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All Topics (September 21 through November 5)

Monday, September 22

• 5:00 PM Taiwanese Politics and US-China-Taiwan Relations Under Trump 2.0 with S. Philip Hsu

Wednesday, September 24

• 2:00 PM Cinema, AI and Copyright Concerns in the US and Italy

Thursday, September 25

• 4:00 PM Green Developmental Statecraft: Pursuing Sustainable Prosperity Under Systemic Constraints
• 6:00 PM Pardee Works: Careers in Intelligence, Defense and Global Security

Friday, September 26

• 12:00 PM Beyond Buddhist Nationalism: The Politics of Decentralized Resistance in Highland Southeast Asia

Monday, September 29

• 10:00 AM Small Island States in an Uncertain Global Economy
• Small Island States in an Uncertain Global Economy with His Excellency José Ulisses Correia e Silva
• 1:00 PM An Infirm Ascendency? India’s National Security Challenges with Ashley Tellis
• 2:30 PM Global Security Initiative: Cookies & Conversation with Ashley Tellis

Wednesday, October 1

• 5:00 PM The Contested Meaning of Symbolic Spaces in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Shanghai

Thursday, October 2

• 5:00 PM Film Screening: "Made in Ethiopia"
• Film Screening: "Made in Ethiopia" & Conversation with Directors

Monday, October 6

• 12:15 PM Monopoly Politics: Competition and Learning in the Evolution of Policy Regimes

Wednesday, October 8

• 12:00 PM Securing Foundation Funding for Your Research

Thursday, October 9

• 3:00 PM Global Security Initiative: Putting the Iranian nuclear program in a broader context
• 4:00 PM Taking the Population Control out of Reproductive Health Measurement

Friday, October 10

• 12:00 PM The Perils of Power: How Minority Representation Shapes Identity and Politics in India

Friday, October 17

• 12:00 PM A Secret State within a Nation-State: The George Circle and the Rise of National Socialism in Germany

Tuesday, October 21

• 12:30 PM Global Security Initiative: Sand, Snow, And Stardust: The Military Origins Of What We Know About Extreme Environments Today

Thursday, October 23

• 4:00 PM 2025 Paul Streeten Distinguished Lecture: A Proposal for a Climate Grand Bargain Based on Local Climate Damages
• Pathogens of Finance: How Capitalism Breeds Vector-Borne Disease

Wednesday, October 29

• 4:00 PM African Literature Book Group: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
• 5:00 PM Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp

Thursday, October 30

• 4:00 PM From Refugees to ‘Non-Criminal Collaterals’: Immigration after the Vietnam War and Now with Ben Tran

Wednesday, November 5

• 2:30 PM Global Security Initiative: The Allure of the Gas Stove: Gender and Energy Security in Socialist Czechoslovakia