Venue: Board Room, Ist Floor
09.00-09.10 am: | Introductory Remarks by Shri Jayant Prasad, DG, IDSA |
Session I: 09.10-11.30 am | North Korea: Politics, Policies and Perspectives |
Chair: Maj Gen Alok Deb, DDG, IDSA | |
The North Korean Conundrum | Vishnu Prakash, Former Indian Ambassador to ROK (2012 –2015) (Discussant Dr Jagannath Panda, IDSA) |
Impact of UNSC Sanctions on North Korean Economy | N. Parthasarathi, Former Indian Ambassador to ROK (2005-2008) (Discussant Dr Balachandran, IDSA) |
DMZ and Korean Peninsula | Maj Gen (retd) G G Dwivedi, Former Defence Attaché in China and North Korea (Discussant Dr Prashant Kumar Singh, IDSA) |
Sanctions as an Instrument of Non-Proliferation Policy: The North Korean Experience | Kapil Patil, Associate Fellow, VIF (Discussant Grp Cpt Ajay Lele, IDSA) |
Session II: 11.30 am- 01.30 pm | Major Powers and the Korean Peninsula |
Chair: Dr Balachandran, IDSA | |
US and the Korean Peninsula | Dr Namrata Goswami, Senior Analyst, Wikistrat NATO Partnership for Peace Consortium (Discussant Dr Balachandran, IDSA) |
China and the Korean Peninsula | Dr Jagannath Panda, Research Fellow and Centre Coordinator, IDSA (Discussant Amb N. Parthasarathi) |
South Korea and the Korean Peninsula | Dr Jojin John, Research Fellow, ICWA (Discussant: Maj. Gen. G. G. Dwivedi, AMU) |
Russia and the Korean Peninsula | Dr Indrani Talukdar, Research Fellow, ICWA (Discussant: Titli Basu, IDSA) |
Japan and the Korean Peninsula | Dr Titli Basu, AF, IDSA (Discussant: Col Verma, IDSA) |
North Korea and the European Union | Nachiket Khatkiwala, Consultant MEA (Discussant: Dr Balachandran, IDSA) |
1.30- 2.30 pm: Lunch | |
Session III: 2.30- 3.30pm | India and the Korean Peninsula |
Chair: Dr Jagannath Panda, IDSA | |
Korea in India’s Act East Policy | Dr Prashant Singh, AF, IDSA (Discussant: Dr Jojin John) |
Indian Parliamentary Debates on DPRK | R.N. Das, former IDSA (Discussant: Amb. Vishnu Prakash) |