Policy Week Ahead

Aug 11 – 17, 2025

29 events · 22 topics · 14 organizations — think tank webinars, panels and conferences, grouped by policy topic. Times are US Eastern.

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Conflict

15 events

Media Call: Findings and Takeaways from FDD's Recent Delegation Visit to Taiwan

Mon, Aug 11 · 11:00 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order – August 12, 2025 (In-person)

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

North Korean Foreign Policy in Focus: Emerging Scholar Perspectives (Webinar) - August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

North Korean Foreign Policy in Focus: Emerging Scholar Perspectives Webinar, Tuesday, August 12, 9 AM EDT

Tue, Aug 12 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

Arakan Army Advances: Implications for Myanmar’s Civil War – Webinar, August 13, 2025, 9:00-10:00 AM US Eastern

Wed, Aug 13 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

10 more in Conflict

Diplomacy

12 events

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order – August 12, 2025 (In-person)

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order - August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

North Korean Foreign Policy in Focus: Emerging Scholar Perspectives (Webinar) - August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

North Korean Foreign Policy in Focus: Emerging Scholar Perspectives Webinar, Tuesday, August 12, 9 AM EDT

Tue, Aug 12 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

Policy Options on Afghanistan Four Years After the U.S. Withdrawal – Virtual Panel Discussion, August 14, 10:00 a.m. ET

Thu, Aug 14 · 10:00 AM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual

7 more in Diplomacy

National Security

11 events

Media Call: Findings and Takeaways from FDD's Recent Delegation Visit to Taiwan

Mon, Aug 11 · 11:00 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (August 12, 2025)

Tue, Aug 12 · 10:15 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (Online Conversation) – August 12, 2025, 2:15-3:00PM EDT

Tue, Aug 12 · 2:15 PM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

FDD Morning Brief featuring Jonathan Schanzer and Ahmad Sharawi - August 13, 2025, 8:30am ET (Virtual Event)

Wed, Aug 13 · 8:30 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual

Arms Sales and the Middle East: Another Arena for Great Power Competition? - Expert Conversation with Samuel Bendett (August 13, 2025, 1:00 p.m. EDT)

Wed, Aug 13 · 1:00 PM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual

6 more in National Security

Trade Policy

6 events

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order – August 12, 2025 (In-person)

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order - August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

Arms Sales and the Middle East: Another Arena for Great Power Competition? - Expert Conversation with Samuel Bendett (August 13, 2025, 1:00 p.m. EDT)

Wed, Aug 13 · 1:00 PM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual

British Ambassador Peter Mandelson on Trade, Tech, and Transatlantic Relations - August 14, 5:30 p.m. CT (HYBRID)

Thu, Aug 14 · 6:30 PM EDT·Chicago Council on Global AffairsHybrid

British Ambassador Peter Mandelson on Trade, Tech, and Transatlantic Relations (HYBRID EVENT)

Thu, Aug 14 · 6:30 PM EDT·Chicago Council on Global AffairsHybrid

1 more in Trade Policy

Human Rights

4 events

Policy Options on Afghanistan Four Years After the U.S. Withdrawal – Virtual Panel, August 14, 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET

Thu, Aug 14 · 10:00 AM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual

Policy Options on Afghanistan Four Years After the U.S. Withdrawal (Virtual Panel) - August 14, 2025, 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET

Thu, Aug 14 · 10:00 AM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual

Policy Options on Afghanistan Four Years After the U.S. Withdrawal (Virtual Panel Discussion, August 14, 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET)

Thu, Aug 14 · 10:00 AM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual

Event: 13th Anniversary of Austin Tice's Disappearance – National Press Club, August 14, 2025, 2:00pm ET

Thu, Aug 14 · 2:00 PM EDT·Washington PostIn person

Energy

3 events

Media Call: Findings and Takeaways from FDD's Recent Delegation Visit to Taiwan

Mon, Aug 11 · 11:00 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual

Battery Forum on Electric Mobility – August 14

Thu, Aug 14 · 9:00 AM EDT·Center on Global Energy PolicyVirtual

Energy Shots – August 15, 2025, 9:30–10:00 am EDT (Virtual Series Launch)

Fri, Aug 15 · 9:30 AM EDT·CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change ProgramVirtual

Artificial Intelligence

2 events

British Ambassador Peter Mandelson on Trade, Tech, and Transatlantic Relations (HYBRID EVENT)

Thu, Aug 14 · 6:30 PM EDT·Chicago Council on Global AffairsHybrid

British Ambassador Peter Mandelson on Trade, Tech, and Transatlantic Relations (Hybrid Event) - August 14, 2025, 5:30-6:30 p.m. CT

Thu, Aug 14 · 6:30 PM EDT·Chicago Council on Global AffairsHybrid

Defense Technology

2 events

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (August 12, 2025)

Tue, Aug 12 · 10:15 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (Online Conversation) – August 12, 2025, 2:15-3:00PM EDT

Tue, Aug 12 · 2:15 PM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Disinformation

2 events

Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America – McCloskey Speaker Series – August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 2:00 PM EDT·Aspen InstituteHybrid

FDD Morning Brief featuring Jonathan Schanzer and Ahmad Sharawi - August 13, 2025, 8:30am ET (Virtual Event)

Wed, Aug 13 · 8:30 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual

Climate Change

1 event

Energy Shots – August 15, 2025, 9:30–10:00 am EDT (Virtual Series Launch)

Fri, Aug 15 · 9:30 AM EDT·CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change ProgramVirtual

Commodities

1 event

Energy Shots – August 15, 2025, 9:30–10:00 am EDT (Virtual Series Launch)

Fri, Aug 15 · 9:30 AM EDT·CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change ProgramVirtual

Space Policy

1 event

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (Online Conversation) – August 12, 2025, 2:15-3:00PM EDT

Tue, Aug 12 · 2:15 PM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Supply Chain Security

1 event

Media Call: Findings and Takeaways from FDD's Recent Delegation Visit to Taiwan

Mon, Aug 11 · 11:00 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual

Global

22 events

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order – August 12, 2025 (In-person)

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order - August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

North Korean Foreign Policy in Focus: Emerging Scholar Perspectives Webinar, Tuesday, August 12, 9 AM EDT

Tue, Aug 12 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (August 12, 2025)

Tue, Aug 12 · 10:15 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (Online Conversation) – August 12, 2025, 2:15-3:00PM EDT

Tue, Aug 12 · 2:15 PM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

17 more in Global

United States

17 events

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order – August 12, 2025 (In-person)

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order - August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

North Korean Foreign Policy in Focus: Emerging Scholar Perspectives (Webinar) - August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (August 12, 2025)

Tue, Aug 12 · 10:15 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America – McCloskey Speaker Series – August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 2:00 PM EDT·Aspen InstituteHybrid

12 more in United States

Asia-Pacific

12 events

Media Call: Findings and Takeaways from FDD's Recent Delegation Visit to Taiwan

Mon, Aug 11 · 11:00 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order - August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

North Korean Foreign Policy in Focus: Emerging Scholar Perspectives (Webinar) - August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

North Korean Foreign Policy in Focus: Emerging Scholar Perspectives Webinar, Tuesday, August 12, 9 AM EDT

Tue, Aug 12 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

Arakan Army Advances: Implications for Myanmar’s Civil War – Webinar, August 13, 2025, 9:00-10:00 AM US Eastern

Wed, Aug 13 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

7 more in Asia-Pacific

Europe

6 events

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order – August 12, 2025 (In-person)

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

British Ambassador Peter Mandelson on Trade, Tech, and Transatlantic Relations - August 14, 5:30 p.m. CT (HYBRID)

Thu, Aug 14 · 6:30 PM EDT·Chicago Council on Global AffairsHybrid

British Ambassador Peter Mandelson on Trade, Tech, and Transatlantic Relations (HYBRID EVENT)

Thu, Aug 14 · 6:30 PM EDT·Chicago Council on Global AffairsHybrid

British Ambassador Peter Mandelson on Trade, Tech, and Transatlantic Relations (Hybrid Event) - August 14, 2025, 5:30-6:30 p.m. CT

Thu, Aug 14 · 6:30 PM EDT·Chicago Council on Global AffairsHybrid

Exploring the UK-Japan Relationship, 80 Years After VJ Day (Online Panel), 15 August 2025

Fri, Aug 15 · 8:00 AM EDT·RUSIVirtual

1 more in Europe

China

4 events

Media Call: Findings and Takeaways from FDD's Recent Delegation Visit to Taiwan

Mon, Aug 11 · 11:00 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order – August 12, 2025 (In-person)

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

China-US Trade War and the New Global Economic Order - August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 6:00 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (August 12, 2025)

Tue, Aug 12 · 10:15 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Middle East

4 events

FDD Morning Brief featuring Jonathan Schanzer and Ahmad Sharawi - August 13, 2025, 8:30am ET (Virtual Event)

Wed, Aug 13 · 8:30 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual

Arms Sales and the Middle East: Another Arena for Great Power Competition? - Expert Conversation with Samuel Bendett (August 13, 2025, 1:00 p.m. EDT)

Wed, Aug 13 · 1:00 PM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual

Policy Options on Afghanistan Four Years After the U.S. Withdrawal – Virtual Panel, August 14, 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET

Thu, Aug 14 · 10:00 AM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual

Taliban Rule and Regional Realignments Four Years On - Panel, August 15, 2025, 10:00 AM ET

Fri, Aug 15 · 10:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

Russia

3 events

North Korean Foreign Policy in Focus: Emerging Scholar Perspectives (Webinar) - August 12, 2025

Tue, Aug 12 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (August 12, 2025)

Tue, Aug 12 · 10:15 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (Online Conversation) – August 12, 2025, 2:15-3:00PM EDT

Tue, Aug 12 · 2:15 PM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Outer Space

2 events

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (August 12, 2025)

Tue, Aug 12 · 10:15 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Nukes in Space: Myths, Realities, and Consequences (Online Conversation) – August 12, 2025, 2:15-3:00PM EDT

Tue, Aug 12 · 2:15 PM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual

Africa

1 event

Policy Options on Afghanistan Four Years After the U.S. Withdrawal (Virtual Panel Discussion, August 14, 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET)

Thu, Aug 14 · 10:00 AM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual

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