Brussels MENA Briefing: The Economic Dimensions of the Conflict in Yemen
The Rethinking Yemen’s Economy initiative aims to contribute to peacebuilding and conflict prevention, economic stabilization and sustainable development in Yemen by building consensus in crucial policy areas through engaging and promoting informed Yemeni voices from all backgrounds (the “Development Champions”) in public discourse on development, economy and post-conflict reconstruction in Yemen, and by positively influencing local, regional and […]
Coping with New and Old Crises. Global and Regional Cooperation in an Age of Epidemic Uncertainty
Report Presentation and Media Q&A 9:00-9:20AM New York Featuring Sheikh Meshal bin Hamad Al-Thani, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the United States of America and former Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Brian Finlay, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Stimson Center Moderated by Maryam Nemazee, Al Jazeera Newshour Anchor […]
Instruments of Influence? Chinese Financing in South Asia
Speakers Atif Ahmad, Researcher Avasna Pandey, Program Manager, Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal Nilanthi Samaranayake, Strategy and Policy Analysis Director, Center for New American Security Akriti Vasudeva, Editor-at-Large, South Asian Voices Uzair Younus, Engagement and Strategy Manager, Dhamiri
Remembering Operation Tomodachi: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward
Featuring VADM Scott Van Buskirk, Retired, USN; Former Commander, U.S. Navy 7th Fleet, Former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations/Chief of Naval Personnel VADM Scott Van Buskirk commanded U.S. 7th Fleet during Operation Tomodachi while deployed in Yokosuka in 2010-2011. He previously served as Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff for the U.S. Pacific Fleet and […]
Brussels MENA Briefing: The Biden Administration’s Middle East Policy and Transatlantic Relations
Speakers included Cameron Munter, former U.S. ambassador and former president of the EastWest Institute, and James Moran, associate senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS). The discussion was moderated by Wael Abdul-Shafi, EWI MENA program associate. Biden’s election was received with a huge sigh of relief by the international community, including in […]
Chinese Infrastructure Development in Southeast Asia
Speakers David M. Lampton, Professor Emeritus of China Studies, Johns Hopkins SAIS Dr. Cheng-Chwee Kuik, Head and Associate Professor, Centre for Asian Studies, National University of Malaysia Dr. Selina Ho, Assistant Professor and Program Chair, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Remarks by Brian Eyler, Director, Southeast Asia Program, Stimson […]
What Awaits the U.S.-Japan Alliance under New Leadership?
Featuring Nobukatsu Kanehara, Professor, Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science, Doshisha University Nobukatsu Kanehara is a former senior diplomat of Japan. He was Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary in the second Abe administration from 2012 to 2019, as well as the first deputy secretary-general of the National Security Secretariat from 2013 to 2019. He is […]
Indonesia’s Foreign Policy Positioning between China and the United States: Enduring Themes, Recent Issues, Outlook in the Post-US Election Environment
However, even with Indonesia’s maintaining its core foreign policy, the U.S. and China have both made recent strong overtures to Indonesia. On the U.S. side, over the past few months the U.S. has notably increased its diplomatic, economic and security outreach to maritime Southeast Asia, and much of the attention has gone to Indonesia. What […]