Asia Policy Events, Monday September 14, 2026

US Congress returns. House only in session this week and will be in recess until after the mid-terms. US Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Committee meets on Tuesday and Wednesday.

9/13-14 - European Arctic Summit hosted by the Finnish Foreign Ministry, Rovaniemi, Finland.
9/14 - First ever parliamentary elections for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines.
9/14 - 2026 Women In Defense National Conference: AI Driven. Human Powered. Where Innovation Meets the Mission and the People Who Drive It, Arlington, VA.
9/14-15 - USA India Business Summit (UIBS).
9/14-15 - International Stability Operations Association (ISOA) Pacific Deterrence and Readiness Conference, Honolulu, HI.
9/14-18 - 70th IAEA General Conference, Vienna.

PACIFIC DETERRENCE AND READINESS CONFERENCE 2026. 9/14-15, IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: International Stability Operations Association (ISOA). Speakers: COL Matthew Amsdell, Commander, 402d Army Field Support Brigade; Peter Belk, Former (Acting) Assistant Secretary of War and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of War, U.S. Department of War; Joseph Brooks, SES, Executive Director, Regional Sustainment Framework, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Product Support (ODASW(PS)); LTG Mike Howard, USA (Ret), Chief Executive Officer, International Stability Operations Association; and more. FEE

RETHINKING MAO AND THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION: INSIGHTS FROM A NEW CHRONOLOGY OF JIANG QING. 9/14, Noon-1:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Speaker: Bao Pu, Founder, New Century Press, Hong Kong; Moderator: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University.

MAKING ORDERS IN CONTESTATION: CIVIL WAR AND ONLINE SCAMS IN MYANMAR'S BORDERLANDS. 9/14, Noon-1:15pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN). Speaker: Kota Watanabe, Visiting Scholar, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION IN A FRAGMENTED WORLD. 9/14, 4:00-5:30pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsors: Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University. Speakers: Akihiko Tanaka, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency; Christina Fink, Professor of International Development, George Washington University; Moderator: Mike Mochizuki, Non-Resident Visiting Scholar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University.

Asia Policy Events, Week of August 23, 2026

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Week of August 23, 2026

8/18-24 -King of Jordan Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein pays a state visit to China.
8/19-22 - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits South Korea and Indonesia.

8/21 -  Annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise with South Korea ends. The exercise began on Aug 17 concludes one week earlier than scheduled by order of President Trump. Associated live-training events have been reduced, with certain events canceled or converted to simulations.”

8/23 -Kazakhstan is set to hold snap parliamentary elections.

8/23 – 1939. Molotov Ribbentrop Pact (non-aggression Treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union) signed. Germany-Soviet alliance enabled WWII.

8/23 - Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong gives an annual address to mark the independence of the city-state. 

8/23-24 - Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah pays an official visit to China.
8/23-25 - Mexican Foreign Secretary Roberto Velasco Álvarez visits South Korea.

8/25 - Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah pays an official visit to South Korea.

8/23-27 - World Water Week.

8/24-26 - Inaugural Silk Road Finance & Technology Forum, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
8/24-27- 2026 Nuclear Energy Conference and Expo (NECX), Dallas, Texas.
8/27-29 - Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium 2026, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 
8/29 – 1949. Russia’s first nuclear test, RDS-1.
8/29 – International Day against Nuclear Tests.
8/29 – 1945. First POW camp on the Home Islands of Japan evacuated, Omori on Tokyo Bay and the nearby Shinagawa “hospital,” which rescuers said was “an indescribable hellhole of filth, disease, and death.” (Today, the Heiwajima Motor Boat Racing venue is located at the site of this former POW camp on the artificial island built by the POWs. The camp held Louis Zamperini and Pappy Boyington. Motor boat race gambling was established by unindicted Class A war criminal and black marketeer Ryoichi Sasakawa and remains controlled by his organization, the Nippon Foundation and revenue supports the Sasakawa family of foundations).
8/31 - Seoul's Central District Court sentences Ms. Han Hak-ja, 83 , leader of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, commonly known as the Unification Church, for on charges of political fund violations and bribery involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee.

BOMBING IS NOT VERIFICATION: THE LIMITS OF STRIKES ON IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. 8/24, Noon (EDT), VIRTUAl. Sponsor: Council on Strategic Risks. Speakers: Andrew Weber, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs; Rose Gottemoeller (Former Deputy Secretary General, NATO; Moderator; Mallory Stewart, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance.

AI AGENT CONTAINMENT FAILURES: TECHNICAL REALITIES AND POLICY RESPONSES. 8/24, 2:00-4:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Member, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee; Ian Reynolds, AI Policy Manager, Hugging Face; Helen Toner, Executive Director, The Center for Security and Emerging Technology; Mackenzie Arnold, Director of US Policy, LawAI; Aalok Mehta, Director, Wadhwani AI Center; Matt Pearl, Director, Strategic Technologies Program.

BEYOND THE TALIBAN: FIVE YEARS OF AFGHAN RESILIENCE AND RESISTANCE. 8/25, 10:00am-3:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: National Endowment for Democracy. Speakers: Ryan Crocker, Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan; Nick Schifrin, Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour; Annie Pforzheimer, Former U.S. Senior Foreign Service Officer; Minister Counselor (Retired); Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues; Adela Raz, Director, Afghanistan Policy Lab, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Former Afghanistan Ambassador to the U.S.; Lotfullah Najafizada, CEO, Amu TV; Fawzia Koofi, Former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament and Founder, Women for Afghanistan; Mariam Safi, CEO, Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies; Wazhma Frogh, Human Rights Lawyers and CEO, Women and Peace Studies Organization; Nasir Andisha, Founder, Center for Dialogue and Progress, and Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the UN in Geneva; Parwiz Kawa, Executive Director, 8AM Media; Damon Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Endowment for Democracy.

 

PRESS CONFERENCE: HOW WILL OKINAWA’S NEXT ELECTION IMPACT JAPAN? 8/25, 1:00-2:00pm (JST), MIDNIGHT-1:00am (EDT), HYBRID, Sponsor: Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ). Speakers: Naomi Machida, Head of the Ginowan Churamizu Kai; Takamatsu Gushiken — Head of Gamafuya.

ENGAGING NAYPYIDAW IN 2026: BANGKOK AND NEW DELHI’S CONSIDERATIONS. 8/25,  2:30-4:00pm (SGT), 2:30-4:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute. Speakers: Dr Lalita Hanwong, Assistant Professor, History Department at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand; Dr V.S Seshadri, Senior Fellow for Economic Security at the Delhi Policy Group. 

THE CHALLENGE OF GULF-CHINA TIES: REASSESSING BEIJING’S ROLE AFTER THE IRAN WAR.  8/25, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Arab Gulf State Institute. Speakers: Mohammed Al-Sudairi, Senior Researcher, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies; Aaron Glasserman, Distinguished Fellow, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University; Chuchu Zhang, Associate Professor of International Relations, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University; Moderator: Robert Mogielnicki, Non-Resident Fellow, AGSI. 

EVALUATING THE FUTURE OF U.S.-SOUTH KOREA-JAPAN TRILATERALISM. 8/25, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Korea Economic Institute. Speakers: Eun A Jo, Assistant Professor of Government, William and Mary; Ayumi Teraoka, Assistant Professor of Politics, Brandeis University; Bruce Klingner, Senior Fellow, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation; Moderator: Arius Derr, Director of Communications, Korea Economic Institute of America. 

THE LIMITS OF IDEOLOGICAL ALIGNMENT. 8/26, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: American German Institute. Speakers: Zsuzsanna Végh, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow, American-German Institute; Program Officer, German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF); Moderator: Eric Langenbacher, Senior Fellow and Director of the Society, Culture, & Politics Program, American German Institute.

THRIVING, SURVIVING, ZOMBIFYING OR DYING: WHAT FUTURE FOR USMCA. 8/26, 11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.  Speakers: Juan Carlos Baker Pineda, CEO and founding partner, Consultores Internacionales Ansley; Simon Lester, nonresident fellow, Baker Institute International Economics Program; Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS); Moderator: Karthik Sankaran, senior research fellow in geoeconomics in the Global South program, Quincy Institute.

WHY AMERICA IS RUNNING OUT OF MUNITIONS. 8/26 1:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy. Speakers: Tom Karako, Director, CSIS’s Missile Defense Project; Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor in chief, Foreign Policy.

BOOK TALK: HEAVEN DOES NOT BLOCK ALL ROADS: A HISTORY OF TAIWAN THROUGH THE LIFE OF HUANG CHIN-TAO. 8/26, 4:00pm (EDT) IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies. Speakers: Anna Beth Keim, freelance journalist who has been reporting on Taiwan since 2015; Moderator: William Yale, Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies. PURCHASE BOOK  

A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF MULTILATERALISM. 8/26, 4:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Stimson. Speaker: Rafael Grossi,Director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.  

AI AND AUTONOMY ON THE MODERN BATTLEFIELD. 8/27, 3:45pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Gen. (ret.) James Cartwright, USMC, Board Member, Atlantic Council, 8th Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Owen J. Daniels, Nonresident senior fellow, Forward Defense, Atlantic Council; Moderator: Joe Costa, Director, Forward Defense, Atlantic Council.

Asia Policy Events, Monday February 2, 2026

THE RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF MYANMAR’S ELECTIONS. 2/2, 9:00-11:30am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Stimson Center. Speakers: Morgan Michaels, Research Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, IISS; Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Chulalongkorn UniversitySteve Ross, Senior Fellow, Stimson; Min Zin, Executive Director, ISP-Myanmar; Amara Thiha, Nonresident Fellow, Stimson; Moe Thuzar, Senior Fellow and Coordinator, Myanmar Studies Programme, Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS); Moderator: Yun Sun, Senior Fellow, Myanmar Project; Co-Director, East Asia Program, Stimson. 

THAILAND’S 2026 GENERAL ELECTION AND REFERENDUM: WHAT TO EXPECT. 2/2, 10:00-11:30am (SGT), 2/1, 9:00-10:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: ISWAS Yusof Ishak Institute. Speakers: Mathis Lohatepanont, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan; Thanisara Ruangdej (GG), CEO and Co-founder, WeVis.

WHAT FUTURE AFTER THE WAR? OPPORTUNITIES FOR UKRAINE’S SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND PROSPERITY. 2/2, 9:00am-Noon (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Speakers: Anatolii Amelin, Executive Director, Ukrainian Institute of the Future; Max Bergmann, Director, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Hans Braunfisch, Founder, Pravo Ventures; Serhii Haidaichuk, Founder, CEO Club Ukraine; John E. Herbst, Senior Director, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council; Mykola Murskyj, Program Director, Razom for Ukraine; Senator Rob Portman, Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the Practice of Public Policy, AEI; Dalibor Rohac, Senior Fellow, AEI; Kori Schake, Director, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, AEI; Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States; Angela Stent, Senior Fellow, AEI.

FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND THE FUTURE OF US DEMOCRACY. 2/2, 10:00-11:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Institute of Global Politics. Speakers: Marie Gottschalk, Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania; G. Elliott Morris, data journalist and author of the Strength in Numbers Substack; Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, University of Minnesota; Moderator: Alex Hertel-Fernandez, Herbert H. Lehman Professor of Government and Director of IGP American Democracy Initiative, Columbia SIPA. 

BOOK TALK: RETRENCH, DEFEND, COMPETE: A NEW U.S. GRAND STRATEGY TOWARD CHINA. 2/2, Noon-1:00pm (EST). Sponsor: Quincy Institute (QI). Speakers: author Charles Glaser, Senior Fellow, MIT Security Studies Program; Michael J. Mazarr, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation; Michael D. Swaine, Senior Research Fellow, East Asia Program, QI. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/4cbcAbg

JAPAN’S NATIONAL SECURITY. 2/2, Noon-1:15pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA. Speaker: Ryo Sakai, 35th Chief of Staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and International Fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School. For inquiries, please contact Mr. Kenji Nagayoshi, knagayoshi@spfusa.org.

IN CONVERSATION WITH TOM STEYER. 2/2, 6:30-8:00pm (BST), 1:30-3:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: London School of Economics (LSE). Speakers: Tom Steyer, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chair, Galvanize, Founder, NextGen America, Investor, Climate Advocate; President and Vice Chancellor, Larry Kramer, London School of Economics, Former President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Former Dean, Stanford Law School; Susana Mourato, Professor of Environmental Economics, Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research), Department of Geography and Environment; Jonathan Pershing, Dean of the Global School of Sustainability, Professor in Practice, The Global School of Sustainability at LSE; Lord Stern, IG Patel Chair of Economics and Government, Chairman, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Department of Economics, The Global School of Sustainability, London School of Economics (LSE). 

TARIFFS, TECH & TRUST: NAVIGATING THE NEXT PHASE OF U.S.–JAPAN TRADE TIES. 2/2, 5:30-7:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) Washington, DC. Speakers: Emma Chanlett-Avery, Deputy Director & Director for Political-Security Affairs, ASPI; William Chou, PhD, Senior Fellow & Deputy Director, Japan Chair, Hudson Institute; Yuka Hayashi, Vice President, Japan Practice, The Asia Group; Moderator: Wendy Cutler, Senior Vice President, ASPI. LIVESTREAMING HERE.

Monday Asia Policy Events, June 30, 2025

PARTNERS OR RIVALS? AREAS OF CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE OF INTERESTS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. 6/30, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Speakers: Dr. Alexander Korolev, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney; Thomas J. Shattuck, Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute; Colonel (Retired) Robert E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Head of Research at the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Eurasia Program. 

BOOK TALK: THE GREAT POWERS, AND IRAN’S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL EVOLUTION. 6/30, Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Speakers: author Shireen Hunter, Honorary Fellow, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Moderator: Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Non-resident Fellow, Quincy Institute, Director, International Studies and Global Politics, University of Cambridge Institute for Continuing Education. PURCHASE BOOK

BOLSTERING THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP AT A GLOBAL INFLECTION POINT. 6/30, 2:45–4:00 pm (EET), 7:45–9:00 am (EDT), ONLINE. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Council; Michael Dickerson, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Romania; H.E. Cătălin Predoiu, Deputy Prime Minister of Romania; Minister Cristian Diaconescu, Presidential Adviser, Department of National Security, Chancellery of the President of Romania; H.E. Alexandru Nazare, Minister of Finance of Romania; H.E. Oana-Silvia Țoiu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania; Landon Derentz, Vice President, Energy and Infrastructure, and Senior Director, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council; Jörn Fleck, Senior Director, Europe Center, Atlantic Council; Catalina Dodu, Partner and Cybersecurity Leader, EY Romania; Antonia Colibasanu, Senior Geopolitical Analyst, Geopolitical Futures; Ambassador Daniel Fried, Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council; Olga Khakova, Deputy Director, European Energy Security, Atlantic Council.

WHAT DO STRIKES ON IRAN MEAN FOR CHINA, RUSSIA, AND NORTH KOREA? 6/30, 3:00-4:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). Speakers: Victor Cha, President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair; Mona Yacoubian, Senior Adviser and Director, Middle East Program; Maria Snegovaya, Senior Fellow, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program; Brian Hart, Deputy Director and Fellow, China Power Project. 

INSIGHTS INTO OPERATION RISING LION. 6/30, 3:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). Speakers: IDF BG Effie Defrin, Head, IDF Spokesperson's Unit; Former JINSA Visiting Fellow; Dr. Michael Makovsky, President and CEO, JINSA. 

MYANMAR’S POST-QUAKE ECONOMIC REALITIES. 6/30, 3:00-4:00am (EDT), 3:00-4:00pm (SGT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS). Speakers: Vicky Bowman, Director, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), Senior Adviser, Institute for Human Rights and Business; Thet Zaw Htwe, Head, Policy and Strategy, EuroCham Myanmar. 

G7 READOUT: IMPLICATIONS OF THE KANANASKIS SUMMIT FOR JAPAN'S RELATIONS WITH US AND CANADA. 6/30, 7:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsors: International House of Japan; American Friends of the International House of Japan. Speakers: Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Co-Founder and Principal, Pendulum Geopolitical Advisory; Emma Chanlett-Avery, Deputy Director and Director for Political-Security Affairs, Asia Society Policy Institute, Washington, DC Office; Kristi Govella, Associate Professor, University of Oxford; Matthew Millar, Chairman and CEO, The Millar Group; Joshua Walker, President and CEO, Japan Society; Ken Jimbo, Managing Director, International House of Japan; Moderator: David Janes, Vice President, North America, International House of Japan.

GREEN TECHNOLOGIES - DECARBONIZING DEVELOPMENT IN EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC. 6/30, 9:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: World Bank. Speakers: Martin Raiser, Vice President, South Asia, World Bank Group; Francesca de Nicola, Senior Economist, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group; Arnunchanog Sakondhavat, Director, Macroeconomic Strategy and Planning Office, NESDC, Thailand; Trang Thu Tran, Senior Economist, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group; Liew Chin Tong, Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Malaysia; Moderator: Aaditya Mattoo, Chief Economist, East Asia and Pacific, World Bank group. 

Monday October 14, 2024 Asia Events

COMMON SECURITY IN THE INDO PACIFIC REGION. 10/14, 8:00pm (PST), 8:00am (EDT) HYBRID. Sponsor: Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security. Speakers: Francis Daehoon Lee of Peace MOMO is former research professor of peace studies at SungKongHoe University and visiting professor for peace studies at Ritsumeikan University and the International University of Japan; Speakers: Reiner Braun has been actively involved in the German and international peace movements since 1982; Anuradha Chenoy is Adjunct Professor, Jindal Global University and Associate Fellow of the Trans-national Institute (The Netherlands); Enkhsakhan Jargalsaikhan is chair of Blue Banner, a Mongolian NGO dedicated to promoting the goals of nuclear non-proliferation.  

THE CONSERVATIVE WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AGAINST TECH. 10/24, Noon-1:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. Speakers: Jennifer Huddleston; Technology Policy Research Fellow, Cato Institute; Josh Withrow, Resident Fellow, Technology and Innovation; R Street. 

MYANMAR’S HUMANITARIAN NEEDS AND CHALLENGES IN 2024. 10/14, 3:00-4:30pm (SGT), HYBRID. Sponsor: ISEAS Myanmar Studies Programme. Speakers: Dr Su Mon Thazin Aung, Visiting Fellow with the Myanmar Studies Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institut; Dr Surachanee Sriyai is a Visiting Fellow with the Media, Technology and Society Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. 

A CONVERSATION WITH NK NEWS CEO CHAD O’CARROLL. 10/14, 5:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: School of Global Policy and Strategy, US San Diego. Speakers: Chad O'Carroll, founder and CEO, NK News; Stephan Haggard, Director Emeritus, Korea-Pacific Program, School of Global Policy and Strategy, US San Diego. 

THE RISING SUN OF INNOVATION. 10/14, 7:00-8:15pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Asia Society Japan. Speaker: Dr Peter Gruss, one of the most experienced and "hands-on" doers and thinkers in the world of global science and innovation.