22
August 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | Asia’s New Leaders and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific

Virtual Event | Asia’s New Leaders and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific

Past Event
Online Only
August 22, 2022
Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, President Joe Biden,  Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on May 24, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan ahead of the QUAD leaders' summit. (Zhang Xiaoyou - Pool/Getty Images)
Caption
Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on May 24, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan ahead of the QUAD leaders' summit. (Zhang Xiaoyou - Pool/Getty Images)
22
August 2022
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Dr. Patrick M. Cronin

Senior Fellow, Asia-Pacific Security Chair, Hudson Institute

Hayley Channer

Fulbright Fellow, Hudson Institute, and Senior Policy Fellow, Perth USAsia Centre

Richard Javad Heydarian

Incoming Lecturer, Asian Center, University of the Philippines

Min Joo Kim

Seoul Bureau Reporter, The Washington Post

Dr. Kei Koga

Japan Fellow, The Wilson Center, and Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University

This event will air publicly on this page on Monday, August 22, at 12:00 p.m. ET.

Since the election of President Joe Biden less than two years ago, many of the major democracies in the Indo-Pacific are under new management. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos was inaugurated as president of the Philippines at the end of June. After nearly a decade of conservative leadership in Australia, Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese became prime minister in May. That same month South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol began his single, five-year presidential term. Fumio Kishida formally took office last October, and the Upper House election last month puts him in a secure position to lead Japan in the coming years. How well these leaders work together will help determine the future of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. They will seek closer cooperation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who were elected to their country’s highest office in 2014. Meanwhile, China is preparing to extend Xi Jinping’s leadership of the Chinese Communist Party for an unprecedented third term.

Please join Hudson Institute for an event where panelists Hayley Channer, Richard Javad Heydarian, Min Joo Kim, and Dr. Kei Koga will discuss what these new leaders mean for the region. Hudson Asia-Pacific Security Chair Dr. Patrick M. Cronin will moderate the discussion.

Related Events
03
December 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
How the Trump Administration Can Reform the Foreign Service
Featured Speakers:
Simon Hankinson
Ambassador (ret.) Tibor Nagy
Drew Peterson
Moderator:
Matthew Boyse
The Harry S. Truman Federal Building is pictured on October 8, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
03
December 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
How the Trump Administration Can Reform the Foreign Service

Join Senior Fellow Matt Boyse for a conversation with three former senior foreign service officers on the opportunities for and challenges for State Department reform during the second Trump administration.

The Harry S. Truman Federal Building is pictured on October 8, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Simon Hankinson
Ambassador (ret.) Tibor Nagy
Drew Peterson
Moderator:
Matthew Boyse
03
December 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Moldova’s Euro-Atlantic Future with President of the Parliament Igor Grosu and Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi
Featured Speakers:
Igor Grosu
Mihai Popșoi
Luke Coffey
Peter Rough
Moldovan President Maia Sandu and European Union Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn pose in front of the Moldovan and EU flags in Chisinau, Moldova, on May 9, 2024. (Elena Covalenco via Getty Images)
03
December 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Moldova’s Euro-Atlantic Future with President of the Parliament Igor Grosu and Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi

Next year the country will hold important parliamentary elections, which Russia will doubtlessly try to undermine using disinformation. To discuss recent developments in Moldova and the region, Hudson is honored to welcome Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi and President of the Parliament of Moldova Igor Grosu.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu and European Union Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn pose in front of the Moldovan and EU flags in Chisinau, Moldova, on May 9, 2024. (Elena Covalenco via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Igor Grosu
Mihai Popșoi
Luke Coffey
Peter Rough
04
December 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Alaska’s Strategic Importance for the Indo-Pacific
Featured Speakers:
Senator Dan Sullivan
Kenneth R. Weinstein
A landscape marked by the oil and gas industry, September 27, 2008, at Nikiski Beach and Cook Inlet in Kenai, Alaska. The region is considered the 'ground zero' for oil and gas in Alaska, one of the top two oil producing states in the country. Lower right is Agrium Nitrogen Operations and left of that is Conoco Phillips LNG (liquefied natural gas) Facility. (Photo by Farah Nosh/Getty Images)
04
December 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Alaska’s Strategic Importance for the Indo-Pacific

Hudson’s Japan Chair will welcome Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) to give a keynote speech on Alaska’s strategic importance to the free and open Indo-Pacific. Following his address, the senator will sit down for a fireside chat with Hudson Japan Chair Kenneth R. Weinstein to discuss Alaska’s role in energy security, national security, and foreign direct investment as well as how the next administration should approach these issues.

A landscape marked by the oil and gas industry, September 27, 2008, at Nikiski Beach and Cook Inlet in Kenai, Alaska. The region is considered the 'ground zero' for oil and gas in Alaska, one of the top two oil producing states in the country. Lower right is Agrium Nitrogen Operations and left of that is Conoco Phillips LNG (liquefied natural gas) Facility. (Photo by Farah Nosh/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Senator Dan Sullivan
Kenneth R. Weinstein
09
December 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Reauthorizing the National Quantum Initiative
Featured Speakers:
Arthur Herman
Ryan McKenney
Rima Oueid
Allison R. Schwartz
(Getty Images)
09
December 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Reauthorizing the National Quantum Initiative

Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative Arthur Herman and a panel of leading experts for a discussion on why NQI reauthorization matters to government, industry, and the economy—as well as the important changes that will come with the reauthorization process.

(Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Arthur Herman
Ryan McKenney
Rima Oueid
Allison R. Schwartz