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Hong Kong’s National Security Law went into effect on June 30, and in eight short weeks, it has rocked the territory and the international community. Two SAIS experts will examine both the core components of the law itself and political factors that led Beijing to take action. Given that the NSL has become yet another point of tension in an increasingly contentious US-China relationship, the panel will look at the response to the law by the US and other countries, and also examine the potential long-term impact of the law on Hong Kong's status as a key economic and cultural hub in East Asia.  Panelist Names u0026 Emails Professor Ho-fung Hung ([email protected]) Professor Thomas Kellogg ([email protected]) Professor Andrew Mertha ([email protected])   Ho-fung Hung is the Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy at the SAIS and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at of Johns Hopkins University.  He is the author of the award-winning Protest with Chinese Characteristics (2011) and he appears frequently in national media analyzing the Chinese political economy and of Hong Kong politics.  Thomas E Kellogg teaches China and International Law at SAIS, and is the Executive Director of the Center for Asian Law at Georgetown University. He is a leading scholar of legal reform in China, Chinese constitutionalism, and civil society movements in China. This event will be moderated by Andrew Mertha, Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professor and Director of China Studies at SAIS.