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ICWA-AAS
Annual Asian Relations Conference IV

at

Sapru House, New Delhi, India

‘Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific Region: Asian Perspectives’

21-22 March 2013

Programme

Friday, 22 March 2013

9.30 am – 11.00 am

Session IV

Indo-Pacific Region: Perspectives from the US, Russia and EU
Chair

Ambassador Dr Sheelkant Sharma, Former Secretary General, SAARC

Speakers

Lt. Gen. (Retd) Daniel P. Leaf, Asia Pacific Center for Security  Studies (APCSS), Hawaii, USA

Dr Yevgeny Alexandrovich Kanaev, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Moscow, Russia

Professor Joachim Krause, Aspen Institute, University of Kiel, Berlin, Germany

11.00 am – 11.30 am Tea
11.30 am – 1.00 pm

Session V

India and the Indo-Pacific Region
Chair

Dr C. Raja Mohan, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi

Speakers

Ambassador Hemant Krishan Singh, Former Indian Ambassador

Dr Vijay Sakhuja, Director (Research) Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi

Professor Swaran Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Commander Raghavendra Mishra, National Maritime Foundation (NMF), New Delhi

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm

Session VI

Prospects for Economic Integration
Chair Ambassador Amar Nath Ram, Former Indian Ambassador
Speakers

Dr Sanjaya Baru, Editor, Business Standard, India

Mr Asanga Abeyagoonasekara, Executive Director, Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRS), Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr Zhu Cuiping, Deputy Director, Regional Institute for Indian Ocean Economies (RIIOE), Yunnan University, Kunming, China

3.30 pm – 4.30 pm Valedictory Session
Concluding Remarks:

Ambassador Rajiv K Bhatia, Director General,
Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA),
New Delhi

Valedictory Address:

Mr Sanjay Singh
Secretary (East),
Ministry of External Affairs, India

Vote of Thanks:

Dr Reena Marwah
Secretary General,
Association of Asia Scholars (AAS), New Delhi