Responding to Trump’s New Foreign Policy Paradigm

October 6, 2025 • 9:00 – 11:00 am EDT

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The second Trump administration features policies that bring both challenges and opportunities for U.S. allies and partners. Some of these ring familiar from Trump’s first term, but others are entirely new and paradigm-shifting in their impact.  

Please join the CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy (GFP) Department for a discussion of the ways in which U.S. allies and partners around the world are navigating the Trump administration’s policies. This event marks the launch of a new CSIS GFP compendium, “Navigating Disruption: Ally and Partner Responses to U.S. Foreign Policy.” 

This event is made possible through general support to CSIS. 

Welcoming Remarks

9:00 am

Nicholas Szechenyi, Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Senior Fellow, Japan Chair, CSIS

Panel 1

9:05 am

Max Bergmann, Director, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and Stuart Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies, CSIS 

Oge Onubogu, Director and Senior Fellow, Africa Program, CSIS 

Mona Yacoubian, Senior Adviser and Director, Middle East Program, CSIS 

 

Moderated by Maria Snegovaya, Senior Fellow, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, CSIS 

Panel 2

10:00 am

Sydney Seiler, Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Korea Chair, CSIS

Charles Edel, Senior Adviser and Australia Chair, CSIS 

Kristi Govella, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, CSIS 

Gregory B. Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime  Transparency Initiative, CSIS 

 

Moderated by Henrietta Levin, Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair, CSIS 

Adjourn

11:00 am

Tags

Asia, Europe, Russia and Eurasia, Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific, Middle East, Korea, Japan, China, and Geopolitics and International Security

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Contact Information

  • Minchi Hyun
  • Special Assistant to the President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Program Manager, Korea Chair
  • MHyun@csis.org
Nicholas Szechenyi

Nicholas Szechenyi

Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Max Bergmann

Max Bergmann

Director, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and Stuart Center
Oge Onubogu

Oge Onubogu

Director and Senior Fellow, Africa Program
Gregory B. Poling

Gregory B. Poling

Director and Senior Fellow, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative

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