Expert panel
Details
FFurthermore the discussion shall address the strategic regional cooperation and the inclusion of new security challenges
PROGRAMME
14.45 Registration of participants and coffee
15.00 Welcome note by Dr. Wilhelm Hofmeister, Director Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Singapore
15:05Welcome note by Zsolt Rabai, Information Officer for Hungary, Pakistan, Contact Countries and other Partners across the Globe, Coordinator for NATO Contact Point Embassies, NATO HQ Public Diplomacy Division
15.10 Panel I: Afghanistan and Libya – an occasion for strengthening NATO-Asia relations or a test for NATO’s partner countries
Tsuneo „Nabe“ Watanabe, Director of Foreign and Security Policy Research, Senior Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation, Japan
Evan A. Laksmana, Senior Fellow, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia
H.E. Martin Erdmann, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Germany to NATO
Chair:Dr. Wilhelm Hofmeister, Director Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Singapore
15.45Discussion
16:15Panel II: The new security threats as areas of common interest for Asia, EU and NATO, prospects and challenges of cooperation
Dr. TANG Siew Mun, Director, Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia
Dr. LEE Soong Hee, Professor of International Politics Korea National Defense University (KNDU), Republic of Korea
Diego Ruiz Palmer, Head of Strategic Analysis Capability Section, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO HQ
Lieutnant-General Ton van Osch, Director EU Military Staff, European External Action Service
Chair: Dick Gupwell, Vice-Chairman, European Institute for Asian Studies asbl
17:00Discussion
17:30 End of roundtable