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
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| Thursday, 21 March 2013 |
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| 10.30 am – 11.00 am |
Registration
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| 11.00 am – 11.30 am |
Inaugural Session
| Welcome Remarks: |
Professor Swaran Singh |
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President |
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Association of Asia Scholars (AAS), |
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New Delhi |
| Inaugural Address: |
Ambassador Rajiv K Bhatia |
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Director General, |
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Indian Council of World Affairs ICWA) |
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New Delhi |
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| 11.30 am – 1.00 pm |
Session I
Indo-Pacific Region as a Spatial Concept |
| Chair |
Ambassador Sudhir T. Devare, Former Indian Ambassador |
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Speakers
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Ambassador K V Bhagirath, Secretary-General, Indian Ocean Rim
Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC), Mauritius
Professor Michimi Muranushi, University of Gakushuin, Tokyo, Japan
Dr Lawrence W Prabhakar, Madras Christian College (MCC), Chennai, India
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| 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm |
Lunch
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| 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm |
Session II
Indo-Pacific Region: Perspectives from Indian Ocean |
| Chair |
Commodore (Retd) C. Uday Bhaskar, National Maritime Foundation (NMF), New Delhi
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| Speakers |
Dr Hoseana B. Lunogelo, Executive Director, Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Ambassador Noellie Alexander, Seychelles (TBC)
Commodore M R Khan, Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), New Delhi
Mr Ahmed M. Al Astad, The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), Abu Dhabi
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| 3.30 pm – 4.00 pm |
Tea
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| 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm |
Session III
Indo-Pacific Region: Perspectives from Southeast and East Asia |
| Chair |
Professor Madhu Bhalla, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi
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| Speakers |
Ms Melissa H. Conley Tyler, Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), Deakin, Australia
Ms Sumathy Permal, Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ms Chan Git Yin, Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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| 6.00 pm – 6.30 pm |
Special Session
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| Welcome Remarks: |
Ambassador Rajiv K Bhatia, Director General,
Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA),
New Delhi
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| Keynote Address: |
H.E. Mr Salman Khurshid, Hon’ble External
Affairs Minister, India |
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