Monday Asia Events April 29, 2024

2024 US-CHINA CLING CONFERENCE. 4/29, 8:30am-4:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: SFS Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University. Speakers: Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University; Yuan Yuan Ang, Johns Hopkins; Joseph Torigian, American University; Arthur Kroeber, Gavekal Dragonomics; Alexander Gabuev, Carnegie Endowment; Dennis Ross, The Washington Institute; Sue Mi Terry, Council on Foreign Relations; Dawn Murphy, National War College; Tong Zhao, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; M. Elaine Bunn, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Rush Doshi, Georgetown University; James Mulvenon, Peraton Labs.

THE FUTURE OF THE INDO-PACIFIC WITH THE COAST GUARD COMMANDANT. 4/29, 9:30-10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Admiral Linda L. Fagan, 27th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard; Seth G. Jones, Senior Vice President; Harold Brown Chair; and Director, International Security Program.

A BACK-TO-BUSINESS BIRTHDAY: PRIORITIES FOR THE 2024 NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON. 4/29, 10:00am-1:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: H.E. Julianne Smith, United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; More Speakers TBA.

SOFT POWER IN THE AGE OF AI AND IMMERSIVE MEDIA. 4/29. Noon-1:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Weatherhead Center for International Relations; Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University. Speaker: Alexander Zahlten, Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

THE DIFFUSION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES | USING TEXT AS DATA IN POLICY ANALYSIS. 4/29, Noon-1:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Hoover Institution. Speakers: Tarek Hassan, Professor of Economics, Boston University; Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor, Harvard Business School and Co-Director of the HBS Private Capital Project; Nicholas Bloom, William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University.

BREAKING BAD: SOUTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR OPTION. 4/29, 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Victor Cha, Senior Vice President for Asia and Korea Chair, CSIS; Distinguished University Professor and D.S.-Song KF Chair, Georgetown University; Andrew Schwartz, Chief Communications Officer, CSIS.