Restoring the UN Sanctions System: Getting Around the Chasm Between the P5
Featured Speakers Dr. Richard Ponzio, Director, Global Governance, Justice and Security Program and Senior Fellow, Stimson. Previously, he directed the Global Governance Program at The Hague Institute for Global Justice. Ms. Loraine Rickard-Martin is a Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Compliance and Capacity Skills International and former senior political affairs officer of the UN sanctions branch. […]
Nothing is Impossible: Ted Osius on War Legacies and Mekong Issues
Featured Speakers Ted Osius, former Ambassador to Vietnam and President & CEO of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council Thảo Griffiths, Policy Advisor to Chairman of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)
3D Printing: Its Potential and Implications for International Security
Opening Remarks H.E. Ambassador Ishikane, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations Featured Speakers Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center and Atlantic Council. Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations.
Progressing Cyber Accountability: The Private Sector, NGOs, and the UN
Opening Remarks Michael Teodori, President of the Washington Foreign Law Society Featured Speakers H.E. Amb. Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and other Organizations in Geneva Prior to this, Ambassador Lauber served from 2015 as Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York. During this time, he also served as Chair […]
Tracking U.S. Arms: Implications for Security and Stability
Featured Speakers Justine Fleischner, Conflict Armament Research Hosna Jalil, Former Deputy Minister, Ministry of Interior, Afghanistan Elias Yousif, Security Assistance Monitor Moderated By Rachel Stohl, Stimson Center
Japan Held Its Halloween Election— What Now?
Featured Speakers Kunihiko Miyake, Research Director, Canon Institute for Global Studies Hiroyuki Akita, Commentator, Nihon Keizai Shimbun
Gender Mainstreaming in South Asia: Country Perspectives
Full Conference Schedule (EST): 8:00 – 8:07AM: Welcome and Introduction (By Akriti Vasudeva, Editor-at-large, South Asian Voices and Research Analyst) 8:07 – 8:15AM: Prospects for and Current Status of Gender Mainstreaming in South Asia (By Priyanka Bhide, Co-Founder and Director, Kubernein Initiative) 8:15 – 9:15AM: Panel discussion on Challenges to Women’s Integration in Trade, Economic, […]
Voices from Japan: Future of U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation in Aerospace
Featured Speakers Gen. Shunji “Bert” Izutsu, Chief of Staff, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Gen. Izutsu was previously the Commander of the Air Defense Command at Yokota and Commander of the Western Air Defense Force(Kasuga). He has also served as Director of Personnel Education in the Air Staff Officeand was Vice Commander of the Southwestern Air […]