Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs Calendarhttps://events.jackson.yale.edu/calendarYale Jackson School of Global Affairs CalendarThu, 12 Mar 2026 13:22:18 -0400120en-usLocalistMar 24, 2026: The Radio Corporation of America and the Making of Taiwan’s Assembly, Testing, and Packaging Labor Regimes, 1960-1980 at Horchow HallThe Jackson School's Academic Workshop Series will host a presentation from Yale College student Ethan Chiu, "The Radio Corporation of America and the Making of Taiwan’s Assembly, Testing, and Packaging Labor Regimes, 1960-1980." The Student Academic Workshop Series at the Jackson School of Global Affairs is a bi-weekly forum in which advanced undergraduate and graduate students can present their research projects and receive constructive feedback from their peers.

This analysis re-centers labor and governance, rather than frontier innovation alone, in the making of Taiwan’s semiconductor assembly, testing, and packaging (ATP) sector between 1960 and 1980. It argues that the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and Taiwan’s authoritarian Kuomintang (KMT) developmental state co-produced a distinctive ATP labor regime whose exploitative features cannot be explained by corporate cost and yield imperatives alone. Under martial law and export-processing zone (EPZ) administration, the state supplied infrastructural incentives and coercive industrial relations controls that enabled feminized, piece-rate shop floors and tightly supervised dormitory living arrangements that constrained worker agency, especially for young rural women. Using developmental state theory, global value chain/network analysis, labor process theory, and feminist political economy, the study traces how RCA’s factory standards aligned with KMT governance to institutionalize discipline while accelerating export-oriented industrialization and technology transfer. Drawing on archival records (training manuals, factory rules, inspection files) and worker interviews, the presentation by Ethan Chiu also emphasizes continuity: mechanisms refined under RCA-era authoritarianism echo in how today’s Southeast Asian migrant ATP workers are treated, even after democratization and RCA’s demise.

Ethan Chiu is a senior majoring in global affairs and history. Ethan currently interns for Rush Doshi, director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ China Strategy Initiative, and for the executive office of Brookings’ AI and Emerging Technology Initiative. He is also a student fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, a director’s fellow at the Digital Ethics Center, and a 2023-24 Kerry Fellow. Extracurricularly, he is the co-president of the Alexander Hamilton Society, a co-organizer for the Geopolitics of Technology Initiative, former president and co-founder of the Yale Foreign Policy Initiative, and a former executive board member of the Yale College Council. Ethan has previously held internships at the Department of Defense, the American Enterprise Institute, and the American Red Cross. He is interested in creating more equitable top-down industrial policy and bottom-up social movement approaches to labor, especially for migrant workers within the technology sector.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5196854634412241.315434-72.922388Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -04002026-03-24T12:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/the-radio-corporation-of-america-and-the-making-of-taiwans-assembly-testing-and-packaging-labor-regimes-1960-1980Talks and LecturesMar 24, 2026: The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History, with Arne Westad at Horchow HallProfessors Arne Westad, Mike Brenes, and Emma Sky will discuss Prof. Westad's new book: The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History. Described as "a chilling look at the looming threat of the next Great Power war and the urgent interventions necessary to avoid it in the twenty-first century," The Coming Storm is a Foreign Policy most anticipated book of the year.

The vast majority of people alive today have come of age in a world of remarkable stability, presided over by either one or two Superpowers. This is not to say the world has been peaceful; but it has, to a great extent, been predictable. As an increasing number of Great Powers jostle for regional supremacy, as well as competitive advantage in nuclear technology, artificial intelligence, space exploration, and trade, our world has become more fragile, unpredictable—and combustible. The outbreak of global war among today’s Great Powers seems increasingly likely. Such war, as Odd Arne Westad powerfully argues in this urgent book, would be of a magnitude and devastation never before seen.

To understand the threats that face us in this complex new terrain, we must look to the lessons of the past, and especially the late nineteenth and early twentieth century—a time when Great Powers clashed and sought regional dominance, nationalism and populism were on the rise, and many felt that globalization had failed them; a time when tariffs increased, immigration and terrorism were among the biggest issues of the day, and a growing number of people blamed the citizens of other countries for their problems. A time, in other words, that carries eerie parallels with our own.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5208246612150541.315434-72.922388Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:30:00 -04002026-03-24T16:30:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/the-coming-storm-with-arne-westadTalks and LecturesPanel DiscussionsMar 26, 2026: Admissions On-Campus Visit Day at Horchow HallJoin us in New Haven for the day to learn about the Yale Jackson School community! The day includes an introduction with admissions, a campus tour, lunch with students, and the opportunity to attend a class.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5211814805446941.315434-72.922388Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-03-26T11:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/admissions-on-campus-visit-dayAdmissionsMar 26, 2026: U.S. Law Enforcement in Foreign Affairs at Horchow HallThe Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment will host a lecture on “U.S. Law Enforcement in Foreign Affairs” as part of the center’s Co-Lectures in the Theory and Practice of Statecraft series. The lecture will be delivered by Steven Kochevar, Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago School of Law, and Brian Driscoll, Interim Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (’25); Commander, Hostage Rescue Team (’22–25).

The series pairs practitioners from government and industry with Yale professors to deliver joint, hour-long lectures on subjects of mutual expertise. Practitioners discuss events or policy initiatives in which they participated, and academics cover related insights or results generated by their research.

The lectures are open to the Yale community.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5194024172380041.315434-72.922388Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -04002026-03-26T12:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/us-law-enforcement-in-foreign-affairs-3099Talks and LecturesMar 26, 2026: European Security and NATO at Institution for Social and Policy StudiesThe Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs and the European Union Studies Program of the Yale MacMillan Center will co-host a fireside chat, "European Security and NATO: What has changed since inauguration day, and where do we go from here?" with Peter Rough, senior fellow and director of the Center on Europe and Eurasia at the Hudson Institute. Jackson School senior lecturer Marnix Amand will moderate.

Peter Rough is a senior fellow and director of the Center on Europe and Eurasia at the Hudson Institute, which he launched in December 2022. He previously served as associate director in the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives, where he helped coordinate political strategy and outreach to key stakeholders. He has also completed stints as a policy analyst at the USAID and as an advisor to U.S. Army Special Operations Command. Rough writes and comments on U.S. foreign policy and regularly briefs official delegations, news media, public intellectuals, academics, and business leaders from around the world.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5212701136503141.314082-72.924548Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:15:00 -04002026-03-26T16:15:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/european-security-NATO-peter-roughTalks and LecturesMar 31, 2026: David Brooks: How to be Ambitious Without Being a Jerk at Henry R. Luce Hall“You want your life to have impact. That’s an admirable aspiration. But how can you tell when your ambition is corrupting you inside, steering you off-course from the person you want to be?”

Join David Brooks for How to be Ambitious Without Being a Jerk, the second installment of the Yale Conversations series. Free and open to the public. Registration required.

Student discussion: Mr. Brooks will hold a special, smaller, seminar-style discussion with Yale students after the talk starting at 5:30pm. If you are a Yale student and are interested in attending the discussion with Mr. Brooks please please register here. Space is limited and will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis. When registering please use your Yale email address. Students will be notified of the exact location of the discussion a few days before the event.

Yale Conversations: a new public forum presented by the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs in collaboration with the Office of the President and led by Presidential Senior Fellow David Brooks, fostering respectful debate and intellectual exchange across differences.

Author and columnist David Brooks was appointed as a Presidential Senior Fellow at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs in February 2026. Brooks is a staff writer at The Atlantic, and a regular contributor to PBS NewsHour. He worked as an opinion columnist at The New York Times for 22 years and has written for The Wall Street Journal, in addition to authoring books on topics ranging from neuroscience to ethics.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5220448182526941.314426-72.924324Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:00:00 -04002026-03-31T16:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/david-brooks-yale-conversations-033126Talks and LecturesApr 1, 2026: Admissions Q&AJoin the Yale Jackson School admissions team for an informal session directed by your questions!

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_52118199169677Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -04002026-04-01T09:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/admissions-qa-6559AdmissionsApr 7, 2026: David Brooks: How America Recovers from All This at Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall“The U.S. is in the midst of a political and social crisis. But this country has been here before. Other nations have been through worse and built themselves back up. What lessons can we learn? How can we build a nation we can be proud of?”

Join David Brooks for How America Recovers from All This: A Hopeful Vision for our Common Future, the third installment of the Yale Conversations series. Free and open to the public. Registration required.

Student discussion: Mr. Brooks will hold a special, smaller, seminar-style discussion with Yale students after the talk starting at 5:30pm. If you are a Yale student and are interested in attending the discussion with Mr. Brooks please please register here. Space is limited and will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis. When registering please use your Yale email address. Students will be notified of the exact location of the discussion a few days before the event.

Yale Conversations a new public forum presented by the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs in collaboration with the Office of the President and led by Presidential Senior Fellow David Brooks, fostering respectful debate and intellectual exchange across differences.

Author and columnist David Brooks was appointed as a Presidential Senior Fellow at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs in February 2026. Brooks is a staff writer at The Atlantic, and a regular contributor to PBS NewsHour. He worked as an opinion columnist at The New York Times for 22 years and has written for The Wall Street Journal, in addition to authoring books on topics ranging from neuroscience to ethics.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5220636195707341.311882-72.925196Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -04002026-04-07T16:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/david-brooks-yale-conversations-040726Talks and LecturesApr 14, 2026: International Relations in the Second Trump Era at 46 HillhouseThe Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy will host a discussion with Andrea Kendall-Taylor. Andrea Kendall-Taylor is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). She previously served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council and a senior analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. Outside of CNAS, Andrea has been a CNN national security analyst, Distinguished Practitioner at Yale University and adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Her work has been published in numerous political science and policy journals, including the Journal of Peace Research, Democratization, Journal of Democracy, Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Foreign Policy. Andrea received her B.A. in politics from Princeton University and her Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles.

The discussion will examine the current state of transatlantic affairs at a moment of profound uncertainty in the international system. It will assess the state of the war in Ukraine and US and European backing for Kyiv, Europe's growing doubts about U.S. commitment and subsequent changes in European defense policy, and the risk that Russia could seek to exploit vulnerabilities that could arise as the United States shifts the burden onto Europe.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5207440463689141.31507-72.923581Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:00:00 -04002026-04-14T17:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/international-relations-in-the-second-trump-eraTalks and LecturesApr 15, 2026: Admissions Q&AJoin the Yale Jackson School admissions team for an informal session directed by your questions!

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_52118211973981Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -04002026-04-15T12:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/admissions-qa-2694AdmissionsApr 16, 2026: Admissions On-Campus Visit Day at Horchow HallJoin us in New Haven for the day to learn about the Yale Jackson School community! The day includes an introduction with admissions, a campus tour, lunch with students, and the opportunity to attend a class.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5211817010042641.315434-72.922388Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-04-16T11:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/admissions-on-campus-visit-day-6488AdmissionsApr 16, 2026: National Technology Policy at Horchow HallThe Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment will host a lecture on “National Technology Policy” as part of the center’s Co-Lectures in the Theory and Practice of Statecraft series. The lecture will be delivered by Ketan Ramakrishnan, Associate Professor of Law, Yale Law School, and Nikita Lalwani, Director for Technology and National Security, National Security Council (’23–25).

The series pairs practitioners from government and industry with Yale professors to deliver joint, hour-long lectures on subjects of mutual expertise. Practitioners discuss events or policy initiatives in which they participated, and academics cover related insights or results generated by their research.

The lectures are open to the Yale community.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5194033751619741.315434-72.922388Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -04002026-04-16T12:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/national-technology-policy04-16-26Talks and LecturesApr 20, 2026: David Brooks: How to Fall in Love with Someone at Henry R. Luce Hall“You’ve probably thought a lot about your professional life, and your intellectual life. But what about your romantic life? Let’s have a practical conversation about how people fall in love.?”

Join David Brooks for How to Fall in Love with Someone, the fourth installment of the Yale Conversations series. Free and open to the public. Registration required.

Student discussion: Mr. Brooks will hold a special, smaller, seminar-style discussion with Yale students after the talk starting at 5:30pm. If you are a Yale student and are interested in attending the discussion with Mr. Brooks please please register here. Space is limited and will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis. When registering please use your Yale email address. Students will be notified of the exact location of the discussion a few days before the event.

Yale Conversations a new public forum presented by the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs in collaboration with the Office of the President and led by Presidential Senior Fellow David Brooks, fostering respectful debate and intellectual exchange across differences.

Author and columnist David Brooks was appointed as a Presidential Senior Fellow at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs in February 2026. Brooks is a staff writer at The Atlantic, and a regular contributor to PBS NewsHour. He worked as an opinion columnist at The New York Times for 22 years and has written for The Wall Street Journal, in addition to authoring books on topics ranging from neuroscience to ethics.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5232143434861441.314426-72.924324Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -04002026-04-20T16:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/david-brooks-yale-conversations-042026Talks and LecturesApr 22, 2026: Alliances and Supply Chains at Horchow HallThe Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment will host a lecture on “Alliances and Supply Chains” as part of the center’s Co-Lectures in the Theory and Practice of Statecraft series. The lecture will be delivered by Sang Kim, Professor of Operations Management, Yale School of Management, and Laura Taylor-Kale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Defense Industrial Base (’23–25).

The series pairs practitioners from government and industry with Yale professors to deliver joint, hour-long lectures on subjects of mutual expertise. Practitioners discuss events or policy initiatives in which they participated, and academics cover related insights or results generated by their research.

The lectures are open to the Yale community.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5194036679976841.315434-72.922388Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -04002026-04-22T12:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/alliances-and-supply-chains04-22-26Talks and LecturesApr 23, 2026: Book Talk: Michael O’Hanlon at Horchow HallThe Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment will host Michael O’Hanlon, the Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy and director of research in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, for a discussion on his book, "To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution."

In the book, O’Hanlon traces the history of U.S. military strategy, budgets, forces, operations, and wars over the country’s entire 250-year history, with focus on particular periods to illustrate the broader trends and themes within American defense policy

This event is open to the Yale community.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5201981712554241.315434-72.922388Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-04-23T00:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/book-talk-michael-ohanlon04-23-2026Talks and LecturesMay 6, 2026: Admissions Q&AJoin the Yale Jackson School admissions team for an informal session directed by your questions!

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_52118222233058Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 -04002026-05-06T09:00:00-04:00https://events.jackson.yale.edu/event/admissions-qa-1814Admissions