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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IS THE US READY FOR AN INDO-US PARTNERSHIP? 7:00–9:00pm (IST), WEBINAR. Sponsor: Observer Research Foundation (ORF). Speakers: Alyssa Ayres, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations; Jeff Smith, Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation Asian Studies Center; Sanjaya Baru, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Defense Studies & Analysis & United Service Institution. Moderator: Rajeswari Rajagopalan, Distinguished Fellow, ORF.

EXPANSION OF MARITIME ACTIVITY IN THE BERING STRAIT REGION: MITIGATING EXISTING AND FUTURE RISKS. 11:00am-12:30pm (EDT), WEBINAR. Sponsor: Polar Institute, Wilson Center. Speakers: Mark Everett, U.S. Coast Guard District 17 Incident, Management & Preparedness Advisor, Co-Chair of the Joint Planning Group for Russia-U.S. Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan (JCP); Dr. Natalia Kutaeva, Counsellor to the Director of Marine Rescue Service (MRS), Co-Chair of the Joint Planning Group for Russia-U.S. Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan (JCP); Ed Page, Executive Director, Marine Exchange Alaska; Yaari Walker, Indigenous Consultant for Alaska Pacific University; Margaret Williams, Director, WWF US Arctic Program. Moderator: Ambassador David Balton, Senior Fellow, Polar Institute, Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State.

THE FUTURE OF THE US POSTURE IN THE GULF. 10:00–11:00am (EDT), WEBINAR. Sponsor: IISS. Speakers: Daniel Benaim, Fellow, Century Foundation; Kirsten Fontenrose, Director for Regional Security, Middle East, Atlantic Council; Becca Wasser, Fellow, Defense Program, Center for a New American Security. Moderator: Emile Hokayem, Senior Fellow for Middle East Security, IISS.

OFFSHORE WIND: UNLOCKING POTENTIAL FOR A GREEN STIMULUS. 10:00–11:00am (EDT), WEBINAR. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Thomas Brostrøm, CEO, Ørsted North America, Offshore Wind; Karen Douglas, Commissioner, California Energy Commission; David Hayes, Executive Director, State Energy and Environmental Impact Center; Hannes Pfeifenberger, Principal, Brattle Group. Moderator: David Goldwyn, Chairman, Energy Advisory Group.

ANOTHER AUGUST SURPRISE: WHAT IS PUTIN UP TO IN UKRAINE? Noon–1:00pm (EDT), WEBINAR. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Pavel Felgenhauer, Columnist, Novaya Gazeta; David Kramer, Senior Fellow, Vaclav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy; Hanna Shelest, Director of the Security Studies Program, Foreign Policy Council “Ukraine Prism”. Moderator: John Herbst, Director, Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.

CHINA 101 BRIEFING SERIES- FEEDING THE DRAGON: THE ROLE OF CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN US-CHINA RELATIONS. 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), WEBINAR. Sponsor: US-Asia Institute (USAI). Speakers: Chris Fenton, CEO, Media Capital Technologies, Trustee, USAI; Zak Dychtwald, Founder and CEO, Young China Group.

UNDOING 70 YEARS OF WAR: A ROUNDTABLE ON ADVANCING PEACE IN KOREA. 1:00-2:30pm (EDT), ZOOM WEBINAR. Sponsor: Quincy Institute. Speakers: Katharine Moon, Professor of Political Science and the Wasserman Chair of Asian Studies at Wellesley College; Lt. Col. Daniel Davis (Senior Fellow and Military Expert at Defense Priorities, Henri Feron, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy; Jessica Lee, Senior Research Fellow on East Asia at Quincy Institute; Adam Mount, Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense Posture Project at the Federation of American Scientists; and Hazel Smith, Professorial Research Associate at SOAS, University of London.

A CONVERSATION WITH MARY L. TRUMP. 5:30pm (EDT), LIVE STREAM. Sponsor: The Washington Post. Speaker: Mary L. Trump, Author, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man, President Donald J. Trump's niece; Moderator: Robert Costa, Columnist, The Washington Post. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3f3FFUS

Monday in Washington, June 26, 2017

INDIA AND THE U.S.: PARTNERS IN INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND ECONOMICS. 6/26, 11:30am-1:30pm. Sponsor: Hudson, Confederation of Indian Industry. Speakers: Representative George Holding, U.S. Representative; Pratyush Kumar, President, Boeing India, Vice President, Boeing International; Danny O’Brien, Government Relations Leader, GE; James Shapiro, Resident Director, Tata Sons; Am. Husain Happqani, Senior Fellow, Director for South and Central Asia, Hudson.

RISING CHINESE FDI IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES. 6/26, 12:30-2:00pm. Sponsors: Atlantic Council; OECD. Speakers: Fred Kempe, President, CEO, Atlantic Council; Gerardo Mato, Chairman, Global Banking & Markets – Americas, HSBC; Sérgio Amaral, Ambassador of Brazil to United States; Jason Marczak, Director, Latin America Economic Growth Initiative, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Atlantic Council; Angel Melguizo, Head, Latin American and Caribbean Unit, OECD; Claire Reade, Former Assistant, USTR, China, Senior Counsel, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP. Moderator: Shawn Donnan, World Trade Editor, Financial Times.

PROMOTING RESILIENCE AND CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. 6/26, 1:30-7:00pm. Sponsor: U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Speakers: Albert Cho, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Xylem Inc.; Josh Sawislak, Global Director, Resilience, AECOM; Jim Bruce, Senior Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs, UPS; Atyia Martin, Chief Resilience Officer, Boston; Ed Mortimer, Executive Director, Transportation Infrastructure, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Tamara Casey, Chief Technology Officer, Ligado Networks; Matt Gannon, Head of Federal Affairs, Farmers Insurance.

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NORTH KOREA'S NUKES AND BALLISTIC MISSILES CAPABILITY. 6/26, 1:30-4:30pm. Sponsor: Institute for Corean-American Studies. Speakers: Scott Bray, National Intelligence Manager for East Asia, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and others TBA.


DILEMMAS OF A TRADING NATION: JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE EVOLVING ASIA-PACIFIC ORDER. 6/26, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: author Mireya Solis, Senior Fellow, Chair, Japan Studies, Brookings; Wendy Cutler, Vice President, Managing Director, Asia Society Policy Institute; Moderator: Richard C. Bush, Senior Fellow, Chair, Taiwan Studies, Director, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Brookings.

THE KOREAN WAR REMEMBERED. 6/26, 2:00-3:00pm. Sponsor: History and Public Policy Program, Wilson Center. Speakers: Charles Kraus, Program Lead, History and Public Policy Program; Samuel Wells, Cold War Fellow, Wilson Center, Former Associate Director, Woodrow Wilson Center; Michael Devine, Public Policy Fellow, Wilson Center, Adjunct Professor, History, University of Wyoming.

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LAUNCH OF INDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA/AMERICA MATTERS FOR INDIA. 6/26, 4:00-5:30pm. Sponsor: East West Center in Washington. Speakers; Dr. Satu Limaye, Director, East-West Center in Washington; Sangita Reddy, FICCI's National Head of Healthcare Committee; Kapil Sharma, VP for Government and Public Affairs, North America, Wipro; Adrian Mutton,Founder & CEO, Sannam S4; Representative from Microsoft; Representative from Mahindra; Representative George Holding, (R-NC), Co-Chair, House India Caucus; Representative Ami Bera, (D-CA); Ridhika Batra, Director, FICCI-USA; Dr. Vijay Chauthaiwale (Ret.), Member of Atal Mission for Innovation, Government of India; Richard M. Rossow, Senior Adviser & Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies, CSIS; Representative Tulsi Gabbard, (D-HI).

FOREIGN SERVICE: FIVE DECADES ON THE FRONTLINES OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. 6/26, 5:30-7:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speaker: Author James Dobbins, Senior Fellow, Distinguished Chair, Diplomacy and Security, RAND Corporation. Moderator: Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, New York Times.

Monday in Washington, October 26, 2015

OVERCOMING THE LIMITS TO GROWTH: SUSTAINABILITY LESSONS FROM JAPAN. 10/26, 10:00-11:15am. Sponsor: CNEAPS, Brookings. Speakers: Mireya Solís, Senior Fellow, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, Brookings; Hiroshi Komiyama, Chairman, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Founder, Advisory Board, U.S.-Japan Research Institute, President Emeritus, University of Tokyo.

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PUTIN’S CRIMEAN GAMBLE: RUSSIA, UKRAINE, AND THE NEW COLD WAR. 10/26, 10:30am-Noon. Sponsor: Brookings. Speaker: author Marvin Kalb, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy; Moderator: Martin S. Indyk, Executive Vice President, Brookings.

THE RISE OF THE WORLD'S POOREST COUNTRIES. 10/26, Noon-2:00pm, Lunch. Sponsor: National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Speakers: Steven Radelet, Donald F. McHenry Chair in Global Human Development, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Richard Messick, Senior Contributor, Global Anticorruption Blog; Moderator: Marc F. Plattner, Vice President, Research and Studies, NED.

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DEVOTION: A TALE OF COURAGE FROM THE "FORGOTTEN WAR". 10/26, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). Speakers: Adam Makos, Author, Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice; Lt. Gen. Wallace "Chip" Gregson (USMC, Ret.), Senior Advisor at Avascent International, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs; James Person, Ph.D, Deputy Director, History & Public Policy Program, Coordinator, Center for Korean History & Public Policy, Wilson Center.

EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION: A CONVERSATION WITH PAKISTAN'S CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS. 10/26, 4:00-5:15pm, Reception. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speaker: The 2015 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan, including Ali Haider, Anam Bhatti, Danish Ali Bhutto, Fakiha Ali, Fatima Rizwan, Hussain Haider, Khalid Khawaja Mushtaq, Rafia Farooqui, Rizwan Shoukat, Saima Feroz, Sawai Mal, Syed Azhar Shah, Usman Khan, Zahra Ali, and Zulqarnain Jameel; Moderator: Nazia Khan, Assistant Director, South Asia Center, Atlantic Council.

War photography

Two venues in Washington this month hold exhibits of war photography that include subjects from conflicts in Asia. Both have opening receptions this holiday weekend. They are the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Korean Cultural Center Washington DC.


WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath
The Corcoran Gallery of Art
June 29–September 29, 2013

This landmark exhibition revolutionizes our understanding of this momentous subject, immersing viewers in the experience of soldiers and civilians during wartime. Epic in scope and ambition, and featuring many of the most indelible photographs ever made, WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY takes us from the home front to the battlefield and back again. For a REVIEW.

SATURDAY, JULY 6, 10:00 a.m.-5 p.m. A Special Day of Programming

Tragedy Assistance Programs for Survivors Workshop, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.

Perfect for family participation, an interactive booth will allow adults and children of all ages to show support for families who have lost a loved one in war by writing a letter or signing a card as a way of extending sympathy to remaining survivors. Additionally, two children's book readings will take place throughout the day in the Reflection Room, affording kids another way to connect with and manage the themes of the exhibition.

Veterans History Project Workshop; 1:30 p.m.

Increase your understanding of the oral history interviewing process through this interactive workshop presented by the Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, a national initiative mandated by Congress to collect, preserve and make accessible the first-person accounts of America's wartime veterans. To date, over 87,000 veterans have submitted their personal recollections making this the largest such collection in American history. The workshop will be led by retired US Army colonel, Bob Patrick, Director of the Veterans History Project. Instructional materials will be provided for each participant. REGISTER HERE.


Film Screening; Bearing Witness, 3:30 p.m.

In this powerful documentary film, Barbara Kopple, Bob Eisenhardt and Marijana Wotton chronicle the personal and professional lives of five female journalists as they cover war across the globe. Bearing Witness is presented in collaboration with Women Photojournalists of Washington. REGISTER HERE

LOOKING AT MEMORIES THROUGH EYES: Photography by Seung-Geun Park
Korean Cultural Center
July 5 - 31, 2013

Opening Reception 
Friday, July 5 @ 6:30 pm

Featuring evocative portraits of veterans of the Korean War and scenes of the UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea, located in Busan.

Documentary photographer and active ZUMA Press foreign correspondent, Seung Geun Park received his Masters in photography and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Visual Anthropology. Since 2005, he has been in charge of photography for various major Korean media, including KBS, Sisa Journal, Sunday Fishing, and Cine21. He was the official photographer for the Busan International Film Festival and NIKE. Currently, he has published four books and in 2004 received the grand prize in the documentary category of a photo exhibition contest sponsored by Joong-Ang Daily.

"To defend freedom and peace in Korea, many young soldiers from 21 countries gathered under the banner of the United Nations. Now, after 60 years, they are deeply wrinkled, white-haired veterans. But, their eyes, regardless of the times gone by, still shows plenty of animation."
- Seung-Geun Park

This exhibition is held in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Korean Armistice Agreement, signed on July 27, 1953, which marked the birth of the Korea-US Alliance.