Security and Disarmament in the Asia Pacific Programme (2002)
Day 1: 17 May 2002, Prato - Impact of September 11 on South Asia
The format will be informal in order to maximise dialogue. Each presenter and commentator is restricted to 15 minutes with the rest of each session devoted to discussion and the exchange of ideas.
| Session 1 | ||
| 9.30 - 10.30 | Professor Bill Kent | Welcome |
| Dr Gareth Evans | Security in the Asia Pacific: September 11 and After | |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Morning Tea | |
| Session 2 | ||
| 11.00 -1.00 | Mr Farhan Bokhari | Impact of September 11 on Pakistan |
| Dr N N Vohra | Impact of September 11 on India | |
| Commentator: | Professor Paolo Cotta Ramusino | |
| 1.00 - 2.00 | Lunch | |
| Session 3 | ||
| 2.30 - 4.30 | Professor S D Muni | Impact of September 11 on India-China Relations |
| Dr Dennis Woodward | China's changing strategic doctrine and military capacity | |
| Commentator: | Dr Paul van Tongeren | |
| Session 4 | ||
| 4.00 - 6.00 | Ambassador Marton Krasznai ( Director, Department of Security Policy & Cooperation in Europe & Chairman of the OSCEC Forum for Security Cooperation, Vienna) will lead off a discussion about how the security challenges in the OSCE area (Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia) and the responses to them have been affected by the changing security scenarios in Afghanistan, Central Asia, and China. | |
Day 2: 18 May 2002, Prato - The Changing Security Scenerio
The format will be informal in order to maximise dialogue. Each presenter and commentator is restricted to 15 minutes with the rest of each session devoted to discussion and the exchange of ideas.
| Session 1 | ||
| 9.00 - 11.00 | Dr Chen Jie | China-Taiwan Relations |
| Senior Professor Cheng Bifang | The Interaction of Political and Economic Factors in Cross Strait Relations | |
| Professor Hseik-wen Soong | A security perspective on China-Taiwan-US relations (in absentia) | |
| Commentator: | Dr Maria Weber | |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Morning Tea | |
| Session 2 | ||
| 11.30 - 1.00 | Professor Marika Vicziany | Islamic Insurgency in Xinjiang and its impact on regional security |
| Dr Pete Lentini | The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation post September 11 | |
| Commentator: | Dr Rodolfo Ragionieri | |
| 1.00 - 2.00 | Lunch | |
| Session 3 | ||
| 2.00 - 4.00 | Professor Gary Bouma | Religion and Terrorism and its implication for Regional Security |
| Dr David Wright-Neville | New Terrorism in Southeast Asia | |
| Commentator: | Dr Kevin P Clements | |
| Session
4 4.00 - 6.00 | Discussion about the proposed book from this roundtable and a 2nd track diplomatic dialogue planned for China in 2003 (based on the model of the two dialogues in Melbourne and Washington 1998-1999). | |