Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Ryan Mondalek offers a dynamic exploration of the shifting geopolitical landscape in the Indo-Pacific region. With tensions escalating between China and Taiwan, and global powers like the United States increasingly drawn into the fray, this session unpacks the strategic interests, historical context, and emerging flashpoints that define one of the world’s most critical theaters. Ryan Mondalek holds a master's degree in political science from Michigan State University. Coming from a family of secular religious and geopolitical scholars, he has spent the last 8 years studying the Indo-Pacific region, and China in particular, both as political scientist and geopolitical analyst and strategist.
Location:
Birmingham Next