEASE: DETERRING CHINA THROUGH NONMILITARY COSTS TO PRESERVE PEACE IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT. 6/17, 3:00-4:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson. Speakers: John Lee, Senior Fellow, Hudson; Thomas J. Duesterberg, Senior Fellow, Hudson. REPORT.  

A COMPARISON ON GENDER REPRESENTATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS IN JAPAN AND THE UK. 6/17, 6:45pm (BST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Japan Society UK. Speaker: Liliana Harding, Associate Professor, Economics, University of East Anglia.

Mondy Asia Events December 11, 2023

THE ISRAELI-HAMAS WAR: INTELLIGENCE, STRATEGY AND THE DAY AFTER. 12/11, 9:00-10:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Carnegie. Speakers: Efraim Halevy, former director, Mossad; Admiral (ret). Ami Ayalon, former director, Israeli Security Agency; Aaron David Miller, senior fellow, Carnegie. 

THE ROK-U.S. ALLIANCE AT 70: EXPANDING DIPLOMATIC HORIZONS THROUGH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 12/11, 10:00-11:30am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Korea Economic Institute (KEI). Speakers: H.E. Hyundong Cho, Ambassador, Republic of Korea to the U.S.A; Amb. Yuri Kim, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Amb. Donald Heflin, Executive Director, Edward R. Murrow Center for Global Diplomacy; Amb. Maureen Cormack, Former U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former U.S. Embassy, Seoul Spokesperson; Amb. Jie-ae Sohn, ROK Ambassador for Cultural Cooperation. 

5G/6G TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL SECURITY. 12/11, Noon-1:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Brendan Carr, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; Keith Krach, Founder, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy; Roslyn Layton, Senior Vice President, Strand Consult, Advisor, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy; Clete Johnson, CSIS Senior Fellow. 

BEYOND THE SCIF: COUNTERING CHINESE INFLUENCE OPERATIONS ON AMERICAN SOIL. 12/11, 12:30:1:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: John P. Walters, President and CEO; Miles Yu, Senior Fellow and Director, China Center; John Lee, Senior Fellow; Craig Singleton, China Program Deputy Director, Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

BOOK EVENT| SUHARTO'S COLD WAR: INDONESIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND THE WORLD. 12/11, 4:00-5:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: Mattias Fibiger, Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit, Harvard Business School; Su Lin Lewis, Associate Professor in Modern Global History, University of Bristol; Bradley Simpson, Public Policy Scholar, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, University of Connecticut. 
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BOOK EVENT| *HUMAN-CENTERED ECONOMICS: THE LIVING STANDARDS OF NATIONS. 12/11, 5:00-6:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speaker: author Richard Samans, Director, Research Department, International Labour Organization (ILO). PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/46YxS5H

Japan Plays Catch-up

Japan: Caught Between Israel and Gaza

By Takuya Nishimura, Former Editorial Writer for The Hokkaido Shimbun
The views expressed by the author are his own and are not associated with The Hokkaido Shimbun
You can find his blog, J Update here.
October 15, 2023. Special to Asia Policy Point

Japan proved itself a slow starter in the wake of the brutal military exchanges in the Middle East. During the first week, from Saturday October 7^th, when militant group Hamas attacked Israel, to Friday 13^th, Japan was hesitant to deliver a clear message to the world. Japanese leaders hope to raise Japan’s profile in international security issues.  Yet, because Japan is a pacifist nation, its opportunities to do so are limited. It is thus unlikely that Japan can play a large role in attaining peace in Middle East
 
The first comment of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was not through a press conference or a ministers’ meeting of the Cabinet, but through the social networking service, X (formerly Twitter). “Hamas and other Palestinian militants attacked Israel from Gaza yesterday. Japan strongly condemns the attacks which severely harmed innocent civilians. I express my condolences to the bereaved families and heartfelt sympathies to the injured,” Kishida posted on Sunday.
 
Kishida also deplored the kidnapping, demanded the release of the hostages, and urged all parties to exercise their utmost self-restraint in consideration with a number of victims in Gaza. Kishida first spoke to reporters on Friday the 13^th. He said that the government would send aircraft to Djibouti to evacuate Japanese citizens in Gaza. 
 
The spokesman of Kishida Cabinet, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, repeated Japan’s stance in his daily press conferences. “We closely watch the situation there with serious concern. Attacks on the innocent ordinary people cannot be justified with any reason and we strongly condemn that,” Matsuno said on Monday.
 
It took six days for Matsuno to call the attack by Hamas terrorism. “After the attacks of Palestin armed power including Hamas against Israel, we recognize that a number of people were dead or injured. We firmly condemn the terrorist attacks this time,” Matsuno told on Thursday. His expression in Japanese, likely prepared by his chief foreign affairs aide, was too fuzzy to determine whether he condemned only Hamas or included the retaliatory attacks by Israel.
 
During her trip to visit four countries in Southeast Asia, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa spoke by telephone with the Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan on Sunday and with the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates on Monday. “I conveyed that I am deeply saddened by the attacks by Hamas and other militants, which have claimed the lives of so many innocent civilians,” Kamikawa commented to the reporters in Vietnam on Tuesday. Kamikawa explained Japan’s view to her counterparts that Japan strongly condemns “such” attacks.
 
The leaders of five countries of G7, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and United States, issued a joint statement on Monday that expressed their steadfast support of the State of Israel, and condemned Hamas and its acts of terrorism. Japan did not join the statement. “In the international society, the opinions have been delivered from various frameworks. The statement (of five leaders) was issued as one of those,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno said in his press conference on Tuesday.
 
It is hard for Japan, taking a neutral position on the issue, to side now with Israel on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza. Japan has, for instance, taken the initiative on “Corridor for Peace and Prosperity” with Gaza, Israel, and Jordan, which promotes social and economic development in Jericho and Jordan Valley. Japan has contributed approximately $22 million in FY 2022 to the Gaza Strip for emergency and food aid through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). While former Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi announced in July that Japan would host a G7 foreign ministers meeting in Japan this November, it is unclear whether Japan can lead the discussion over the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
 
Japan has maintained a friendly relationship with Israel. Kamikawa told Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen in a telephone call on Thursday that Japan would unequivocally condemn the recent terror attack by Hamas and that Israel had a right to defend itself and its people in accordance with international law.
 
Japan continues to favor the “two-state solution” to end conflicts in Israel and Gaza. However, Japan does not have a diplomatic channel with a non-state actor as Hamas. It will not be easy for Japan to mediate between the parties in the conflict.
 
The ambassadors of Israel and Palestine argued their respective cases on Friday, October 13 at press conferences at Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan. Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen denounced the attack and the kidnappings by Hamas as crimes against humanity. He insisted that Israel would uproot and demilitarize Hamas in Gaza, declaring war against them.
 
To a question about Japan’s decision not to join the G5 statement on Israel, Cohen understood the pressures that Japan faces. “Of course, I would be more satisfied, if Japan would join the statement. But now there is a statement of Japan, which goes alone, with basic fundamental principles. We hope Japan to stand by us in the future,” Cohen said.
 
Ambassador Waleed Siam, the Permanent General Mission of Palestine held his press conference three hours later. “Japan has been a real good friend for the Palestinian people through the years. Actually, before Japan was accepted at United Nations as a member, Japan started helping UNRWA, which is for Palestinian refugees, since 1953 until today. I do believe Japan is neutral and can continue to play neutral role between the Palestinians and Israelis,” said Siam.
 
Siam also expressed his deep skepticism about Israeli aims. “Only thing to stabilize Palestine is to end Israel’s military occupation,” he said. Asked whether Japan is an ally of Israel, he said “Read the news, you can know who the allies are. You can hear the voices that calls for destruction of Gaza. Those are allies. Japan has not called for destruction of Gaza. Japan has always called for human rights, for international laws and for respecting United Nations resolutions.”
 
Both sides of the conflict want Japan to be their friend. To maintain a traditional relationship with each, Japan has to keep its position neutral. But it is difficult for Japan to exercise its leadership in the Western countries, which tend to favor the Israeli side. For Kishida who has been selling himself as a diplomatic leader, this year’s G7 chairmanship will be fraught.

G7 chair Japan opts not to sign statement by 5 leaders supporting Israel, Arab News, 10/10/21.   Japan and Canada abstain from joint statement in support of Israel after deadly attacks by Hamas from Gaza; Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno: Japan’s absence from the statement may be attributed to its desire to maintain flexibility in its approach.

Monday Asia Events October 23, 2023

CHINA’S STANDING IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH – TAKEAWAYS FROM THE BELT AND ROAD FORUM. 10/23, 9:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Victoria Chonn-Ching, Nonresident Fellow, Atlantic Council; Michael Schuman, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Oscar Meywa Otele, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi; Sanusha Naidu, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Global Dialogue. 

US LAUNCH OF THE 2023 OECD GOING FOR GROWTH REPORT. 10/23, 9:00am-12:15pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Peterson Institute (PIIE). Speakers: Adam S. Posen, PIIE president; Luiz de Mello, director of the Policy Studies Branch at the Economics Department of the OECD. 

BEYOND CLIMATE: HOW NATURE LOSS UNDERMINES PEACE AND SECURITY. 10/23, 10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsors: Center for American Progress (CAP); The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD); World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Speakers: Monica Medina, President and CEO, Wildlife Conservation Society; Andrew Zolli, Chief Impact Officer, Planet; Dr Winnie Kiiru, Executive Director, Mpala Research Centre; Dr Erin McFee, Professor of Practice, Climate Security, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies.

 CYBERSECURITY & INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY’S (CISA) EVOLVING .GOV MISSION: REPORT ROLLOUT EVENT. 10/23, 10:00am-Noon (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS, International Security Program. Speakers: Emily Harding, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, International Security Program; Malcolm Harkins, Former Chief Security & Privacy Officer, Intel; Benjamin Jensen, Senior Fellow, Future War, Gaming, and Strategy, and International Security Program; Dr. Phyllis Schneck, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Northrop Grumman; David Simon, Global Co-Head of Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom; Suzanne Spaulding, Senior Adviser for Homeland Security, CSIS. 

HUMANITARIAN EXEMPTIONS TO SANCTIONS IN NORTH KOREA. 10/23, 12:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: National Committee on North Korea. Speakers: Hazel Smith, Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Professor Emerita in International Security at Cranfield University, UK, Advisory fellow at the North Korea Economic Studies section of the Korea Development Institute (KDI) Seoul, Fellow, the Royal Society of Arts since 1996; Troy Stangarone, Senior Director, Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ENERGY: AI & ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY. 10/23, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Speaker: Rick L. Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director for Computing, Environment, and Life Sciences, Argonne National Laboratory. 

THE OUTLOOK FOR ISRAEL’S MILITARY CAMPAIGN AGAINST HAMAS. 10/23, 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Jon B. Alterman, senior vice president, Middle East Program Director, CSIS; Emily Harding, Deputy Director, International Security Program, CSIS; Norman T. Roule, Senior Adviser, Transnational Threats Project, CSIS. 

FUTURE OF THE U.S.-ISRAEL ALLIANCE AT 75. 10/23, 1:00-5:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Heritage Foundation. Speakers: Victoria Coates, Ph.D., Vice President, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation; Robert Greenway, Director, Center for National Defense, The Heritage Foundation; Eyal Hulata, Ph.D., Senior International Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Ellie Cohanim, Senior Fellow, Independent Women's Forum; Ludovic Hood, Senior Advisor, Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, U.S. Department of State; Kenneth L. Marcus, Founder and Chairman, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law; Charles Asher Small, DPhil., Founding Director and President, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy; Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, President, World Jewish Congress. 

PUTIN’S “TURN TO THE EAST” IN THE XI JINPING ERA. 10/23, 2:00-3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: co- editor Gilbert Rozman, Emeritus Musgrave Professor of Sociology, Princeton University; Editor-in-Chief, The Asan Forum; Gaye Christoffersen Co-Editor, Putin’s “Turn to the East” in the Xi Jinping Era. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/46wdM3C

THE FIRST 25 YEARS: UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (USCIRF) ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND NEXT STEPS. 10/23, 3:00-5:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Speakers: Abraham Cooper, Chair, USCIRF; Frederick A. Davie, Vice Chair, USCIRF; Frank Wolf, Commissioner, USCIRF; Don Nickles, Former Senator; Joe Lieberman, Former Senator; Tom Lantos, Former Co-Chair, Human Rights Commission (TLHRC). 

CONGRESS AND BIDEN'S INITIAL SUCCESS IN COUNTERING CHINA'S CHALLENGES. 10/23, 3:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: GW Elliott School Research Program. Speaker: Robert Sutter, Professor of Practice of International Affairs, Elliott School, George Washington University, Author Congress and China Policy: Past Episodic, Recent Enduring Influence. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3Fkqjep

DREAMS FOR A DECADE: INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR ABOLITIONISM AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR. 10/23, 4:00-5:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: Author Stephanie L. Freeman, Historian, US Department of State, Susan Colbourn, Associate Director of the Program in American Grand Strategy, Duke University; Svetlana Savranskaya, Member, History and Public Policy Program Advisory Board; Luc-André Brunet, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary International History, The Open University. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/45yuQVh

THE WAR OVER CHINESE TALENT IN THE U.S.' WITH DAVID ZWEIG. 10/23, 4:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: China and the World Program, Columbia-Harvard. Speaker: David Zweig (Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1983), Professor Emeritus, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Taipei School of Economics and Political Science, National Tsinghua University, Taiwan. 

VLADIMIR PUTIN’S RUSSIA: AND THE USES OF WAR. 10/23, 4:30-5:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: author Leon Aron, Senior Fellow, AEI; Kori Schake, Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, AEI. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3PReily/

NATIONAL OIL COMPANIES AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION: LOOKING TO COP28 AND BEYOND. 10/23, 5:00-7:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA. Speakers: Erica Downs, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA; Tatiana Mitrova, Research Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA; Luisa Palacios, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA; Karen E. Young, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA. 

Monday October 9, 2023 Asia Events

Monday October 9 is a national holiday in the United States. It is Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day. All businesses and government are closed. 

GLOBAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX 2023. 10/9, 11:00am-12:15pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsors: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), UN Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report Office (HDRO), and George Washington University’s Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP). Speaker: Sabina Alkire, Professor of Poverty and Human Development and director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford. 

ANALYSIS OF THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. 10/9, Noon–1:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Michael Doran, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East; Can Kasapoğlu, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; Jonathan Schachter, Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. 

Monday in Washington, October 26, 2018

IMPLEMENTING DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL POLICY. 11/26, 10:30am-Noon. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Eric Chewning, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy; Caralynn Nowinski Collens, CEO, UI Labs; Arun Seraphin, Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee, Jeff Wilcox, Vice President for Digital Transformation, Lockheed Martin; Moderator: Steve Grundman, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council.

AMBASSADOR SERIES: BRITISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES THE EVOLVING US-UK RELATIONSHIP. 11/26, Noon-1:00pm. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speaker: Sir Kim Darroch, British Ambassador to the US; Moderator: Walter Russell, the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow, Strategy and Statesmanship, Hudson Institute. 

SUPPORTING GLOBAL INTEGRATION: THE JOINT STAFF APPROACH TO AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE. 11/26, Refreshments, 1:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: BG Clement Coward, Commander, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command; BG(P) Sean Gainey, Director, Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization (JIAMDO); RADM Archer Macy (USN, ret.), Former Director, JIAMDO; Brig Gen Kenneth Todorov (USAF, ret.), Former Director, JIAMDO; Col Richard Glitz (USAF, ret.), Former Technical Director, JIAMDO; Thomas Karako, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Director, Missile Defense Project, CSIS; Archer Macy, Non-resident Senior Associate, Missile Defense Project, CSIS. 

SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS: TENSIONS IN ASIA. 11/26, 3:00-4:30pm. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speaker: Dr. Manoj Joshi, journalist; Moderator: Dr. Aparna Pande, Research Fellow, Director, Future of India and South Asia, Hudson Institute. 

JERUSALEM AND WASHINGTON: A LIFE IN POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY. 11/26, 5:00-6:30pm. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Author, Zalman Shoval, Former Israeli Ambassador to the US; H. Andrew Schwartz, Chief Communication Officer, CSIS.