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On Friday November 21, 2025, at 10:00-11:30 EST (15:00-16:30 UTC) the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics , Project on Prosperity and Development hosts a hybrid event ‘Redundancy, Resiliency, and Repair: Securing Subsea Cable Infrastructure‘in Washington DC. Subsea fiber-optic cables are critical infrastructure that underpin global communications and digital transactions. With the AI revolution, increased digital connectivity, and growing threats to underwater infrastructure, the resiliency and integrity of cables is more important than ever. Following a series of case studies earlier in the year  – Ireland |Japan | Singapore | Egypt – CSIS is promising a comprehensive report that analyzes the global subsea cable ecosystem, along with its main threats.

SPEAKERS

Romina Bandura – Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS
Thomas Bryja – Program Manager and Research Associate, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS
Nakamura Tomohiro – Counsellor for Cyber and Digital Policy, Embassy of Japan
Timothy Stronge – Chief Research Officer, TeleGeography
Grace Koh – Vice President for Government Relations, Ciena Corporation
Matt Pearl – Director, Strategic Technologies Program, CSIS
HOST/MODERATOR: Erin L. Murphy – Deputy Director, Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics, CSIS