Policy Events (Jan 25 - Jan 31)
Culture Wars, economic recovery, emissions trading, healthcare, trade agreements and the Indian Army are among the topics being discussed at next week's think tank events.
Each week Policy People puts together a list of think tank events from around the globe. Below is our list for January 25 to January 31. There is a diverse range of events next week, from economic recovery to emissions trading and from healthcare to trade agreements. This week there are also several book events, discussing new published works on everything from the current culture wars to the Indian Army.
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Book event
RADIX - Monday, January 25 @ 6pm Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+00:00)
Culture - The Enemy of Progress?
Second only to COVID, “Culture Wars” have shaped the start of the 2020s, and their impact may be more long-lasting. The media has returned to the idea of nations divided by often mutually exclusive culture narratives about who we are and what we believe, reinforced by social media echo chambers in which discrete ‘truths’ compete for the attention of ‘our people’. In his new book for Radix, Culture – The Enemy Of Progress?, Simon Mundy argues that our cultures are too intertwined with the concept of the nation. Too many buildings, artefacts and activities are draped with flags. There is confusion between loyalty to personal culture and loyalty to a recent political structure built on historical fiction. The result is a poisoned social environment for the convenience of the powerful. With the departure of Trump, we will consider whether the forces he has ridden, if not unleashed, are here to stay and Mundy will argue that to combat the misuse of culture, the tools deployed must themselves be cultural.
For more information and registration: https://radixuk.org/events/culture-the-enemy-of-progress/
Online Event
CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - Monday, January 25 @ 8am Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
Role of Subnational Diplomacy in India’s Climate Change Goals
India has committed to long-term, rapid, sustainable and low-carbon development. The road to these goals travels through India's states, which hold principal authority over the electric power sector and other related policy areas. Yet progress is patchy. What hinders the states' progress—limited technical capacity, political constraints, or inadequate legislative framework? Can India's states benefit from engaging with an expected “climate-first” foreign policy from Biden? What are the technical challenges India's power sector faces in meeting these crucial climate change goals? CSIS is pleased to host key stakeholders to unpack these questions and more.
For more information and registration: https://www.csis.org/events/online-event-role-subnational-diplomacy-indias-climate-change-goals
Webcast
ASIA SOCIETY - Tuesday, January 26 @ 8am Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
Building Blocks: A Sectoral Approach to Asia-Pacific Trade
While the CPTPP and RCEP take the lion’s share of media coverage, narrower issue-specific trade deals have much to offer the Indo-Pacific region. They can be important stepping stones to future comprehensive agreements and a means to deliver relatively quick impactful outcomes. Examples of potential issue-specific deals range from digital trade, medical product supply chains, climate and trade, and anti-corruption. What are the pros and cons of narrower trade agreements and how can the challenges they present be overcome? In which areas are regional sectoral trade agreements the most relevant and timely? Which countries might join a regional agreement in the range of prospective topics? What are the prospects of a limited trade negotiation serving as a building block to a larger comprehensive agreement down the road?
For more information and registration: https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/events/building-blocks-sectoral-approach-asia-pacific-trade
Book Discussion
THE TAKSHASHILA INSTITUTION - Tuesday, 26 @ 5:30pm India Standard Time (UTC+5.30)
#BookLounge: India’s Bravehearts
India’s Bravehearts is a rare inside account of the Indian Army by one of its most celebrated officers. This book tells gripping stories of death-defying operations and daring surgical strikes, the intense training soldiers have to undergo to become battle-fit, what life is really like on the LoC and the lives of the young men who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Page-turning, thrilling and heartbreaking, it reveals the soldiers of the Indian Army close up, like you have never seen them before. Lt Gen Satish Dua (retd), the author of the book and top counter-terrorism and commando-training experts, will be in conversation with Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon, Director, Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila.
For more information and registration: https://takshashila.org.in/event/booklounge-indias-bravehearts/
Zoom webinar
CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - Tuesday, January 26 @ 10am Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
Online Event: Asia Forecast 2021
How will U.S. leadership be perceived in Asia in 2021? Will Taiwan or the DPRK become crisis hotspots? How will Asian economies recover from Covid-19? Join CSIS experts to explore these and other questions during our annual preview of political, security, and economic developments across Asia.
For more information and registration: https://www.csis.org/events/online-event-asia-forecast-2021?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=05cfabc54d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_16_07_43_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-05cfabc54d-222707654
Online event
FRIENDS OF EUROPE - Tuesday, January 26 @ 9:30am Central European Time (UTC+1)
Rethinking EU healthcare delivery models for chronic patients
After a shaky start, a European response to COVID-19 has emerged. In November 2020, the Commission published a flurry of proposals towards their vision for a European Health Union. Within this context, Friends of Europe is launching work on rethinking EU healthcare delivery models in a post-pandemic world. This first roundtable aims to identify the different care pathways, ideas for change and lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 emergency for chronic diseases. It will explore what this means in practical terms for clinicians and patients, and lessons for the way care pathways should be restructured.
For more information and registration: https://www.friendsofeurope.org/events/rethinking-eu-healthcare-delivery-models-for-chronic-patients/
Online Seminar
THE KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY - Tuesday, January 26 @ 12:30pm Central European Time (UTC+1)
Linking the EU and Chinese ETS
Linking the EU and Chinese Emission Trading Systems (ETS) increases the efficiency of reaching greenhouse gas mitigation targets, but both partners will benefit – if at all - to different degrees. Our research finds that the EU prefers full linking, while China prefers restricted allowance trading. Transfer payments cannot compensate China sufficiently to make a full link as attractive as restricted trading. Moreover, dissimilar impacts on inner-European regions could cause dissent among EU regions which could further increase difficulties in finding a linking solution favorable for all trading partners. To uncover the full implications of these different ETS approaches, join our seminar.
For more information and registration: https://www.ifw-kiel.de/institute/events/seminars-workshops/research-seminar/2021/linking-the-eu-and-chinese-ets-malte-winkler/
Web event
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE - Wednesday, January 27 @ 10am Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
Spain’s road to recovery: A conversation with Manuel Muñiz
While the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, its end appears to be in sight. Vaccine delivery, business survival in hard-hit economic sectors, and children’s education are among the many challenges policymakers face as they strive to ensure a strong and resilient recovery. Additionally, a new US administration with different practices and priorities will affect transatlantic relationships. Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Manuel Muñiz and AEI’s Stan Veuger reflect on these issues and the Spanish government’s approach to them.
For more information and registration: https://www.aei.org/events/spains-road-to-recovery-a-conversation-with-manuel-muniz/
Online event
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT - Wednesday, January 27 @ 10am Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
From Displacement to Development: Challenges and Opportunities to the Economic Inclusion of Venezuelans in Colombia
In the past years, the economic, political, and social collapse of Venezuela has pushed over 5 million Venezuelans to seek protection abroad. Despite generous support from Colombia, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans still face practical and legal barriers to obtain formal jobs. A situation that has been exacerbated due to COVID-19, which has caused massive layoffs in Colombia, with particularly devastating effects to Venezuelans. This event will discuss the status of the economic inclusion of Venezuelans in Colombia, its potential benefits, and possible solutions in the context of COVID. Panelists and speakers will discuss the dynamics of Venezuelan economic inclusion and possible solutions to generate opportunities and development for all.
For more information and registration: https://www.cgdev.org/event/displacement-development-challenges-and-opportunities-economic-inclusion-venezuelans-colombia
Webinar
INSTITUTE OF CHINESE STUDIES - Thursday, January 28 - Saturday, January 30 @ 10am India Standard Time (UTC+5:30)
China at the Crossroads: New Directions in Politics, Environment and Economy
The All India Conference of China Studies (AICCS) is the flagship event of the ICS, convened annually, with the principal objective of spreading interest in and strengthening research on China and East Asian Studies in India. The 13th AICCS will be held in collaboration with IIT - Madras China Studies Centre. Each conference has a special theme and this year’s theme is focused on “China at the Crossroads: New Directions in Politics, Environment and Economy”.
For more information and registration: https://www.icsin.org/activity/show/13th-all-india-conference-of-china-studies-aiccs
Zoom talk
CLEMENTS CENTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY - Thursday, January 28 @ 12:15pm Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Decaying State
Once the darling of U.S. statesmen, corporate elites, and academics, the People's Republic of China has evolved into America's most challenging strategic competitor. Its future appears increasingly dystopian. This book tells the story of how China got to this place and analyzes where it will go next and what that will mean for the future of U.S. strategy. The China Nightmare makes an extraordinarily compelling case that China's future could be dark and the free world must prepare accordingly. Clements will host author Dan Bumenthal for a virtual book talk on his gripping new work.
For more information and registration: https://www.clementscenter.org/events/item/2047-the-china-nightmare-the-grand-ambitions-of-a-decaying-state
Book Discussion
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION - Friday, January 29 @ 5pm India Standard Time (UTC+5:30)
Princestan: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten Made India
In the run-up to Independence, a vile plan was devised by a handful of powerful princes to not join either India or Pakistan. The plan, led by the Nawab of Bhopal operating under the patronage of Jinnah, Lord Wavell and Churchill, was to create a third dominion called Princestan where the 565 princely states would stay outside the ambit of the two free states and retain paramountcy under the aegis of the departing British. The success of such a malevolent plan would have made the newly independent nation unstable and vulnerable. However, three persons stood in the way of the nefarious British plan to balkanize India. Join us for this discussion of Princestan — the untold story of how Jawaharlal Nehru, Lord Mountbatten and Sardar Patel battled the rulers of the princely states at every twist and turn to foil that cunning plan, even as the process of decolonisation had begun.
For more information and registration: https://www.orfonline.org/research/book-discussion-princestan-how-nehru-patel-mountbatten-made-india/
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