All Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs Events
2025–2026 Academic Year
- How Should Japan Act in Enhancing Regional Security and Deterrence in the Advent of New Global Reality? with Admiral (ret.) Tomohisa TAKEI (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)
October 8, 2025, 3:00–4:00 pm HST (online only, video recording available)
- Where Are the Women in Diplomacy? On the Invisibility of Women in Cold War Asia with Naoko Shimazu (University of Tokyo)
October 23, 2025, 9:15–10:15 am HST (in-person only, Imin Center Pacific Room)
- Women, Peace and Security in the Quad’s Commitment to a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
October 23–24, 2025 (private workshop)
- China, Southeast Asia, and Geopolitical Dynamics in 2025 | Lived Geopolitics in the South China Sea: China and Southeast Asia
November 19, 2025, 12:00–1:30 pm HST (online only, video recording available)
- Japan’s Minilateral Engagement and Taiwan Contingency: QUAD and SQUAD with Yoichiro Sato (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
January 23, 2026, 12:00–1:00 pm HST (in-person only, Tokioka Room)
- China, Southeast Asia, and Extractive Industries
February 4, 2026, 12:00–1:30 pm HST (online only, video recording available)
- Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security with Fiona Cunningham (University of Pennsylvania)
February 23, 2026, 5:00–6:00 pm HST (online only, video recording available)
- Multilateral Development Banks in Times of Uncertainty with Alain Borghijs (Asian Development Bank)
February 26, 2026, 12:00–1:30 pm HST (hybrid event)
- Indo-Pacific Policy Lab Intern Showcase
March 23, 2026, 3:00–4:00 pm HST (in-person only, video recording available)
2024–2025 Academic Year
- Sharpening the Spear: Geostrategic Competition in Micronesia with Kenneth Gofigan Kuper (University of Guam)
October 3, 2024, 3:30–4:30 pm HST (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online, video recording available)
- Imperfect Partners: United States and Southeast Asia with Scot Marciel (Stanford University)
October 30, 2024, 3:00–4:30 pm HST (online, video recording available)
- Asia’s 2024 Elections
November 15, 2024, 2:00–3:30 pm HST (in-person only, Saunders 704)
- Climate Security Theory is Incomplete without a Gendered Human Security Lens with Maryruth Belsey Priebe (aXXelerate)
November 20, 2024, 2:00–3:00 pm HST (online)
- The North Korea-Russia Alliance and Geopolitics of East Asia
December 4, 2024, 2:00–3:15 pm HST (in-person only, Imin International Conference Center)
- Deep-Sea Mining: What are the Environmental Risks and Why Should We Care? with Jeffrey Drazen (University of Hawai’i at Mānoa)
January 28, 2025: 2:00–3:00 pm HST (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online)
- Landing a Job in the Foreign Service: Opportunities and Challenges with Shannon Dorsey and Drew Schufletowski (US Department of State)
February 28, 2025: 2:00–3:00 pm HST (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online)
- Foreign Aid, Democracy, and Global Security with Elise Rainer (American Public University & University of Washington)
April 1, 2025: 3:00–4:00 pm HST (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online, video recording available)
- How to Study, Live, Work, and Thrive in a Career in International Affairs with Elise Rainer (American Public University & University of Washington)
April 2, 2025: 12:00–1:30 pm HST (in-person student talk story, 319 Moore Hall)
- From Colonial Histories to Global Affairs: Careers Crossing Fields and Regions with Dr. Anand Yang (Professor of History and International Studies, University of Washington)
April 15, 2025: 3:00–4:00 pm HST (online)
- The Blue Pacific Continent: Striving for “Real” Influence in the Indo-Pacific with Sione Tekiteki (Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Auckland University of Technology & former Director of Governance and Engagement, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat)
April 24, 2025: 3:00–4:00 pm HST (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online)
- Digital Politics in China: Governance, Information Control, & Strategic Competition
April 28, 2025: 12:00 pm–1:30 pm HST (hybrid, I.T. Center 105 A/B and online)
2023–2024 Academic Year
- Diplomat and Special Agent: From Kailua to the Foreign Service with Larry Chun (US Department of State)
August 30, 2023 at 3:00–4:30 pm HST (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online, video recording available)
- Accelerating Asia-Pacific Space Economies Through Partnerships: Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices
September 5, 2023 at 3:00–5:00 pm HST (online, video recording available)
- Public Diplomacy: Telling America’s Story, Connecting People, and Shaping Foreign Policy with Mireille Zieseniss (US Indo-Pacific Command)
September 20, 223 at 3:00–4:30 pm HST (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online, video recording available)
- A Naval Attaché’s Perspective on the Hong Kong Protests with Paul Sierleja (US Naval War College)
September 20, 2023 at 5:30–6:45 pm HST (online, off-the-record event)
- Honolulu Nuclear Policy Workshop
October 1–3, 2023 (in-person)
- Technology and Tensions in Southeast Asia with Elina Noor (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
October 24, 2023 (hybrid, video recording available)
- Think Tank Careers: Policy, Communications, and Project Management
October 25, 2023 at 3:00–4:30 pm HST (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online, video recording available)
- Undersea Cables, Geoeconomics, and Security in the Indo-Pacific: Risks and Resilience
October 26–27, 2023 (private workshop)
- China’s Engagement with the Pacific Islands with April Herlevi (CNA) and Tarcisius Kabutaulaka (UH Mānoa)
November 6, 2023 at 12:00–1:00 pm HST (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online, video recording available)
- Indo-Pacific Affairs Internship Award Showcase & Information Session
November 9, 2023 at 2:00–3:00 pm (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online, video recording available)
- “Fish Pay No Attention to Political Boundaries”: Tilapia and Travel in the Making of Today’s Indo-Pacific with Anthony Medrano (Yale-NUS)
November 9, 2023 at 4:30–5:30 pm (in-person only, 258 Moore Hall)
- Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy with Lin Zhang (University of New Hampshire)
November 13, 2023 at 11:00 am–12:00 pm HST (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online, video recording available)
- The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative on Southeast Asia (Panel Discussion)
November 15, 2023 at 12:00–1:30 pm (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online, video recording available)
- Inaugural Space Diplomacy Symposium (organized in partnership with the University of Washington)
November 29, 2023 (Seattle, Washington)
- The Future of Security and Economic Competition in the Indo-Pacific
December 14–15, 2023 (private workshop)
- A Conversation with Dr. James Viernes and Ulamila Cagivanua
February 7, 2024 at 3:00–4:30 pm (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online)
- Indo-Pacific Affairs Internship Showcase & Information Session
February 12, 2024 at 11:30 am–12:30 pm (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online, video recording available)
- France, the Blue Pacific and the Indo-Pacific with Nic Maclellan (Islands Business)
March 6, 2024 at 12:00–1:00 pm (258 Moore Hall)
- Fishing in Troubled Waters with Hongzhou Zhang (RSIS, Nanyang Technological University)
March 7, 2024 at 12:00–1:15 pm HST (online only, video recording available)
- Environmental Security in Asia and China’s EV industry with Ilaria Mazzocco (CSIS)
April 11, 2024 at 12:00–1:15 pm HST (online only, video recording available)
- Working with Climate Change and Sustainability in the Asia-Pacific with Ken Haig (Amazon Web Services)
April 17, 2024 at 3:00–4:00 pm HST (hybrid, 258 Moore Hall and online, video recording available)
- Undersea Cables and Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific
May 22, 2024 at 2:00–3:00 pm HST (online only, video recording available)
- Japan’s Rise as a Regional and Global Power, 2013-2023 with Brad Glosserman (Tama University & Pacific Forum)
June 17, 2024 at 2:00–3:00 pm HST (online only)
2022–2023 Academic Year
