Policy Week Ahead

Jun 30 – Jul 6, 2025

34 events · 21 topics · 22 organizations — think tank webinars, panels and conferences, grouped by policy topic. Times are US Eastern.

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Diplomacy

8 events

Partners or Rivals? Areas of Convergence and Divergence of Interests in the Indo-Pacific - Virtual Launch Event

Mon, Jun 30 · 10:00 AM EDT·Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)Virtual

Book Talk | The Great Powers, and Iran’s Social and Political Evolution

Mon, Jun 30 · 12:00 PM EDT·Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftVirtual

Sydney launch: Australia and the new world disorder

Tue, Jul 1 · 2:30 AM EDT·Lowy InstituteIn person

European China Talent Program (ECTP) – Workshops, Expert Discussions, Oxford-style Debate (July 1–4, 2025)

Tue, Jul 1 · 4:00 AM EDT·MERICSIn person

Launch of the 2025 Lowy Institute Poll: Australian attitudes to the world - Sydney

Tue, Jul 1 · 4:30 AM EDT·Lowy InstituteIn person

3 more in Diplomacy

National Security

7 events

Crime After War Webinar Series - Session #2: Post-Conflict Organized-Crime Dynamics in Russia & Ukraine

Mon, Jun 30 · 9:00 AM EDT·Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized CrimeVirtual

Partners or Rivals? Areas of Convergence and Divergence of Interests in the Indo-Pacific - Virtual Launch Event

Mon, Jun 30 · 10:00 AM EDT·Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)Virtual

Sydney launch: Australia and the new world disorder

Tue, Jul 1 · 2:30 AM EDT·Lowy InstituteIn person

Launch of the 2025 Lowy Institute Poll: Australian attitudes to the world - Sydney

Tue, Jul 1 · 4:30 AM EDT·Lowy InstituteIn person

The Future of U.S.–Caribbean Relations

Tue, Jul 1 · 10:00 AM EDT·Inter-American DialogueHybrid

2 more in National Security

Trade Policy

7 events

European China Talent Program (ECTP) – Workshops, Expert Discussions, Oxford-style Debate (July 1–4, 2025)

Tue, Jul 1 · 4:00 AM EDT·MERICSIn person

PromethEUs Conference 'Simplify to Compete: Rethinking EU Regulation for a Digital Future' (2 July 2025)

Wed, Jul 2 · time TBA·I-Com (PromethEUs Network, with Elcano Royal Institute, IOBE, Institute of Public Policy-Lisbon)Hybrid

Can Multinationals Win in China? Lessons from Apple's Experience - Virtual Livestream on July 2, 2025

Wed, Jul 2 · 9:00 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Can Multinationals Win in China? Lessons from Apple’s Experience - Virtual Panel Discussion

Wed, Jul 2 · 9:00 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

DIRCO-SAIIA Symposium: Advancing Financial Inclusion for Sustainable Development and Economic Resilience (Livestream) – 3 July 2025

Thu, Jul 3 · 4:00 AM EDT·South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)Virtual

2 more in Trade Policy

Finance

5 events

4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4): Plenaries and Climate/Fiscal Justice Side Events

Mon, Jun 30 · 3:00 AM EDT·Plataforma CIPÓIn person

Side Event: Prioritizing Financing for Food System Transformation: Options and Trade-offs

Tue, Jul 1 · 10:30 AM EDT·International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)In person

Rethinking debt sustainability to kickstart growth (3 July 2025)

Thu, Jul 3 · time TBA·UNU-WIDERVirtual

DIRCO-SAIIA Symposium: Advancing Financial Inclusion for Sustainable Development and Economic Resilience (Livestream) – 3 July 2025

Thu, Jul 3 · 4:00 AM EDT·South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)Virtual

DIRCO-SAIIA G20 Symposium: Advancing Financial Inclusion for Sustainable Development and Economic Resilience (3 July 2025)

Thu, Jul 3 · 4:00 AM EDT·South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)In person

Climate Change

4 events

4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4): Plenaries and Climate/Fiscal Justice Side Events

Mon, Jun 30 · 3:00 AM EDT·Plataforma CIPÓIn person

Elcano Policy Paper Presentation: 'Water in Spain: Opinions, Attitudes and Priorities of Citizens' (1 July 2025)

Tue, Jul 1 · time TBA·Real Instituto ElcanoIn person

European China Talent Program (ECTP) – Workshops, Expert Discussions, Oxford-style Debate (July 1–4, 2025)

Tue, Jul 1 · 4:00 AM EDT·MERICSIn person

Launch of the 2025 Lowy Institute Poll: Australian attitudes to the world - Sydney

Tue, Jul 1 · 4:30 AM EDT·Lowy InstituteIn person

Conflict

3 events

Crime After War Webinar Series - Session #2: Post-Conflict Organized-Crime Dynamics in Russia & Ukraine

Mon, Jun 30 · 9:00 AM EDT·Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized CrimeVirtual

Sydney launch: Australia and the new world disorder

Tue, Jul 1 · 2:30 AM EDT·Lowy InstituteIn person

Strategic Landpower Dialogue: A Conversation with VCSA General James Mingus (July 2, 2025, 08:45-10:00 EDT, Virtual)

Wed, Jul 2 · 8:45 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Human Rights

2 events

Meritocracy in the 21st Century: Relaunch of The Aristocracy of Talent

Mon, Jun 30 · 8:30 AM EDT·Policy ExchangeIn person

Worsening Food Insecurity, Waning Response Capacity: Options for a Better Way Forward – Policy Seminar, July 2, 2025

Wed, Jul 2 · time TBA·International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Virtual

Commodities

2 events

Rethinking debt sustainability to kickstart growth (3 July 2025)

Thu, Jul 3 · time TBA·UNU-WIDERVirtual

The acceleration of inequalities, a time bomb – Rencontres Économiques 2025, July 4, 2025

Fri, Jul 4 · time TBA·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)In person

Defense Technology

2 events

Strategic Landpower Dialogue: A Conversation with VCSA General James Mingus

Wed, Jul 2 · 8:45 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA)Hybrid

Seminar: Bangladesh's Foreign Policy and US, China and India in a Fluid Indo-Pacific

Wed, Jul 2 · 10:00 AM EDT·East-West Center in WashingtonIn person

Cybersecurity

1 event

PromethEUs Conference 'Simplify to Compete: Rethinking EU Regulation for a Digital Future' (2 July 2025)

Wed, Jul 2 · time TBA·I-Com (PromethEUs Network, with Elcano Royal Institute, IOBE, Institute of Public Policy-Lisbon)Hybrid

Artificial Intelligence

1 event

PromethEUs Conference 'Simplify to Compete: Rethinking EU Regulation for a Digital Future' (2 July 2025)

Wed, Jul 2 · time TBA·I-Com (PromethEUs Network, with Elcano Royal Institute, IOBE, Institute of Public Policy-Lisbon)Hybrid

Energy

1 event

Elcano Policy Paper Presentation: 'Water in Spain: Opinions, Attitudes and Priorities of Citizens' (1 July 2025)

Tue, Jul 1 · time TBA·Real Instituto ElcanoIn person

Space Policy

1 event

Militarisation of Space and the Private Sector’s Expanding Role

Wed, Jul 2 · 6:30 AM EDT·GCSPHybrid

Global

14 events

4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4): Plenaries and Climate/Fiscal Justice Side Events

Mon, Jun 30 · 3:00 AM EDT·Plataforma CIPÓIn person

Meritocracy in the 21st Century: The Aristocracy of Talent Relaunch

Mon, Jun 30 · 8:30 AM EDT·Policy ExchangeHybrid

Meritocracy in the 21st Century

Mon, Jun 30 · 8:30 AM EDT·Policy ExchangeVirtual

Sydney launch: Australia and the new world disorder

Tue, Jul 1 · 2:30 AM EDT·Lowy InstituteIn person

Launch of the 2025 Lowy Institute Poll: Australian attitudes to the world - Sydney

Tue, Jul 1 · 4:30 AM EDT·Lowy InstituteIn person

9 more in Global

Europe

9 events

4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4): Plenaries and Climate/Fiscal Justice Side Events

Mon, Jun 30 · 3:00 AM EDT·Plataforma CIPÓIn person

Meritocracy in the 21st Century - The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

Mon, Jun 30 · 8:30 AM EDT·Policy ExchangeHybrid

Elcano Policy Paper Presentation: 'Water in Spain: Opinions, Attitudes and Priorities of Citizens' (1 July 2025)

Tue, Jul 1 · time TBA·Real Instituto ElcanoIn person

European China Talent Program (ECTP) – Workshops, Expert Discussions, Oxford-style Debate (July 1–4, 2025)

Tue, Jul 1 · 4:00 AM EDT·MERICSIn person

Side Event: Prioritizing Financing for Food System Transformation: Options and Trade-offs

Tue, Jul 1 · 10:30 AM EDT·International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)In person

4 more in Europe

United States

5 events

The Future of U.S.–Caribbean Relations

Tue, Jul 1 · 10:00 AM EDT·Inter-American DialogueHybrid

Strategic Landpower Dialogue: A Conversation with VCSA General James Mingus (July 2, 2025, 08:45-10:00 EDT, Virtual)

Wed, Jul 2 · 8:45 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Strategic Landpower Dialogue: A Conversation with VCSA General James Mingus

Wed, Jul 2 · 8:45 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA)Hybrid

Seminar: Bangladesh's Foreign Policy and US, China and India in a Fluid Indo-Pacific

Wed, Jul 2 · 10:00 AM EDT·East-West Center in WashingtonIn person

Holding Colleges Accountable: From Graduation to Gainful Employment

Wed, Jul 2 · 4:00 PM EDT·American Enterprise InstituteVirtual

China

4 events

European China Talent Program (ECTP) – Workshops, Expert Discussions, Oxford-style Debate (July 1–4, 2025)

Tue, Jul 1 · 4:00 AM EDT·MERICSIn person

Can Multinationals Win in China? Lessons from Apple's Experience - Virtual Livestream on July 2, 2025

Wed, Jul 2 · 9:00 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Can Multinationals Win in China? Lessons from Apple’s Experience - Virtual Panel Discussion

Wed, Jul 2 · 9:00 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Seminar: Bangladesh's Foreign Policy and US, China and India in a Fluid Indo-Pacific

Wed, Jul 2 · 10:00 AM EDT·East-West Center in WashingtonIn person

Middle East

2 events

Webinar: Unpacking the Red Sea Crisis

Tue, Jul 1 · 6:00 AM EDT·ACLEDVirtual

Economic Outlook for Central Asia and the Caucasus - July 2, 2025

Wed, Jul 2 · 10:00 AM EDT·American Foreign Policy CouncilVirtual

Africa

2 events

DIRCO-SAIIA Symposium: Advancing Financial Inclusion for Sustainable Development and Economic Resilience (Livestream) – 3 July 2025

Thu, Jul 3 · 4:00 AM EDT·South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)Virtual

DIRCO-SAIIA G20 Symposium: Advancing Financial Inclusion for Sustainable Development and Economic Resilience (3 July 2025)

Thu, Jul 3 · 4:00 AM EDT·South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)In person

Russia

1 event

Crime After War Webinar Series - Session #2: Post-Conflict Organized-Crime Dynamics in Russia & Ukraine

Mon, Jun 30 · 9:00 AM EDT·Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized CrimeVirtual

Asia-Pacific

1 event

Sydney launch: Australia and the new world disorder

Tue, Jul 1 · 2:30 AM EDT·Lowy InstituteIn person

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