Asia Policy Events, Monday February 24, 2025

RATING INDIA 2025: KEY OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS. 2/24, 8:00-9:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Richard M. Rossow, Senior Adviser, Chair, India and Emerging Asia Economics; Erin L. Murphy, Deputy Director, Chair, India and Emerging Asia Economics, Senior Fellow, Emerging Asia Economics; Joydeep Mukherji, Managing Director, S&P Global Ratings; Christian de Guzman, Senior Vice President, Moody's Sovereign Ratings.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. 2/24, 8:00–9:15am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN). Speaker: author Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society, Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Director of the ALiGN Media Lab, Carleton University. . PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/433gdvA

THE UNITY GOVERNMENT AFTER TWO YEARS: ACHIEVEMENTS, VULNERABILITIES, AND PROSPECTS. 2/24, 9:00–11:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Malaysia Studies Programme at ISEAS, Yusof Ishak Institute. Speaker: Khairy Jamaluddin, Associate Senior Fellow, ISEAS,Yusof Ishak Institute, fmr. Minister at Malaysia’s ministries of Youth and Sports, Science and Technology, and Health, fmr. Coordinating Minister for the Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. 

TRUMP’S RETURN AND THE FATE OF UKRAINE. 2/24, 10:00am-11:45am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings Institution. Speakers: Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe; Anastasiia Lapatina, Ukraine Fellow, Lawfare; Tyler McBrien, Managing Editor, Lawfare; Constanze Stelzenmüller, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Trans-Atlantic Relations. 

MANAGING US-SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS UNDER THE SHADOW OF IMPEACHMENT. 2/24, 10:00-11:00am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Korea Economic Institute (KEI). Speakers: Ahn Ho-young, fmr. Ambassador to the US, ROK; Vincent Brooks, fmr. Commander of UN Command, ROK/US Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea; Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor, University of Texas Austin. 

THREE YEARS OF RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE: WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2025? 2/24, 10:30-11:30am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Speakers: Maria Avdeeva, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Colonel (ret.) Robert E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Head of Research, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Stefan Meister, Head, Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, German Council of Foreign Relations; Pavel Luzin Ph.D, Author; Maia Otarashvili, Director, Eurasia Program, FPRI. 

BEYOND 2025: WHAT'S NEXT FOR CHINA TECH? 2/24, 10:30-11:30am (HKT), 2/23 9:30-10:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: South China Morning Post. Speakers: Stephen Chen, News Editor, Science; Ralph Jennings, Senior Correspondent, Political Economy; Jasmine Wang, Editr, Political Economy. 

THREE YEARS OF RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE: WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2025? 2/24, 10:30-11:30am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Speakers: Maria Avdeeva, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Colonel (ret.) Robert E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Head of Research, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Stefan Meister, Head, Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, German Council of Foreign Relations; Pavel Luzin Ph.D, Author; Maia Otarashvili, Director, Eurasia Program, FPRI. 

DIGNITY AND DYNAMISM: THE FUTURE OF CONSERVATIVE TECHNOLOGY POLICY. 2/24, 11:10am–2:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: M. Anthony Mills, Director, Center for Technology, Science, and Energy, AEI; Brad Littlejohn, Director of Programs and Education, American Compass; Clare Morell, Fellow, Ethics & Public Policy Center; Leah Libresco Sargeant, Senior Analyst, Niskanen Center; Robert Bellafiore, Managing Director for Policy, Foundation for American Innovation; Katherine Boyle, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz; Ari Schulman, Editor, The New Atlantis; Christine Rosen, Senior Fellow, AEI; Ryan Streeter, Executive Director, Civitas Institute; Michael Toscano, Executive Director, Institute for Family Studies; Santi Ruiz, Senior Editor, Institute for Progress. 

NONPROLIFERATION IN GREAT POWER COMPETITION. 2/24, 11:30am-12:15pm, HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Yashar Parsie, Contributor, Keystone Defense Initiative; Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative. 

RESURRECTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO REVIVE JAPAN. 2/24, 12:45-1:45pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsors: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University. Speaker: Richard Katz, Editor, Japan Economy Watch, Special Correspondent, Toyo Keizai Inc. 

RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE PROSPECTS FOR PEACE. 2/24, 2:00-3:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Seth G. Jones, President, Defense and Security Department, Harold Brown Chair, CSIS; Emily Harding, Vice President, Defense and Security Department, Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program, CSIS; Eliot A. Cohen, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, CSIS; Honorable Dr. Michael G. Vickers, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. 
 

U.S.-ROK ECONOMIC RELATIONS. 2/24, 3:00–4:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsors: GW Institute for Korean Studies; East Asia National Resource Center; Institute for International Science and Technology Policy. Speakers: Celeste Arrington, Director, GW Institute for Korean Studies; Nick S. Vonortas, Associate Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs, Director, GW Institute for International Science and Technology Policy; Yonho Kim, Associate Director, GW Institute for Korean Studies; Gwanhoo Lee, Professor, Chair of the Department of Information Technology and Analytics, American University; Melissa K. Griffith, Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University; Henry Haggard, Senior Advisor, WestExec Advisors. 

NASA’S MOON TO MARS ROADMAP: CHARTING THE NEXT YEAR. 2/24, 4:00-5:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Clayton Swope, Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, CSIS; Amit Kshatriya, Deputy Associate Administrator of the Moon to Mars Program, NASA; John Neal, Executive Director for Space Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Thomas Culligan, President, Ascent Public Policy & Strategic Communications. 

BOOK TALK: THE HEAT AND THE FURY: ON THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE VIOLENCE. 2/24, 5:00-6:30pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. Speaker: author Peter Schwartzstein, Environmental Journalist, Global Fellow, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center, TED Fellow, Fellow, Center for Climate and Security. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/434gXk7 

US-CHINA COMPETITION: AI, CHIPS AND EXPORT CONTROLS – WHERE TO NEXT? 2/24, 6:00-7:00pm (AEST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: United States Studies Center. Speakers: Kevin J. Wolf, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, fmr. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security; Dr. Alan Dupont AO, Founder, CEO, Cognoscenti Group.