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Hybrid Event
Environmental Crisis in Southeast Asia: Politics, Misrule, And Resistance
October 22-23, 2026 | 9:00 – 5:00 PM (ET)
NYU Wagner – Main Event Space, Room 101 (105 East 17th Street, New York, New York, 10003)
Featuring:
W.J. Ward Berenschot, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Arthur Blundell, Natural Capital Advisers
Pianporn (Pai) Deetes, Executive Director, Rivers and Rights
Jessica DiCarlo, Assistant Professor, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability, University of Utah
Muhammad Naser El Haq, Rights CoLab
Brian Eyler, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia and Energy, Water, & Sustainability Programs
John Gershman, Clinical Professor of Public Service, Director of International Specialization, NYU Wagner
Erik Harms, Professor of Anthropology and Southeast Asia Studies, Chair, Council on Southeast Asian Studies, Yale University
Thuy Ho, Department of Geography, Indiana University at Bloomington
Sidney Jones, Program in International Relations, New York University
Sophia Kalantzakos, Global Distinguished Professor, Environmental Studies and Public Policy, NYU Abu Dhabi
Guinevere “Gwen” Latoza, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Yifei Li, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, NYU Shanghai
Munawar Liza, Aceh Center for Peace and Development
Danny Marks, Assistant Professor of Environmental Politics and Policy, Dublin City University
Dian Patria, Indonesian Anti-Corruption Commission
Natchaya Pichetsatha, Climate Change Policy Advisor and Environmental Justice Lawyer
Frances Seymour, Senior Policy Advisor, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Yale School of the Environment
Jewellord “Jojo” Nem Singh, Principal Research Fellow in Global Political Economy at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex
Dewi Suralaga, Lead Consultant for Indonesia Coordination, The Climate and Land Use Alliance
Eve Warburton, Research Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University
Piyaporn Wongruang, Founder and Editor, The Bangkok Tribune
Kevin Woods, Associate Researcher, Chulalongkorn University
Organizer: New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN)
Co-Sponsors: Program in International Relations, NYU; APEC Study Center, Columbia University
Hybrid Event
AIIB: Ten Years On
Monday, October 5, 2026 | 5:30 – 6:30 PM (ET)
Furman Hall Room 212 and Zoom (245 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012)
Featuring: Natalie Lichtenstein, Inaugural General Counsel, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) (Retired)
Moderator: José Enrique Alvarez, Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law, New York University School of Law; Faculty Director, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, New York University School of Law
Co-sponsored by the U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) of New York University School of Law
Hybrid Event
Is Japan Back? Growth and Corporate Governance
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | 6:00 – 7:00 PM (ET)
Furman Hall Room 212 and Zoom (245 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012)
Featuring: Paul Sheard, Economist and Author
Co-sponsored by the U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) of New York University School of Law
Hybrid Event
Liberation Day in East Asia: One Year Later
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM (ET)
Furman Hall Room 316 and Zoom (245 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012)
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Featuring: Henry Gao, Professor of Law and Lee Kong Chian Fellow, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University
Moderator: Robert Howse, Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law, New York University School of Law
Co-sponsored by the U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) of New York University School of Law
Hybrid Event
Asia's Aging Security: How Demographic Change Affects America's Allies and Adversaries
Monday, March 30, 2026 | 4:10 – 5:40 PM (ET)
International Affairs Building Room 918 (420 W. 118th St., New York, NY 10027) and Zoom
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Featuring: Andrew L. Oros, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Washington College, Maryland
Moderator: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University
Hybrid Event
Chinese Global Environmentalism
Friday, March 27, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (ET)
Furman Hall Room 330 and Zoom (245 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012)
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Featuring: Alex Wang, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law; Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in US-China Relations and Communication
Moderator: Katherine Wilhelm, Executive Director, U.S.-Asia Law Institute; Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law
Co-sponsored by the U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) of New York University School of Law
Hybrid Event
From Mao to Now: China’s 20th-Century Global Development Finance
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | 4:30 – 6:00 PM
International Affairs Building Room 918 (420 W. 118th St., New York, NY 10027) and Zoom
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Featuring: Austin Strange, Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong
Moderator: Moderator: Zongyuan (Zoe) Liu, Senior Research Scholar, Institute of Global Politics; Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University and the China and World Program
Virtual Event
China’s Role in the Arctic
Thursday, February 26, 2026 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM (ET)
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Featuring: Yuanyuan (Kate) Ren, Assistant Professor, University of Dayton School of Law
Co-sponsored by the U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) of New York University School of Law
Hybrid Event
Prospects for Relations with North Korea
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 | 6:30 PM (ET)
The Korea Society (350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10017)
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Featuring:
Keith Luse, Executive Director, National Committee on North Korea
Ankit Panda, Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon
Rachel Minyoung Lee, Senior Fellow, Stimson Center’s Korea Program and 38 North
Susan A. Thornton, Director, Forum on Asia-Pacific Security, National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP)
Moderator: Jonathan Corrado, Policy Director, The Korea Society
Co-sponsored by The Korea Society and NCAFP