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The Future of Economic Order in the Asia-Pacific Region | CSIS
Thursday June 23, 2022
8:00-9:30AM Central Time
Hybrid and in person
During his inaugural trip to Asia as president in May 2022, President Biden stressed the importance of U.S. economic engagement and a commitment to shaping economic rules and norms in the world’s most dynamic region.
Please join the CSIS Japan Chair, CSIS Economics Program, and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) for our annual conference about the future of economic order in the region with experts from the United States, Japan, China, and Singapore.
Matthew P. Goodman
Senior Vice President for Economics, CSIS
Marisa Lago
Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
Nobuhiko Sasaki
Chairman and CEO, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Xinquan Tu (virtual)
Dean and Professor, China Institute for WTO Studies,
University of International Business & Economics, Beijing
Mie Oba (virtual)
Professor, Faculty of Law, Kanagawa University
Simon Tay
Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs
Christopher B. Johnstone
Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, CSIS
Building a Blue Pacific Agenda for the 21st Century / CSIS
Thursday June 23, 2022
2:00-3:30PM CT
The CSIS Pacific Partners Initiative is pleased to host an event on Building a Blue Pacific Agenda for the 21st Century on June 23, 2022 at 3:00 pm EDT. This event will feature opening comments from Kurt Campbell (Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs, National Security Council), and a panel discussion featuring Ambassador Satyendra Prasad (Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations), Ambassador Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Pa’olelei Luteru (Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations), Ambassador Gerald M. Zackios (Ambassador of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United States of America), and Monica P. Medina (Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State).
In recent years, the Pacific region has grown in strategic significance to the United States within the broader Indo-Pacific region. Join the CSIS Pacific Partners Initiative as we assess recent developments in the region and U.S. relations with Pacific Islands Countries, and explore how the Pacific views the role of the region in the world today in an increasingly contested geopolitical landscape.
Thursday, June 23
War in Europe Series
War in Europe | Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine | Tamara Demuria | June 29 | Online | In partnership with the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg
War in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | European Perspective | Jul 7 | Online
War in Europe | Prof Thomas Schwartz | Old and New Cold Wars | Aug 18 | Online
War in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic & Economic Perspective | Aug 25 | Online
War in Europe | Former Minister Anna Novosad | The Ukraine Perspective | Date TBA | Online
Have You Been Keeping Up?
“What in the World? Weekly Quiz” | June 20-26, 2022
Tuesday 6/21
WorldDenver hosts a panel of experts for “Experiencing Expos: World Expos Throughout History” (In person)
Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council hosts Ted Piccone, Chief Engagement Officer at the World Justice Project, for “The Global Crisis of Democracy, Rights, and the Rule of Law“
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts William Barr, former U.S. Attorney General, for “Memoirs of an Attorney General“
Wednesday 6/22
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall hosts Siddharth Kara, British Academy Global Professor, and Pete Peterson, Dean of the Pepperdine School of Public Policy, for “Inside the Business and Geo-Politics of Modern Slavery” (In person)
World Affairs (Northern California) hosts Edafe Okporo, author of Asylum: Memoir and Manifesto, for “From Asylee to Activist”
World Affairs Council of Greater Reading hosts Seyran Bostanci, Research Assistant on Democracy, Transfer, and Policy Advise at the German Center for Integration and Migration Research, for “Inclusion of Refugees Into the German Education System – Lessons Learned from 2015”
Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy hosts Mohamed Amin Ahmed, creator and founder of the Average Mohamed Organization, for “Not Your Average Mohamed: How One Man is Combating Child Solider Recruitment” (In person)
World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents “Australia Travel Info Session”
Thursday 6/23
World Affairs Council of Monterey Bay hosts Clay Moltz, Professor at the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, for “Crowded Orbits: International Challenges in Space” (In person)
World Affairs Council of Orange County hosts Richard Downie, new WACOC President, for “Meet the New WACOC President: Trustees and Premium Members Social” (In person)
WorldBoston hosts Stacy White, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges in the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and Farah Pandith, former first Special Representative to Muslim Communities at the U.S. Department of State, for “The State of the State Department and Public Diplomacy”
World Affairs Council of New Jersey hosts Milagros Cruz, Community Relations Officer at the International Rescue Committee, for “On the Move: Refugees, Resettlement, and New Jersey”
World Affairs Council of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky host Anna Kaplan, Oral Historian, and Paul Kruchoski, Director of the Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy, for “Expo Community Conversation”
World Affairs Council of Rhode Island hosts Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, anthropologist and experienced beekeeper, for “Are Bees Fish? U.S. and Global Perspectives on Bees and Beekeeping”
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth presents “Meridian Young Professionals Headshot Happy Hour” (In person)
WorldDenver presents “Networking with GlobalMindED” (In person)
Peoria Area World Affairs Council presents “The Electoral College and How Other Republics Elect Heads of Government” (In person)
Friday 6/24
World Affairs Council of Western Michigan hosts Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, for “The Vandenberg Prize”
World Affairs Council Upstate presents “Salsa at Sunset” (In person)
Saturday 6/25
Global Minnesota presents “An Evening Abroad Gala 2022” (In person)
Sunday 6/26
WorldOregon presents “Longreads Club – Putin and Xi Exposed the Great Illusion of Capitalism”
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