Youth Perspectives from West Asia and North Africa: Taking Action on COVID-19, Unemployment, Climate Change & other Global Challenges

Keynote Speakers H.E. Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali, Minister of Culture and Sports of the State of Qatar Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth H.E. Taha Ayhan, President of the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum Panelists Dana Khalid Al-Anzi, youth activist, President of Y17 Society Saad Abid, climate activist, President of “Bahri” Enes Efendioğlu, Founder of […]

From UNGA to COP26 & Beyond: The Future of Climate Governance

Welcome Remarks Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the 73rd UN General Assembly and former Foreign and Defense Minister of Ecuador Panelists Maja Groff, Convenor, Climate Governance Commission Richard Ponzio, Senior Fellow and Director, Global Governance, Justice and Security Program at the Stimson Center, and Member of the Climate Governance Commission (presenting the Stimson Center’s report […]

From Words to Action: Our Common Agenda and the UN75 Declaration

Panelists Danilo Turk, former President of Slovenia and President of the Club de Madrid Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly and Co-Chair, Coalition for the UN We Need Volker Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General Anna Karin Eneström, Permanent Representative of the […]

Covid, Conflict, and Climate: Food Insecurity Today and the Way Forward

Opening Remarks Brian Finlay, President and CEO, Stimson Center Featured Speakers Kelly McFarland, Director of Programs and Research, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University  Chase Sova, Senior Director of Public Policy and Research, World Food Program USA Adriana Abdenur, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Plataforma CIPÓ Rod Schoonover, Head of Ecological Security Program at […]

From Gender to Geopolitics: Towards a Feminist Foreign Policy in South Asia

Featured Speakers Farwa Aamer, Research Analyst, Stimson Center Nandita Baruah, India Country Representative, Asia Foundation  Shafqat Munir, Research Fellow and Head, Bangladesh Centre for Terrorism Research (BCTR) at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) Ambika Vishwanath, Founder and Director, Kubernein Initiative (Convener) Moderated By Akriti Vasudeva, Editor-at-large, South Asian Voices and Research Analyst, Stimson Center

What Lies Ahead in Afghanistan?

Panelists: Asfandyar Mir, Senior Expert, Asia Center, USIP Elizabeth Threlkeld, Senior Fellow and Director, South Asia Program, Stimson Center Moderator: Akriti Vasudeva, Research Analyst, South Asia Program, Stimson Center

Changing the Discourse on Taiwan: Japan-Taiwan Ties in 2021

Featured Speakers Madoka Fukuda, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Global Politics, Faculty of Law, Hosei University Madoka Fukuda is also a Visiting Scholar at Academia Sinica in Taiwan. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. in media and governance from Keio University. She specializes in the PRC’s diplomacy and cross-Strait relations in the postwar years. She published […]