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IDSA-NIDS Bilateral Dialogue
March 12, 2018 @ 5:30 am

| Venue: | Board Room: IDSA, New Delhi |
| 09:15-9:30 AM | Tea & Registration |
| 9:30-9.45AM | Introductory Remarks by Shri Jayant Prasad, DG, IDSA |
| Remarks by Tatsuo Yamamoto, President, NIDS, Japan
*(15 mnts. Each speaker) |
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Session I: 9:45-11.15am: Regional Security Architecture in Indo-Pacific Region |
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| Chair: | Tatsuo Yamamoto, President, NIDS |
| Jagannath Panda: | India, Japan and the Quadrilateral Initiative in Indo-Pacific |
| Tomotaka Shoji: | Japan’s Approach towards ASEAN amid the US-China Rivalry: Implications for Japan-India Cooperation |
| Swati Arun: | Sino-US Relations: Post-19th CPC and China in Trump’s National Security Strategy |
Session II: 11.15am-1.15pm: India-Japan Relations |
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| Chair: | Alok Deb, Deputy Director General, IDSA |
| Shebonti Ray Dadwal: | India, Japan and the Prospects of Energy Cooperation in Asia |
| Masahiro Kurita: | Countering Belt and Road: A Japanese Perspective on Japan-Indian Cooperation |
| Titli Basu: | Make in India and India-Japan Cooperation |
| Adarsh Verma: | Maturing India-Japan Security Cooperation |
| Lunch | |
Session III: 2.30-4.30pm: China and the Geo-politics of the Region |
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| Chair: | P. Stobdan, Senior Fellow, IDSA |
| Prashant Kumar Singh: | China and South Asia |
| Masafumi Iida: | China’s Maritime Expansion in the Indo-Pacific Ocean |
| M.S. Prathibha: | China’s Belt and Road Initiative |
| Abhay Kumar Singh: | Chinese Naval Base in Pakistan: Prospects and Implications |
| 4.30-4.45pm: | Concluding Remarks by President, NIDS |
| Concluding Remarks by DG, IDSA | |



