Monday Asia Events November 18, 2024

FUTURE OF US-JAPAN RELATIONS IN THE AGE OF DIVISION. 11/18, 2:00-4:00pm (JST) MIDNIGHT-2:00am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Japan Forum on International Relations (N.B. Conservative Nationalist funded by Worldmate). Speakers Include: Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow, AEI; Kazutoshi Suzuki, Professor, Sophia University; Kristi Govella, Associate Professor, Oxford; Saori Tezuka, Associate Professor, Nanzan University. 

COMPLEX SECURITY ENVIRONMENT BY JOHNSTONE AND DENMARK. 11/18, 2:00-3:00pm (JST); Midnight-1:00am (EST). HYBRID. Sponsor: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan. Speakers: Christopher B. Johnstone, Managing Principal, The Asia Group; Abraham Denmark, Senior Advisor, The Asia Group. 

WILL CHINA’S MOST DYNAMIC COMPANIES KEEP LISTENING OUTSIDE THE MAINLAND? 11/18, 9:00-10:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Peterson Institute (PIIE). Speakers: Guiyang Laura Wu, Associate Professor in Economics, Nanyang Technological University Singapore; Wendy Liu, Managing Director, Global Market Strategy, J.P. Morgan Asia. 

MIDDLE EAST STRATEGY FORUM. 11/18, 9:00am-7:00pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Institue for Peace & Diplomacy. Speakers: Abdulaziz Sager, Founder and Chair, Gulf Research Center; Shira Efron, Senior Director, Policy Research, Israel Policy Forum; Daniel Mouton, Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, Atlantic Council; Jon Hoffman, Research Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy, Cato Institute; Randa Slim, Director, Conflict Resolution & Track II Dialogues, Middle East Institute; Nawaf Bin Mubarak Al-Thani, Former Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché of the State of Qatar to the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico; H.E. Stephan Klement, European Union Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament and Special Adviser on the Iran Nuclear Issue; Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; Heidi Matthews, Assistant Professor, Osgoode School of Law, York University; Mai El-Sadany, Executive Director, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy; Jeremy Wildeman, Fellow, Human Rights Research & Education Centre, University of Ottawa; Arif Lalani, Former Canadian Ambassador to Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan & the United Arab Emirates; Peggy Mason, Former Canadian Ambassador to the UN for Disarmament; Jon Allen, Former Canadian Ambassador to Israel; Andrew Latham, Senior Washington Fellow, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy; Miloud Chennoufi, Chair, Department of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College.

ELECTIONS AFTERMATH: EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS. 11/18, 9:00am-4:00pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University; Keio Center for Strategy, Keio University; Keio Institute of East Asia Studies; Columbia-Harvard China and the Wolrd Program; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center, Columbia University. Speakers: Duy Linh Nguyen Tu, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia University; Lien-Hang Nguyen, Director, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University; Yuichi Hosoya, Director, Keio Center for Strategy, Keio University; Junya Nishino, Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Politics, Keio University; Ambassador Kathleen Stephens, Global Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates; Scott Snyder, President & CEO, Korea Economic Institute of America; Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor Emerita of History, Columbia University; Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University; Ambassador Derek Mitchell, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Ambassador Masafumi Ishii, Special Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University; Ken Jimbo, Managing Director, International House of Japan; Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University​; Lien-Hang Nguyen, Dorothy Borg Associate Professor of the History of American-East Asian Relations, Columbia University; Ann Marie Murphy, Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University; Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; Thomas Christensen, James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations, Columbia University; Satoru Mori, Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University; Ayumi Teraoka, Postdoctoral Research Scholar and Lecturer, Columbia University; George Miller, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Adjunct Professor, Columbia’s Journalism School; Michito Tsuruoka, Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University; Stephen Biddle, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Merit Janow, Professor of Practice in International Economic Law and International Affairs, Columbia University. 

FOURTH ANNUAL CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL LAW & POLICY CONFERENCE. 11/18, 9:45am-5:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal. Speakers Include: Darius Sultani, Doctoral Researcher, Potsdam Institute, Climate Impact Research, Sequencing Carbon Dioxide Removal into the EU ETS; Ingrid Udd Sundvor, Co-Founder, Director, Carbon Balance Initiative; Danny Cullenward, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy; Senior Fellow, Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal, American University. 

BOOK TALK: AI SNAKEOIL. 11/18, 10:00am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Elliott School, George Washington University. Speaker: author Sayashi Kapoor, Ph.D candidate, Princeton University and member of Times 100 most influential on AI.  PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3Cp6Dry

THE RETURN OF DONALD TRUMP AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS. 11/18, 10:00am-11:00am (EST),VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS). Speakers: Robert Sutter, Professor Practice of International Affairs, Elliot School, George Washington University; Zhuqun Zhu, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Bucknell University; Nong Hong,, Senior Fellow, National Institue for China Sea Studies; Sourabh Gupta, Senior Fellow & Head, Trade 'n Technology Program, ICAS. 

PULSE CHECK ON TAIWAN'S DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE. 11/18, 10:30am-2:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsors: Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University (GWU). Speakers: Dr. Chiaoning Su, Associate Professor, Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, Oakland University; Dr. Dennis Lu-Chung Weng, Associate Professor, Political Science, Sam Houston State University; Dr. Austin Horng-En Wang, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Dr. Li-Yin Liu, Associate Professor, Political Science, Tunghai University in Taiwan; June Lin, Senior Program Manager, Asia-Pacific Programs, National Democratic Institute (NDI); Dr. Kharis Templeman, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution. 

AMERICA’S FUTURE IN EAST ASIA. 11/18, Noon-1:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Program on US-Japan Relations at Harvard University. Speakers: Daniel Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, United States Department of State. 

EVIDENCE BASE FOR POLICY: EXPLORING NEW DATA ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECOLOGICAL THREATS AND CONFLICT. 11/18, 2:00-3:00pm (EST). HYBRID. . Sponsor: Stimson Center. Speakers: David Bonnardeaux, Director, Environment and Energy, Pact; Michael Collins, Executive Director, Institute for Economics & Peace; Jade Cooper, Deputy Director of Americas, Institute for Economics & Peace; Tracy Hart, Lead Environmental Specialist, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank; Andrew Hyde, Director and Senior Fellow, Multilateral Financial Diplomacy, Powering Peace, Stimson Center; Cassandra Schneider, Senior Climate, Environment, and Conflict Program Officer, United States Institute of Peace; Natalie Fiertz, Research Associate, Environmental Security, Stimson Center (Moderator).

BOOK TALK: ON XI JINPING. 11/18, 3:30-5:00pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Center for Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific. Speaker: Dr. Kevin Rudd, Ambassador to US, Australia. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/4fnHwnt

PENSION FUNDS AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS. 11/18, 6:00-7:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Columbia Business School Center on Japanese Economy and Business. Speakers: Terezie Hesounova Trivell, Director, Private Markets, United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund; Suyi Kim, Ex-Senior Managing Director, Head, Private Equity, CPP Investments.