Asia Policy Events, Monday July 20, 2026

LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD: IMPACTS OF USAID'S WITHDRAWAL ON ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR A REIMAGINED FUTURE. 7/20, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Environment & Sustainability Workgroup, Society for International Development, United States Chapter. Speakers: Monica Bansal, Co-Founder, One Earth Partners; Hadas Kushnir, Co-Founder, One Earth Partners; Shawn Peabody, Director of Partnership & Innovation, Environmental Incentives, LLC.

EU COMMISSIONER MICHAEL MCGRATH ON EUROPE’S DIGITAL FUTURE. 7/20, 11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Michael McGrath, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection; Frances Burwell, Distinguished Fellow, Europe Center, Atlantic Council.

SHIFTING TO NEXT-GENERATION SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS. 7/20, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: World Resources Institute (WRI). Speakers: Audrey Denvir, U.S. Lands Research Associate, WRI; Stephanie Searle, Senior Director of Programs, International Council on Clean Transportation; Sarah Chou, Decarbonization Manager, American Airlines; Stuart Johnson, Senior Business Development Associate, Infinium; Moderator: Dan Lashof, Senior Fellow, WRI.

WHERE THE IRAN CONFLICT GOES FROM HERE. 7/20, Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy LIVE. Speakers: Nate Swanson, Director, Iran Strategy Project, Atlantic Council; Ravi Agrawal, Editor in chief, Foreign Policy.

BACK TO THE BRINK: WHAT COMES NEXT IN THE U.S.-IRAN CONFLICT AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF DIPLOMACY? 7/20, 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), VIRTURAL. Sponsor: National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Speakers: Amb. Joey Hood, Former Acting Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern Affairs Bureau, State Department; Former Consul General and Principal Officer, U.S. Consulate, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia; Dr. Joseph Kechichian, Senior Research Fellow at the Office of the Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh; Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Co-Director, Middle East Energy Roundtable. 

THE FUTURE OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE. 7/20, 1:30-2:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Brookings. Speaker: Hon. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Member, U.S. House of Representatives; Moderators: Alexander Noyes, Fellow, Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Brookings; Dafna H. Rand, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings.

CAPTIVE NATIONS SUMMIT 2026. 7/20, 4:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC). Speakers: Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen; Jamie Fly, CEO, Freedom House; Daniel Twining, President, International Republican Institute; Damon M. Wilson, President and CEO, National Endowment for Democracy; Moderator: Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Ph.D., Trustee, VOC; Vice Chair, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council; Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, Harvard University.

Asia Policy Events, Monday June 15, 2026

Hudson Institute’s Center for Defense Concepts and Technology launch of a new report, Strengthening the Front Line: Transforming the Japan Self-Defense Force for 

Twenty-First-Century Deterrence

with David Byrd and Bryan Clark

AFTER THE WAR: REORIENTING GULF ECONOMIC STRATEGY. 6/15, 4:00-5:15pm (GMT+3), 8:00-9:15am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Speakers: Frédéric Schneider, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Middle East Council on Global Affairs; Mohammed Al-Hashemi, Economic Expert; Sultan Barakat, Professor at the College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Moderator: Logan John Robert Cochrane, Associate Professor, College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

NAVIGATING LOCAL RELATIONS WITH CHINA IN EUROPE. 6/15, 3:00-4:00pm (CEST), 9:00-10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). Speakers: Tomasz Kamiński, Associate Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of Lodz; Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska, Associate Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of Lodz; Paul Costello, Senior Program Manager, GMF Cities; Mareike Ohlberg, Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Program, GMF.

NEW ADVOCATES AND THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS. 6/15, 4:00-5:00pm (BST), 11:00am-Noon (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Chatham House. Speaker: Binaifer Nowrojee, President, Open Society Foundations; Moderator: Marc Weller, Director, Global Governance and Security Centre, Chatham House.

THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL TAX REFORM. 6/15, 1:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Speakers Include: Azeka Abramoff, Legislation Counsel, Joint Committee on Taxation; Barbara M. Angus, Consultant, Ernst & Young (Washington, DC); Pat Brown, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers; George Callas, Founder, Callas Strategy Group; Nate Carden, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Todd Castagno, Head of Global Valuation, Accounting & Tax (GVAT), Morgan Stanley; Alan Cole, Senior Economist, Tax Foundation; Ronald A. Dabrowski, Principal, KPMG; Tijana J. Dvornic, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Lilian V. Faulhaber, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Mindy Herzfeld, Professor of Practice, University of Florida Levin College of Law; Brian Jenn, Partner, McDermott, Will, & Schulte.

VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IN CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT COSTA. 6/15, 7:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: National Press Club. Speakers: Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States; Robert Costa, Chief Washington Analyst, CBS. FEE

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 May 24, 2026

 📚Books of the Week📖

China's War on Faith

By Ambassador Sam Brownback (R-KS), Chairman, National Committee for Religious Freedom

PURCHASE BOOK (5/12/2026)

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spends billions of dollars annually to either control or exterminate people of all faiths. It is a strategic imperative for them. Christians, Buddhist, Muslims, Falun Gong, and more are seen as a threat to the control of China and the world by the CCP. 

The Modern Japanese Garden

By Stephen Mansfield, Author and 

Freelance Photo-Journalist based in Japan

PURCHASE BOOK (10/7/2025)

Japan has an immense diversity of garden designs, from animist-infused, prototypical stone arrangements placed in sacred groves, to extraordinary post-war innovations. Mansfield examines post-war shifts in attitudes towards the contemporary garden as they moved from status symbols and expressions of influence to spaces of healing, mediation, and connection to nature. The book contains brief essays from notable specialists in the fields of landscape design, garden aesthetics, and architecture, including Shyunmo Masuno, Japan’s leading garden designer.

Realizing Saudi Vision 2030: Governance, 

Institutions and Human Capital Development

By the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ABOUT)

PURCHASE BOOK (2/19/2026)

A behind-the-scenes investigation into the current transformations taking place in Saudi Arabia. It comprises contributions from academics, researchers, policymakers and practitioners who have access to the decision-makers and relevant institutions in the country. Chapters focus on the remodeling of government entities, the creation of institutions, and the new opportunities made available for Saudis through human capital development initiatives, all key issues that are central to the Vision. 

*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 April 27, 2026

AFGHANISTAN AND ITS NEIGHBORS: CONCEPTUALIZING A NEW REGIONAL MECHANISM FOR PRINCIPLED SECURITY. 4/27, 10:00am-2:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University. Speakers: TBD.  Lunch will be served.

POWER, RELIGION, AND IDEOLOGY IN NORTH KOREA. 4/27, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Jonathan Cheng, China Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal; Jung H. Pak, Distinguished Associate Fellow, Centre for Security, Diplomacy, and Strategy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Moderator: Andrew Yeo, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies. PURCHASE BOOK

TRUMP, TAKAICHI AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF DETERRENCE IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. 4/27, Noon (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Weatherhead Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University. Speakers: Kenneth Weinstein, Japan Chair, Hudson Institute; Moderator: Christina Davis, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University.

BOOK TALK: HOW ECONOMIC REFORM REVIVED TOTALITARIAN RULE IN CHINA. 4/27, 5:00-6:30pm (BST), Noon-1:30pm (EDT) VIRTUAL. Sponsor: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Speaker: author Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College, Editor of China Leadership Monitor. PURCHASE BOOK

THE FUTURE OF THE GULF: COMMERCE AND SECURITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER OPERATION EPIC FURY. 4/27, 4:00-5:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Jared Cohen, President, Global Affairs, Goldman Sachs and Co-Head, Goldman Sachs Global Institute; Moderator: Mike Gallagher, Distinguished Fellow.

Asia Policy Events, Monday April 13, 2026

SCIENCE DIPLOMACY SUMMIT 2026. 4/13-14, IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsors: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg Center. Speakers Include: Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences; Karen Pierce, UK Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, Chair of Ditchley; Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, Director Emeritus, Vatican Observatory; Juliet Gerrard, Professor, University of Auckland.

PRINCIPALS OF THE NEW WORLD ECONOMY. 4/13-17, IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Semafor World Economy. Speakers Include: Cristiano Amon, CEO, Qualcomm; Bill Anderson, CEO, Bayer; Jason Buechel, CEO, Whole Foods Market; David Burritt, CEO, U.S. Steel; Calvin Butler, CEO, Exelon; Thasunda Brown Duckett, CEO, TIAA; Brad Garlinghouse, CEO, Ripple; Michelle Gass, CEO, Levi’s; Ken Griffin, CEO, Citadel; Rene Haas, CEO, Arm Holdings; Reid Hoffman, Co‑founder, LinkedIn. 

THE DEVELOPMENTAL STATE REWIRED: JAPAN’S QUANTUM POLICY BETWEEN INNOVATION AND SECURITY. 4/13, 6:00-7:30pm (JST), 5:00-6:30am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsors: French Institute of Research on Japan (IFRJ-MFJ) Tokyo; Economic Department, French Embassy in Japan. Speakers: Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo. Moderator: Malo Mofakhami, Associate Professor, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, IFRJ-MFJ, CNRS. 

ADMIRAL DARYL CAUDLE ON THE STRATEGIC VISION FOR THE US NAVY. 4/13, 9:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Admiral Daryl Caudle, 34th Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy; Michael Andersson, Head of Strategic Partnerships and International Affairs, Saab, Inc., Board Director, Atlantic Council; Moderator: Joe Costa, Director, Forward Defense, Atlantic Council. 

ASSESSING THE U.S.-IRANIAN TRUCE AND FIRST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS. 4/13, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI). Speakers: Kristin Smith Diwan, Senior Resident Scholar, AGSI; Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar, AGSI; Sultan Al-Nuaimi, Director General, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research; Moderator: Douglas A. Silliman, President, AGSI.

WHAT PATH FORWARD? THE BOARD OF PEACE, GAZA, AND THE FUTURE OF MULTILATERALISM. 4/13, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Carnegie. Speakers: Yasmine Farouk, Project Director, Gulf and Arabian Peninsula, International Crisis Group; Joseph Saba, Chairman, Board of Directors, ANERA; Former Regional Director for the Middle East, World Bank; Michael Mattler, Former Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Muhammad Shehada, Visiting Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Program, European Council on Foreign Relations; Zaha Hassan, Senior Fellow, Middle East Program. 

BOOK TALK: RETRENCH, DEFEND, COMPETE: SECURING AMERICA’S FUTURE AGAINST A RISING CHINA. 4/13, Noon-1:30pm (PDT), 3:00-4:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University. Speaker: author Charles L. Glaser, Senior Fellow, MIT Security Studies Program and Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/48poKe4 

THE NEXT GENERATION OF GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERSHIPS. 4/13, 1:00-2:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Jose Manuel “Babe” del Gallego Romualdez, Ambassador, Embassy of the Philippines in Washington D.C.; Alexander Benard, Co-Head of Cerberus Frontier and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management; Carlos Ruiz-Hernandez, Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Americas Program; Derek Berlin, Senior Vice President, Logistics Plus Inc.; Romina Bandura, Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development. 

MANAGING THE CHALLENGES OF NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR/MISSILE THREATS. 4/13, 1:30-3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School. Speaker: Vann H. Van Diepen, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. 

VATICAN DIPLOMACY IN AN AGE OF ESTRANGEMENT, POWER POLITICS, AND WAR. 4/13, 2:00pm (EDT), HYBRID, 1334 Longworth House Office Building. Sponsor: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Speakers: Jackie Aldrette, Deputy Secretary General for US Relations of the AVSI Foundation; Victor Gaetan, Senior International Correspondent at the National Catholic Register; Peter G. Martin, Special Assistant to the President of Boston College and former U.S. diplomat accredited to the Holy See.  

GASTON SIGUR MEMORIAL LECTURE: CHINA'S REIMAGINED FUTURE. 4/13, 5:00-6:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University. Speakers: Elizabeth Economy, Hargrove Senior Fellow and co-chair of the Program on the US, China, and the World, Hoover Institution; Moderator: Bruce Dickson, Professor, George Washington University. 

BOOK TALK: KOREAN MESSIAH: KIM IL SUNG AND THE CHRISTIAN ROOTS OF NORTH KOREA'S PERSONALITY CULT. 4/13, 6:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Korea Society. Speakers: author Jonathan Cheng, China Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal; Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. Moderator: Jonathan Corrado, Policy Director. PURCHASE BOOK

Asia Policy Events, Monday March 30, 2026

THE THREE SEAS INITIATIVE: AMBASSADOR ROMANA VLAHUTIN ON EUROPE’S NEW GEOGRAPHY OF POWER. 3/30, 8:00-9:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Zineb Riboua, Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East; Romana Vlahutin, Government of Croatia Special Envoy, Strategic Connectivity, National Coordinator, Three Seas Initiative. 

TECHNOLOGICAL TRADE PATTERNS: BRICS AND ASEAN. 3/30, 10:00-11:30am (SGT), 3/29, 10:00-11:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS). Speaker: Jennifer Pédussel Wu, Professor of Economics, Berlin School of Economics and Law.

WINNERS AND LOSERS: RUSSIA, CHINA, AND EUROPE RESPOND TO THE IRAN WAR. 3/30, 10:15-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Carnegie. Speakers: Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program; Rosa Balfour, Director, Carnegie Europe; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie; Alexander Gabuev, Director, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. 

BIODIVERSITY IMPLICATIONS OF LAND-INTENSIVE CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL. 3/30, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal. Speakers: Ruben Prütz, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK); Moderator: Wil Burns, Co-Director, Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal, American University.

HOW THE HUNGARIAN ELECTION WILL CHANGE EUROPE. 3/30, 5:00-6:00pm (CET), 11:00am-Noon (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Carnegie Europe. Speakers: Rosa Balfour, Director, Carnegie Europe; Peter Hefele, Policy Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies; Zsuzsanna Szelényi, Research Fellow, Central European University Democracy Institute.

CHINA’S ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN: RISKS, REALITIES, AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS. 3/30, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Miles Yu, Senior Fellow and Director, China Center; Thomas J. Duesterberg, Senior Fellow; Leland Miller, Member, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Co-Founder and CEO, China Beige Book. 

POWERING ENERGY DOMINANCE THROUGH INNOVATION: THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF U.S.-KOREA COOPERATION. 3/30, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Global America Business Institute (GABI). Speakers: Chang-Keun Yi, President of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), John Howes, Principal, Redland Ener    gy Group; Jae Yong Lee, Principal Researcher, KIER; Barbara Tyran, Senior Advisor, GABI. 

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SHIFTS THE GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM: IMPLICATIONS FOR JAPAN AND “MIDDLE POWERS. 3/30, Noon-2:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT); Japanese Women in the Professions in Washington DC (J-WIP). Speaker: Barbara Weisel, Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific. FEE. Lunch will be served.

IRAN WAR NEGOTIATIONS: WHAT’S ON THE TABLE? 3/30, 12:30-1:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute. Speakers: Barbara A. Leaf, Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow, Middle East Institute, Senior International Policy Advisor, Arnold & Porter; Alan Eyre, Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow, Middle East Institute, Founder and President of EyreAnalytics LLC; Moderator: Kenneth M. Pollack, Vice President for Policy, Middle East Institute. 

HOW CAN THE US ENGAGE CHINA IN ARMS CONTROL? STRUCTURAL OBSTACLES TO SINO-US NUCLEAR STABILITY. 3/30, 1:30-3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Harvard Kennedy School. Speaker: Tianjiao Jiang, Assistant Professor, Fudan Development Institute.

REPORT LAUNCH: HOW THE WEST LOST THE POST-COLD WAR ERA. 3/30, 2:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Daniel Fried, Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council; Brian Whitmore, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council; Moderator: John Herbst, Senior Director, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council.

HOW THE WEST LOST THE POST-COLD WAR ERA. 3/30, 2:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Daniel Fried, Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council; Angela Stent, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Brian Whitmore, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council; Moderator: John Herbst, Senior Director, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council. 

IRAN AT THE ENDGAME: WAR OR NEGOTIATION? 3/30, 3:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). Speakers: Eric Edelman, JINSA Distinguished Scholar; Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; Elliott Abrams, JINSA Gaza Futures Task Force Member, Former United States Special Representative for Iran; Stephen Rademaker, JINSA Senior Advisor; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Security & Nonproliferation; Blaise Misztal, JINSA Vice President for Policy. 

EXHIBITING JAPAN IN MID-CENTURY NEW YORK. 3/30, 6:00-8:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in NY. Speaker: Dr. Angus Lockyer, Author, Exhibitionist Japan: The Spectacle of Modern Development and Japan: A History in Objects.

A NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE? 3/30, 5:30pm (CDT), 6:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Speakers: Robert Rosner, William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, University of Chicago; Doug Scott, Chair, Illinois Commerce Commission; Rachel Bronson, Lester Crown Senior Nonresident Fellow, Energy and Geopolitics, Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

DRUMMING UP CHANGE: ELECTIONS IN JAPAN, SHIFTING POLITICS, AND THE IMPACT ON OKINAWA. 3/30, 7:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Okinawa Collection and Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University (GWU). Speakers:  Dr. Mike Mochizuki, GWU; Dr. Fumiaki Nozoe, Okinawa International University; and Dr. Shawn Harding, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA. 

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 March 16, 2026

PRIORITIZING POLITICAL PRISONER ADVOCACY ACROSS CHINA. 3/16, 9:30am-2:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers Include: Grace Jin Drexel, Daughter of Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri; Olivia Enos, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; Gao Pu, Son of detained Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife, Pang Yu; Corey Jackson, Founder and President, Luke Alliance; Michael Kovrig, Former Canadian detained in China for his human rights advocacy.

AI AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITATED GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: ADVANCING JUSTICE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. 3/16, 10:30am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Athena Initiative, George Washington University. Speakers: Amina Iman; Kate Piersall; Anna Arango; Mahira Ahmed; Moderator: Sarah Ali.

STRATEGIC AMBITIONS: CHINA’S POLICY FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY, RESOURCES AND FINANCE. 3/16, Noon-1:30pm (JST), 3/15, 11:00pm-12:30am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Asia Society Japan – Policy Salon Tokyo. Speaker: Alicia García Herrero, Adjunct Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Senior Fellow, BRUEGEL, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific, NATIXIS.

CAN THE US UNLOCK THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ? 3/16, 11:00am-Noon (EDT). Sponsor: Middle East Institute. Speakers: Alex Vatanka, Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute; Kevin Donegan, Distinguished Military Fellow, Middle East Institute; Moderator: Kenneth M. Pollack,Vice President for Policy, Middle East Institute.

 RISKS, PROSPECTS, AND PATHS FORWARD FOR FREEDOM IN IRAN. 3/16, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Freedom House. Speakers: Nazanin Boniadi, Actress and Human Rights Activist; Ladan Boroumand, Co-founder, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy, Iran; Holly Dagres, Libitzky Family Senior Fellow, Viterbi Program on Iran and U.S. Policy, Washington Institute; Jamie Fly, Chief Executive Officer, Freedom House; Gissou Nia, Director, Strategic Litigation Project, Atlantic Council.

NATO AFTER RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE: THREAT PERCEPTIONS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES. 3/16, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: American-German Institute. Speakers: Eric Langenbacher, Senior Fellow and Director of the Society, Culture & Politics Program, AGI; Jason Davidson, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Initiative, Atlantic Council; Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, University of Mary Washington; Moderator: Jeff Rathke, President and Director of the Foreign & Security Policy Program, AGI.

INDO-PACIFIC LOGISTICS AND SUSTAINMENT PRIORITIES. 3/16, 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: International Stability Operations Association (ISOA). Speakers: Michael Mazza, Institute for Indo-Pacific Security; Michael Siegl, Siegl Innovation LLC; Moderator: John Gastright, Amentum.

A CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR KEVIN RUDD. 3/16, 2:00-3:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Kevin Rudd, Australia's Ambassador to the U.S.; John J. Hamre, CSIS President and CEO, and Langone Chair in American Leadership; Charles Edel, Senior Adviser and Australia Chair.

TURKEY IN A MIDDLE EAST AT WAR. 3/16, 2:00-3:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Suzanne Maloney, Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy; Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), United States House of Representatives, Chairman, U.S. Helsinki Commission; Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Director, The Turkey Project; Philip H. Gordon, Sydney Stein, Jr. Scholar, Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology; David M. Satterfield, Director, Baker Institute for Public Policy - Rice University, Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey; Moderator: Humeyra Pamuk, White House Correspondent, Reuters.

PUTIN’S WAR AGAINST THE WEST: A CONVERSATION WITH THE FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 3/16, 4:30-6:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: MIT Center for International Studies. Speakers: Ambassador John J. Sullivan, Former US Deputy Secretary of State, Former US Ambassador to the Russian Federation; Carol Saivetz, Senior Fellow, MIT Security Studies Program, Center for International Studies (CIS); Elizabeth Wood, Ford International Professor of History, MIT.

RUSSIA AND CHINA: GAINING FROM THE WAR WITH IRAN? | STATE OF PLAY. 3/16, 4:00-4:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Bonny Lin, Director, China Power Project and Senior Adviser; Maria Snegovaya, Senior Fellow, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program; Will Todman, Chief of Staff, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department; and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program. 

Asia Policy Events, Monday March 9, 2026

ESCALATION, DETERRENCE, AND IRAN’S STRATEGIC CALCULUS. 3/9, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute (MEI). Speakers: Colby Connelly, Senior Fellow, MEI; Alex Vatanka, Senior Fellow, MEI; Lieutenant General Sam Mundy, USMC (Ret.), Distinguished Military Fellow, MEI. Moderator: Dr. Kenneth M. Pollack, Vice President for Policy, MEI.

IS TRUMP'S WAR IN IRAN JUSTIFIED? A DEBATE. 3/9, Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy. Speakers: Matthew Kroenig, Columnist, Foreign Policy, Vice President/Senior Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council, Professor, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute. Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy.

DEEPLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS AND JAPAN. 3/9, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University. Speaker: Geoffrey G. Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School. Moderator: Christina L. Davis, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government; Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University.

THE LEGAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PHYSICAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN CHINA. 3/9, 1:00-2:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: India China Institute. Speaker: Angela Huyue Zhang, Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law.

BOOK TALK: DEPLOYED: A PHYSICIAN ON THE FRONT LINES OF GLOBAL HEALTH. 3/9, 4:00-6:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: author Kevin M. De Cock, Former Director, CDC Kenya, Founding Director, CDC Center for Global Health, Former Director, WHO Department of HIV/AIDS; J. Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center. PURCHASE BOOK

Asia Policy Events, Monday March 2, 2026

CHINA’S GREAT TECH LEAP FORWARD AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES. 3/2, 10:00-11:15am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics; Ilaria Mazzocco, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics; Kyle Chan, Fellow – Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center; Lizzi C. Lee, Fellow on Chinese Economy, Center for China Analysis, Asia Society Policy Institute; Paul Triolo; Partner, DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group; Jeannette Chu, Senior Associate (Non-resident), Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics.

AFTER US-ISRAEL STRIKES: WHAT COMES NEXT FOR IRAN AND THE REGION? 3/2, 11:00-11:45am (CST), Noon-12:45pm (EST). Sponsor: Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Speakers: Lisa Anderson, James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations, Columbia University; Daniel Byman, Director of the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Leslie Vinjamuri, President & Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 

U.S. AND ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN - WHAT COMES NEXT? 3/2, Noon-12:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Mona Yacoubian, Director and Senior Adviser, Middle East Program CSIS; Seth G. Jones, President, Defense and Security Department; Harold Brown Chair CSIS; Clayton Seigle, Senior Fellow and James R. Schlesinger Chair in Energy and Geopolitics, Energy Security and Climate Change Program CSIS; Emily Harding, Vice President, Defense and Security Department; Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program CSIS. 

AN UPDATE ON MILITARY ACTIONS IN IRAN. 3/2, 1:15-2:15pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for American Progress (CAP). Speakers: Jon Finer, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Frank Kendall, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Andrew Miller, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Moderator: Allison McManus, Managing Director, National Security and International Policy, Center for American Progress. 

STRIKES AND SUCCESSION: IS IRAN'S SYSTEM BEGINNING TO CRACK? 3/2, 2:00-3:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute (MEI). Speakers: Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., USMC (Ret.), former Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM); Colby Connelly, senior fellow MEI; Ken Pollack, Vice President for Policy MEI. 

NORTHEAST ASIA IN FOCUS - STATE OF DEMOCRACY: IMPLICATIONS OF RECENT SNAP ELECTIONS IN JAPAN AND KOREA. 3/2, 2:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: US-Asia Institute. Speakers: Yuko Nakano, Associate Director, U.S.-Japan Strategic Leadership Program, CSIS; Darcie Draudt-Véjares, Korean Studies Fellow, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

RETHINKING POVERTY AND MICROCREDIT. 3/2, 5:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Institute for International Economic Policy, George Washington University. Speaker: Jonathan J. Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, NYU, Executive Director of the Financial Access Initiative.

THE TRUMP-XI SUMMIT: WHAT TO EXPECT? THREE FORMER U.S. DIPLOMATS ASSESS WHAT'S AT STAKE. 3/2, 6:00-7:30pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society. Speakers: Nicholas Burns, Former Ambassador of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China; Sarah Beran, Partner, Macro Advisory Partners; Winston Lord, Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Editor of Foreign Affairs; Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Vice President, Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society.

U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS IN A SHIFTING GLOBAL LANDSCAPE. 3/2, 7:00-8:15pm (PST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Japan House, Los Angeles. Speaker: Glen S. Fukushima, Visiting Fellow, Stanford University.

Asia Policy Events, Monday January 12, 2026

NEXT STEPS FOR THE U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE: DETERRENCE, CYBERSECURITY, AND INDO-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIPS. 1/12, 10:00-11:00am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Kristi Govella, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, CSIS; Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Kei Koga, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore; Satoru Mori, Senior Fellow, The Nakasone Peace Institute & Professor, Keio University; Motohiro Tsuchiya, Professor and Vice President for Global Engagement, Keio University. 

BOOK TALK: TO DARE MIGHTY THINGS: US DEFENSE STRATEGY SINCE THE REVOLUTION. 1/12, 10:00-11:15am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: author Michael E. O’Hanlon, Director of Research, Foreign Policy, Director, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Co-Director, Africa Security Initiative; Robert Kagan, Stephen & Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology; General David Petraeus (ret.), Partner and Chairman, KKR Global Institute, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency, Former Commander, U.S. Central Command, Former Commander, International Security Assistance Force. Moderator: Melanie W. Sisson, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology.  PURCHASE BOOK

IRAN AT A CROSSROADS: PROTESTS, REPRESSION, AND THE RISK OF U.S. MILITARY ESCALATION. 1/12, Noon-1:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Quincy. Speakers: Vali Nasr, Majid Khadduri, Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS; Ellie Geranmayeh, Senior Policy Fellow; Deputy Head, Middle East and North Africa Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations; Mohammad Ali Shabani, Editor, Amwaj.media; Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President, Quincy. 

TRUMP’S VENEZUELA STRATEGY. 1/12, Noon (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Live. Speakers: Matthew Kroenig, Columnist, Foreign Policy; Vice President and Senior Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council; Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy. 

JAPAN'S CHINA-FOCUSED GRAND STRATEGY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CROSS-STRAIT DETERRENCE. 1/12, 12:15-1:30pm, IN PERSON ONLY "brown bag lunch." Sponsor: Stimson. Speaker: Dr. Giulio Pugliese, Director of the EU-Asia Project at the European University Institute in Florence and an incoming Assistant Professor in Asian Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa later this year. To attend contact: Dr. Andrew Oros, Japan Program Director, Stimson, aoros@stimson.org.

SECURING AMERICA’S COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE: A STRATEGIC AGENDA FOR US LEADERSHIP. 1/12, 1:00-2:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Olivia Trusty, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet, Hudson Institute. 

TURKEY, SYRIA, AND ISRAEL: WHAT’S NEXT IN THE REGION? 1/12, 1:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Council for a Secure America (CSA). Speaker: Dr. Mark Meirowitz, Ph.D., J.D., Professor at SUNY Maritime College.

STRENGTHENING THE U.S.-INDIA PARTNERSHIP: A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH REPS. RICH MCCORMICK AND AMI BERA. 1/12, 1:30-2:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Representative Rich McCormick (R-GA), U.S. House of Representatives; Representative Ami Bera (D-CA), U.S. House of Representatives.

REPORT LAUNCH: ISLAMIC FINANCE AND CLIMATE AGENDA. 1/12, 8:30-11:00pm (EST), 9:30am-Noon (MYT), HYBRID. Sponsor: World Bank. Speaker: TBA.

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).

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.

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 20, 2025

JAPAN'S GROWING INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE PARTNERSHIPS. 10/20, 6:30-8:00pm (JST), 5:30-7:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: ICAS, Temple University Japan Campus, Tokyo. Speaker: Benoit Hardy-Chartrand, Faculty Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Affairs, Temple University Japan, Tokyo; Moderator: Kyle Cleveland, ICAS Co-director, Temple University, Japan Campus.

THE FUTURE OF UK AIR POWER. 10/20, 1:00-2:00pm (BST), 8:00-9:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI). Speaker: Air Vice-Marshal James Beck, Director Capabilities and Programmes, RAF.

*POSTPONED SUBMARINES IN AN ERA OF RENEWED GREAT POWER COMPETITION. 10/20, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Vice Admiral Robert M. “Rob” Gaucher, Commander, Naval Submarine Forces, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Commander, Allied Submarine Command; Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spicer, USN (Ret.), Chief Executive Officer/Publisher, U.S. Naval Institute; Seth G. Jones, President, Defense and Security Department; Harold Brown Chair.

TRUMP’S NEW EXPANSIONISM. 10/20, Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy. Speakers: Ravi Agrawal, Editor in chief, Foreign Policy; Greg Grandin, History Professor, Yale University, Author, “America, América: A New History of the New World.”

MEDIATING POWER: HOW HYBRID MEDIA DISRUPTS ELITE MESSAGING IN JAPAN. 10/20, 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Harvard University. Speaker: Colin Moreshead, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University.

UNPACKING THE SAUDI-PAKISTANI MUTUAL DEFENSE AGREEMENT. 10/20, 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI). Speakers: (Ret.) Brigadier Feroz Hassan Khan, Lecturer, Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School; Abdulaziz Al Sager, Founder/Chair, Gulf Research Center.

A "NEW MARSHALL PLAN” - A MODEL FOR POST-CONFLICT UKRAINE? 10/20, 3:30-5:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: School of International Service, American University. Speakers: Olga Khakova, Deputy Director for European Energy Security, Global Energy Center (GEC), Atlantic Council; Benn Steil, Senior Fellow/Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).