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 July 13, 2026

BETWEEN MYTH AND REALITY: SAMURAI AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7/13, Noon (JST), 7/12, 11:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Asia Society Japan. Speaker: Dr. Rosina Buckland, Asahi Shimbun Curator: Japanese Collections, The British Museum.

CHINA AND THE SECTION 301 INVESTIGATIONS: THE LEGAL, ECONOMIC, AND DIPLOMATIC ISSUES. 7/13, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics; Wendy Cutler, Senior Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute; Mary Lovely, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Claire Reade, Senior Associate (Non-resident), Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics; Wei Liang, Professor, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. 

NATO SUMMIT DEBRIEF: WHAT COMES NEXT AFTER ANKARA? 7/13, 10:45-11:30am (CDT), 11:45am-12:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Speakers: General Christopher G. Cavoli, 20th Supreme Allied Commander Europe and 19th Commander, United States European Command; Julianne Smith, Former US Permanent Representative to NATO; Leslie Vinjamuri, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

THE FIRST TARGET AUDIENCES: THE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OF THE FOUNDERS. 7/13, Noon-1:00pm, HYBRID. Sponsor: Public Diplomacy Council of America. Speakers: Martha Bayles, Author, Popular Culture, Public Diplomacy, and America's Image Abroad (2014); Caitlin Schindler, Author, The Origins of Public Diplomacy in US Statecraft: Uncovering a Forgotten Tradition (2018); Eric Weiner, Author, Ben & Me (2024).

A CONVERSATION WITH SENATOR BERNIE MORENO AND CHAIRMAN JOHN MOOLENAAR ON CONNECTED CARS. 7/13, 4:15-5:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Speakers: Chris Miller, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), Chairman, Select Committee on China; Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH); Moderator: Chris Miller, Nonresident Senior Fellow, AEI.

Asia Policy Events, Monday July 6, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

Asia Policy Events, Monday June 29, 2026

U.S. BASING POSTURE IN THE WAKE OF EPIC FURY. 6/29, 10:15am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). Speakers: General Frank McKenzie, Jr. (ret.), Hertog Distinguished Fellow, JINSA; Moderator: Jonathan Ruhe, Fellow for American Strategy, JINSA.

BRIDGING NORDIC DUAL-USE INNOVATION AND TAIWAN’S DEFENSE ECOSYSTEM. 6/29, 11:00am-Noon (CEST), 5:00-6:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Institute for Security & Development Policy. Speakers: Bryce C. Barros, Defense Innovation and Dual-use Technology Strategist; Martin Längkvist, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, AI, Robotics, and Cybersecurity Center (ARC), Örebro University, Sweden.

USMCA JOINT REVIEW: WHERE TO FROM HERE? 6/29, 9:00-10:20am, (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Institute for China-America Studies. Speakers: Diego de Leon Segovia, Director, APCO; David Collins, Professor of International Economic Law, The City Law School; Wenting He, Postdoctoral Scholar, China Institute, University of Alberta; Enrique Dussel Peters, Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Moderator: Sourabh Gupta, Senior Fellow, Institute for China-America Studies.

THE IMPOSSIBLE STATE LIVE PODCAST: WHAT IS NORTH KOREA LEARNING FROM RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE? 6/29, 11:00-11:45am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Victor Cha, President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, Korea Chair; Kateryna Bondar, Senior Fellow, Wadhwani AI Center; Bruce Klingner, Senior Fellow, The Mansfield Foundation. 

Asia Policy Events, Monday June 22, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

Asia Policy Events, Monday 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.

Asia Policy Events, Monday May 18, 2026

BEYOND THE SAHEL: RUSSIA’S TOOLBOX FOR INFLUENCE IN AFRICA. 5/18, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Speakers: Anna Borshchevskaya, Harold Grinspoon Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Mvemba Dizolele, Adjunct Lecturer, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Kate Johnston, Associate Fellow, Transatlantic Security Program, CNAS; David McKenzie, Communications Director, CNAS.

IGP RAPID RESPONSE: US-CHINA RELATIONS AFTER THE TRUMP-XI SUMMIT. 5/18, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Institute of Global Politics (IGP), Columbia University. Speakers: Isaac Arnsdorf, White House Bureau Chief, Washington Post, Thomas J. Christensen, James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations, IGP Affiliated Faculty Member, Columbia SIPA, Pritzker Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Erica Downs, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA; Julian Gewirtz, IGP Senior Research Scholar, Columbia SIPA, Former Senior Director, China and Taiwan Affairs, US National Security Council, author of Never Turn Back; Liza Tobin, Managing Director, Garnaut Global, Senior Fellow, Jamestown Foundation, Former NSC China Director. Moderator: Zongyuan Liu, IGP Senior Research Scholar, Columbia SIPA, Author of Sovereign Funds.

BOOK TALK: IRAN AND THE BOMB: THE ORIGINS AND TRAJECTORY OF THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM. 5/18, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Stimson. Speakers: author Sina Azodi, Assistant Professor of Middle East Politics, Director, Middle East Studies MA Program, George Washington University; Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow, Stimson; Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy, Arms Control Association. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/4nK3MNt

Asia Policy Events, Monday May 11, 2026

SCIENCE AND POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA SYMPOSIUM. 5/11, 9:00am-5:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Center for the Study of Contemporary China (CSCC), University of Pennsylvania. Speakers include: Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, CSIS; Kyle Chan, Fellow, Brookings Institution; Yangyang Cheng, Research Scholar, Yale Law School Paul Tsai China Center; Junmin Wang, Professor, The University of Memphis; Joshua Freedman, Foreign Affairs; Susan Greenhalgh, Professor Emerita, Harvard University; Wanheng Hu, Stanford University; Yuchen Chen, Baruch College; Ke Li, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Larry Au, The City College of New York; Lizhi Liu, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University; Jamie Wong, Princeton University; Abigail Coplin, Vassar College; Lizzi Lee, Asia Society; Graham Webster, Stanford University; Paul Triolo, DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group; Samm Sacks, New America/Yale Law School Paul Tsai China Center; Scott Moore, University of Pennsylvania; Deborah Seligsohn, Villanova University.

A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH KEVIN RUDD & IAN BREMMER. 5/11, 6:30-7:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Asia Society, New York. Speakers: Kevin Rudd, Former Australia’s 26th Prime Minister and returning to the Asia Society as its 10th President & CEO; Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group. FEE

POWERING GLOBAL COOPERATION: INNOVATION, SECURITY, & GEOPOLITICS IN A CHANGING ENERGY LANDSCAPE. 5/11, 4:30pm-6:00pm (PDT), 7:30pm-9:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hoover. Speakers: Condoleezza Rice, Director, Hoover Institution; Arun Majumdar, Dean, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability; David C. Mulford, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution. Moderator: Šumit Ganguly, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.

Asia Policy Events, Monday May 4, 2026

WHAT’S NEXT FOR JAPANESE SECURITY POLICY AND U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS? PERSPECTIVES FROM THE DIET. 5/4, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Itsunori Onodera, Member of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Chairperson, Research Commission on the Tax System; Former Minister of Defense; Fumitake Fujita, Member of the House of Representatives, Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party); Secretary-General, Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party); Asei Ito, Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo; Moderator, Kristi Govella, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, Associate Professor, University of Oxford.

IS AMERICA WINNING OR LOSING IN IRAN? 5/4, 11:00am-Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Middle East Institute (MEI). Speakers: Jon Finer, Former Principal Deputy National Security Advisor, Executive Office of the President of the United States, Co-Host, The Long Game Podcast; Victoria Coates, Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Middle East and North African Affairs, Executive Office of the President of the United States, Vice President, Davis Institute for National Security, The Heritage Foundation; Moderator: Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, MEI. 

ECONOMIC SECURITY AND MEGA CHOKEPOINTS: JAPAN’S STRATEGIC RESET. 5/4, 2:00-3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Keiro Kitagami, Former Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Liberal Democratic Party; Keitaro Ohno, Chief Secretary, Promotion of Economic Security Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party, Former State Minister of Economic Security; Mira Rapp-Hooper, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies; Akihisa Shiozaki, Director General, Headquarters for Intelligence Strategy, Liberal Democratic Party; Moderator: Mireya Solís, Director, Center for Asia Policy Studies, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies.

MEETING STRATEGIC DEMAND FOR BATTERIES. 5/4, 2:00-3:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS, Energy Security and Climate Change Program. Speakers: Joseph Majkut, Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS; Jane Nakano, Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS; Ray Cai, Associate Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS; Speakers from U.S. Department of Energy, J.P. Morgan, Google.

BOOK TALK: TRADECRAFT, TACTICS, AND DIRTY TRICKS: RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AND PUTIN'S SECRET WAR. 5/4, 4:30-6:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Institute of World Politics (IWP). Speaker: author Sean M. Wiswesser, Former Senior CIA Operations Officer. PURCHASE BOOK

BOOK TALK: THE NARROWING SEA: FUKUOKA, PUSAN, AND THE RISE AND FALL OF AN IMPERIAL REGION. 5/4, 8:00-9:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Modern Japan History Association. Speakers: author Hannah Shepherd, Assistant Professor, Yale University; Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Professor Emerita of Japanese History, Australian National University. Moderator: Joseph Seeley, Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia. PURCHASE BOOK

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 April 6, 2026

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

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

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

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

Asia Policy Events, Monday 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 February 23, 2026

THE WORLD OF HARD POWER, AND THE FUTURE OF THE WAR ON UKRAINE. 2/23, Noon-1:00pm (GMT), 7:00-8:00am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Chatham House. Speaker: General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK. 

BNP RETURNS TO POWER: ASSESSING THE RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF BANGLADESH’S ELECTIONS. 2/23, 9:00-10:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Stimson. Speakers: Razia Sultana, Core Senior Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS); Avinash Paliwal, Reader in International Relations, School of Oriental and African Studies; Farooq Sobhan, Former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, Moderator: Elizabeth Threlkeld, Senior Fellow and Director, South Asia Program, Stimson; Steve Ross, Senior Fellow, Crisis in Rakhine State Project Director, Stimson. 

WHAT COMES NEXT FOR U.S. TRADE POLICY AFTER THE SUPREME COURT’S IEEPA RULING? 2/23, 9:30-10:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Navin Girishankar, President, Economic Security and Technology Department; Philip Luck, Director, Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business; William Alan Reinsch, Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair Emeritus, Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business; Angela Ellard, Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Economic Security and Technology Department. 

CHINA-RUSSIA VIEWS OF THE "DONROE DOCTRINE": HOW MOSCOW AND BEIJING ARE RESPONDING TO TRUMP'S FOREIGN POLICY. 2/23, 10:00-11:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Asia Society Policy Institute. Speakers: Elizabeth Wishnick, Senior Research Scientist for China Studies at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA); Lyle J. Goldstein, Director of the China Initiative and Visiting Professor at Brown University’s Watson Institute; Lyle Morris, Senior Fellow for Foreign Policy and National Security at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis. 

THE UN WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES: THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. 2/23, 10:00-11:45am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Carnegie. Speakers: Heba Aly, Director, Article 109; Charles Kenny, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development; Sarah E. Mendelson, Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy, Director, Sustainable Futures, Carnegie Mellon University; Stewart Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, Global Order and Institutions Program. 

HOW WILL THE SUPREME COURT’S IEEPA RULING IMPACT U.S.-CHINA TECH COMPETITION? 2/23, 11:00-11:30am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Navin Girishankar, President, Economic Security and Technology Department; Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics; Sujai Shivakumar, Director and Senior Fellow, Renewing American Innovation; Joseph Majkut, Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program. 

THE UK CRITICAL MINERALS STRATEGY: BUILDING NATIONAL RESILIENCE THROUGH GLOBAL POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL COLLABORATION, 2/23, 5:00-6:00pm (GMT), Noon-1:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Chatham House. Speaker: Chris McDonald MP, UK Minister for Industry. 

BOOK TALK: THE WEST: THE HISTORY OF AN IDEA. 2/23, Noon-1:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Quincy Institute. Speakers: author Georgios Varouxakis, Professor of History, Queen Mary University of London; Anatol Lieven, Director of the Eurasia Program, Quincy Institute. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/4tpQIPX

ALLIED NUCLEAR PARTNERSHIPS: ADVANCING U.S.–KOREA–JAPAN COOPERATION. 2/23, Noon-1:00pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Global American Business Institute (GABI). Speakers: Nobuo Tanaka, Chair, Steering Committee of Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF), CEO, Tanaka Global, Inc., Executive Director Emeritus, International Energy Agency (IEA); Joyce Connery, Principal Owner, Connery Strategies, Former Chair, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Moderator: Jane Nakano, Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Please Contact Mr. Bryan Cheong.

2026 WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL TRADE CONFERENCE. 2/23-24. 1:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Washington International Trade Association (WITA). Speakers: Matt Blunt, President, American Automotive Policy Council; Jordan Dickinson, Director of Government Relations, Target; Andrea Durkin, Vice President for International Policy, National Association of Manufacturers; Nasim Fussell, Vice President, Trade & International, Business Roundtable; Khalil Gharbieh, Senior Director, Trade Policy, Microsoft; Peter Harrell, Visiting Scholar, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law School; William Kimmitt, Under Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce; Jonathan McHale Vice President, Digital Trade, Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA); Kellie Meiman, Senior Counselor, McLarty Associates; Ambassador Mariana Pacheco, External Consultant, Araujo Ibarra; Greta Peisch, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP; Del Renigar, Vice President, External Affairs, Rio Tinto; Sara Schuman, Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies; Susan Schwab Strategic Advisor, Mayer Brown LLP; Kelly Ann Shaw, Partner, Akin; Joe Stockunas, President of SEMI Americas, SEMI; Stephen Vaughn, Partner, International Trade, King & Spalding LLP; Brad Wood, Senior Director, Trade and Innovation Policy, National Foreign Trade Council; Maria Zieba, Vice President of Government Affairs, National Pork Producers Council; Ricardo Zúñiga, Strategic Advisor, Dinámica Americas. 

FOUR YEARS OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE. 2/23, 3:30-4:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor:

CSIS, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program. Speakers: Max Bergmann, Director, Europe,

Russia, and Eurasia Program and Stuart Center; Maria Snegovaya, Senior Fellow, Europe,

Russia, and Eurasia Program; Hanna Notte, Senior Associate (Non-resident), Europe,

Russia, and Eurasia Program; Jason Paul "JP" Gresh, Senior Associate (Non-resident),

Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program; Michael Kimmage, Director, Kennan Institute.

BOOK TALK: GHOST NATION: THE STORY OF TAIWAN AND ITS STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL. 2/23, 4:00-5:15pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University. Speaker: author Chris Horton. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/4kIPcV0

REPORT RELEASE: RECONNAISSANCE GENERAL BUREAU: KIM REGIME’S PRECIOUS TREASURED SWORD. 2/23, 4:00-5:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Committee for Human Rights North Korea. Speakers: Report Author Robert Collins; Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt, HRNK Board Member and Henry Wendt Chair, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); ROKA LTG (Ret.) Chun In-bum; Dr. George Hutchinson, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Korean Studies (IJKS); Greg Scarlatoiu, President and CEO, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK). 

WE THE PEOPLE: THE US CONSTITUTION IN TODAY'S WORLD. 2/23, 5:30-6:30pm (CST), 6:30-7:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Speakers: Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, University of Chicago; Aziz Huq, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, University of Chicago. 

[POSTPONED] THE U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE IN A CHANGING WORLD ORDER. 2/23, 6:30-8:30pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP). Speakers: Emma Chanlett-Avery, Asia Society Policy Institute; Ken Jimbo, Keio University; Susan A. Thornton, Director, NCAFP Forum on Asia Pacific Security.

CONTAINING CHINA WITHOUT CONFRONTATION? THE QUAD'S MARITIME SECURITY PARADOX PLAYS OUT AT SEA. 2/23, 6:45-8:45pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS). Speaker: John F. Bradford, Co-founder of YCAPS and Adjunct Senior Fellow at RSIS.

NUCLEAR THREATS AND THE LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. 2/23, 7:00-8:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Carnegie. Speakers: Anna Hood, Associate Professor, University of Auckland; Monique Cormier, Associate Professor, Monash University; Carrie McDougall, Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School; Paul Davis, Adjunct Principal Researcher, RAND; George Perkovich, Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Senior Fellow. 

THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY IN 2026: GROWTH WITHOUT MOMENTUM. 2/24, 10:00-11:00am (SGT), 2/23, 2/23 9:00-10:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. Speakers: Dr. Jan Carlo Punongbayan, Visiting Fellow, Philippine Studies Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Moderator: Dr. Jayant Menon, Visiting Senior Fellow, Regional Economic Studies Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.