Past Events

ASPI and WITA co-host USTR Amb. Katherine Tai for a discussion on the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, and critical trade issues in advance of upcoming international trade forums.

Join Robert Blake, Jr., Dr. Marty Natalegawa , and Elina Noor for a conversation on the diplomatic challenges facing Indonesia in the coming year as it serves as president of the G20.

PUBLIC Debrief on the latest Quad Leaders Meeting in Tokyo

The Asia Society Policy Institute hosts Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in delivering an address outlining the Administration’s policy toward the People’s Republic of China.

Elina Noor, Jung Pak, Shafiah Muhibat, and Chheang Vannarith discuss the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit as well as its impact and implications for the state of relations between the U.S. and ASEAN countries.

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers keynote remarks, followed by a discussion with Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd and a selection of Getting Asia to Net Zero commission members. Conversation moderated by Kate Logan.

Asia Society Policy Institute's Elina Noor discusses the Philippine election with Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit, Richard Heydarian, and Professor Victor Andres "Dindo" Manhit.

Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd examines China's economic challenges with Anna Ashton, and how Chinese leaders are seeking to adapt to meet them, and the political and foreign policy implications for China and the world in 2022.

ASPI's Danny Russel joins Yun Sun, Dr. Seong-hyon Lee, and Dr. Katrin Fraser Katz for a discussion on U.S.-Korea-China relations.

Asia Society Policy Institute Vice President Wendy Cutler, U.S.-ASEAN Business Council's Ambassdor Ted Osius, Asian Development Bank's Albert Park, and Waseda University's Shujiro Urata, discuss trade and the post-COVID era and transition.

Ambassador Katherine Tai, Wendy Cutler, Ambassador Mirpuri, and Maureen Hinman discuss the evolving role of women in the ASEAN region's economic landscape.

Join ASPI for a conversation about the future of minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific and its implications for a rules-based regional order.

Kevin Rudd, Ian Bremmer, and Ambassador Chan Heng Chee discuss U.S.-China relations and Rudd's new book, The Avoidable War.

Kevin Rudd, Mitt Romney, and Wendy Cutler discuss U.S.-China relations and Rudd's new book, The Avoidable War.

Dialogue on U.S.-China Climate Change in partnership with The Long Now Foundation as part of the COAL + ICE Exhibition

Join ASPI for a conversation about the Digital Silk Road, China's technology standards, and their impact for the U.S., Asia, and the world.

Asia Society's Kevin Rudd in conversation with former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt, European Parliament member for Poland Radoslaw Sikorski, and the Center for New American Security's Andrea Kendall-Taylor.

ASPI Vice President Daniel Russel in conversation with ASPI President Kevin Rudd, Ambassador Bilahari Kausikan, ASPI's C. Raja Mohan, on the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine for Asia and the world.

Join the Asia Society Policy Institute for a discussion about the the upcoming Republic of Korea elections in March, 2022.

Rudd and Hadley join The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser to discuss the strategic implications of this new era of China-Russia relations in an event co-hosted with the Atlantic Council.