Monday Asia Events, April 7, 2025

EVOLVING ISSUES IN REGULATION OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS: A VIEW FROM THE UK AND THE EU. 4/7, 8:00-9:00am (EDT). VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Hudson. Speakers: Suzanne Rab, Barrister, Matrix Chambers; Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet. 

BRIEFING ON HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE. 4/7, 9:00am (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY, Capitol Hill. Sponsor: American Historical Association. Speakers: Joseph A. McCartin, Georgetown; Margaret Rung, Roosevelt University; Eric S. Yellin, University of Richmond. 

REPORT TALK: STATE OF SOCIAL PROTECTION REPORT 2025 - SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN A TIME OF TRANSITION. 4/7, 10:30-11:30am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: World Bank Group. Speakers: Mamta Murthi, Vice President, People Vice Presidency, World Bank; Mamta Murthi, Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Niger; Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Nigeria; Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, Jamele Rigolini, Senior Advisor, Social Protection and Labor, World Bank; Jamele Rigolini, Senior Advisor, Social Protection and Labor, World Bank; Shanta Devarajan, Professor, Practice of International Development, Georgetown. 

A TARIFF DEBATE: WHAT'S NEXT AFTER "LIBERATION DAY"? 4/7, 10:45am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Live. Speakers: Oren Cass, Founder, Chief Economist, American Compass; Kimberly Clausing, Nonresident Senior Fellow, PIIE; Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy. 

IMPOSSIBLE STATE LIVE PODCAST: THE FUTURE OF U.S.-ROK-JAPAN TRILATERAL COOPERATION. 4/7, 11:00-11:45am (EDT). VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Korea Chair, CSIS. Speakers: Victor Cha, President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair; Michael J. Green, CEO, United States Studies Centre. 

BOOK TALK: THE PRICE OF ZERO: CHINA'S SLOWDOWN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ASIA. 4/7, Noon (JST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: ICAS, Temple University Japan. Speaker: author Donald Low, Senior Lecturer, Professor of Practice, Public Policy, Director of Leadership and Public Policy, Executive Education, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Contact/RSVP: robert.dujarric@tuj.temple.edu, https://www.tuj.ac.jp/icas PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/4ijOH1z

RESEARCH IN RUIN: SLASHING NIH WILL STIFLE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFESAVING MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND HARM THE ECONOMY. 4/7, 1:00-2:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Center for American Progress. Speakers: Howard P. Forman, M.D., MBA, Professor, Yale University, co-host, Health & Veritas podcast; Michael Z. Lin, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Stanford University; Christian D. Menefee, County Attorney, Harris County, TX; Hardeep Singh, M.D., MPH, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine.  

BOOK TALK: ENTWINED ATROCITIES: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE. 4/7, 7:00-8:30pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Modern Japan History Association. Speaker: author Yuki Tanaka, Research Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima City University. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3XJkr7Z

2025 CARNEGIE GLOBAL DIALOGUE: CHINA AND INDIA. 4/7, 8:30-9:30pm (CST); 8:30-9:30am (EDT). VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Carnegie China. Speakers: Rick Waters, Director, Carnegie China, Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair; Saheb Singh Chadha, Senior Research Analyst, Security Studies Program; Li Li, Senior Research Professor, Tsinghua University; Jabin Thomas Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University. 

A GRAND BARGAIN BETWEEN THE US AND CHINA? 4/7, 5:30-7:00pm (EDT), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Speaker: Wu Xinbo, Director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University.