BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MP-IDSA - ECPv6.15.12.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://idsa.in X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MP-IDSA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20100101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20110216T053000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20110216T053000 DTSTAMP:20261109T145834 CREATED:20231223T124659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T001038Z UID:62675-1297834200-1297834200@idsa.in SUMMARY:Presidential Address at the 13th Asian Security Conference DESCRIPTION:Director General\, IDSA\, Shri N.S Sisodia\,\nDistinguished participants\,\nLadies and gentlemen\, \nI have great pleasure in welcoming you all to the 13th edition of the Asian Security Conference. We all have gathered here on the occasion of Id-e-Milad\, birthday of Holy Prophet Mohammad. I extend my warm greetings to all of you\, particularly to all our Muslim brethren. The Prophet’s message of peace is today all the more relevant for all nations and societies\, as they grapple with violence and terrorism\, besides many other nefarious activities. \nToday\, we all miss the presence of Shri K Subrahmanyam. He would surely have been amidst us\, had destiny not willed it otherwise. His strategic vision has helped the IDSA achieve its present status. I am happy to announce that a K. Subrahmanyam Chair is being established at IDSA in his memory. We hope that the outstanding scholars selected to occupy the Chair will carry forward Late Shri Subrahmanyam’s outstanding work. \nThe theme of this 13th Asian Security Conference – ‘Towards a New Asian Order’ is extremely relevant in today’s context. The 21st century has for long been termed – ‘Asian Century’. As we enter the second decade of the 21st century\, building a New Asian Order is crucial\, if Asia region has to emerge as a world leader. This will be possible only in an atmosphere of peace and harmony and not under the shadow of guns. The contours of the Asian order will have a significant bearing on the world order. \nThe eminent gathering at this Conference includes distinguished speakers from the world over. Their experiences\, thoughts and perspectives on Asia will go a long way in achieving a stable\, equitable\, prosperous and a just order in Asia. \nIf the Asian Century is to become a living reality\, firstly\, it is the responsibility of all Asian states to create and sustain such an order. Secondly\, the traditional Asian ethos based on the principles of Panchsheel has to form its core\, namely – respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty\, non-aggression\, non-interference in each other’s internal affairs\, equality and mutuality and peaceful co-existence. Sustained peace and security will lead to a more lasting economic prosperity\, social well-being and equity with justice for the people of Asia. There will be contentious issues along the way\, but we should always try to resolve them through mutual understanding\, dialogue at bilateral and multilateral levels and a pan-Asian framework. However\, if nations permit themselves to be swayed by the burden of historical factors\, we will be putting the peace and security of the region and the world in grave peril. \nIndia has always been at the forefront of resolution of issues through peaceful means and mutual dialogue between nations. Soon after India’s independence\, New Delhi’s avowed objective was to “provide a cultural and intellectual revival and social progress in Asia.” Over the years\, Asian nations have achieved this – individually\, as well as collectively. \nThe last century witnessed two World Wars. However\, any large-scale conflict in nuclear age will have unforeseen consequences. The stability of the Asian region is crucial for world peace\, as several nations of the region have become seething cauldrons of violence and unrest. Transition of power must invariably be through peaceful and non-violent means. \nIndia’s location on the map of Asia gives it a central and strategic importance. Nations such as India\, China and Japan have historical and cultural linkages. Given such a unique interconnectivity between these and other Asian nations too\, security-related challenges and their solutions require a united approach from the entire region. Some of the prominent challenges that face the Asian region include – terrorism\, nuclear proliferation\, piracy and smuggling of arms. The leadership of Asian regions – individually\, as well as collectively\, need to work upon building a common identity and an efficient security architecture. If the European Union can do it successfully\, there is no reason why the Asian region can’t better it. \nThis thirteenth edition of the Asian Security Conference must develop the fine print of a common\, yet overarching security architecture. Nations of the region have to cooperate on a much larger scale. Some existing institutions like the East Asia Summit and SAARC can and must be broad-based\, developed and fine-tuned. Such organisations can really go a long way in developing lasting peace\, harmony and stability that is rooted in mutual economic growth and sensitivity for each other’s security concerns. \nThe twin processes of globalisation and liberalisation have made the probability of full-blown wars a remote possibility. Peace and stability have become irreversibly interlinked with economic growth. However\, despite the economic interdependence\, several Asian nations continue to be plagued by internal disturbances and militancy. Most often the expression of discontent by the people actually reflects their burning desire for good governance and all-round development. \nLadies and Gentlemen\, \nThe concept of security is rapidly expanding and evolving. Security today seeks to measure economic growth in terms of the general standards of living of the poor and the underprivileged. Climate change and the direction in which the global economy is headed\, form the core of any discourse on fresh security issues. I believe that climate change and the direction of the global economy also feature as issues to be addressed by this Conference. \nAt times\, there is a misplaced scepticism on the space available for the rise and growth of Asian powers. I have no doubt that provided we have the will\, creation of space for all Asian nations to grow will never be a constraint. \nFriends\,\nIndia’s democratic fabric provides its citizens a direct stake through universal adult franchise. Political transition has always been peaceful\, non-violent and through people’s participation. Successive governments have sought to bring about a transformation in its diverse and pluralistic society within this democratic framework. \nOur relations with other nations are dictated by our security imperatives. We have never wanted to further our relationship with a particular nation at the cost of relations with any other country. In our neighbourhood\, we have always been in favour of resolving issues through dialogue and constant engagement. \nAs two of the largest nations of the region\, India and China need to enhance cooperation levels on common issues such as climate change and trade. Recently\, the 13th round of discussions at the level of Special Representatives on the border issue with China was concluded. The complicated border issue can be settled only out through dialogue and discussions. We are not unduly concerned about China’s military modernisation\, but we need to carry out a comprehensive review of our defence preparedness and remain vigilant at all times. \nWe have also just concluded the Foreign Secretary level talks with Pakistan which demonstrated a desire on the part of both nations to carry forward the dialogue process. However\, any meaningful progress can only be made only when Pakistan takes concrete steps to address India’s concerns on 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. \nOther nations in our immediate neighbourhood are experiencing unrests. India has always desired peaceful relations with all our neighbours – Nepal\, Sri Lanka\, Bangladesh\, Bhutan and Myanmar. We know fully well that security of one nation is closely linked and dependent on the security of its neighbouring countries. \nIndia has always played a stabilising role in the Asian region\, despite itself being plagued by terrorism. We have always been at the forefront in relief and rebuilding initiatives – be it the reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan\, relief and rehabilitation in the wake of Tsunami in 2005\, or anti-piracy operations. India has also voluntarily abided by nuclear ‘No-first use’ and unconditional negative security guarantees for non-nuclear states. \nWe firmly believe that nations of the Asian region have close historical\, cultural and civilizational linkages. These values must be constructively utilised to build an Asian order that reflects our unique Asian traditions. \nI compliment the IDSA for bringing together this eminent galaxy of experts and thinkers from the world over that puts this Conference on a different pedestal. \nWith these words\, I take your leave and wish the conference the very best in its deliberations. \nThank you.” URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/presidential-address-at-the-13th-asian-security-conference CATEGORIES:KEY SPEECHES,Asian Security Conference,ASC Key Speeches ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://idsa.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/no_photo-200x150-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20110216T053000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20110218T053000 DTSTAMP:20261109T145834 CREATED:20231223T125723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250120T223001Z UID:62795-1297834200-1298007000@idsa.in SUMMARY:13th Asian Security Conference on "Towards A New Asian Order" DESCRIPTION:Concept Note\n\n\nThe onset of the ‘Asian Century’ requires fresh thinking on regional architectures in Asia. Will these be able to deliver on the promise of the future? What needs to be done\, and can be done\, to enable this? Given the conflictual history attending the rise of powers in Europe\, the timely development of pan-Asian frameworks could help in constructing a different future. The conference aims to examine efficacy of existing structures and probe Asian thinking on making the future benign for Asia and the world. The Conference would be a useful step in conceptualising a new pan Asian order\, even as it\, in the main\, surveys existing capacities against possibilities. The aim is to visualise a pan-Asian framework for addressing security challenges and for facilitating cooperation. \n The Conference is designed to address both traditional and non-traditional security issues in their political\, social and economic dimensions. It does so in five subthemes. The first day will be devoted to geopolitical dynamics and associated traditional security issues. The second day will focus on geo-economics and non-traditional security themes. On the last day\, an attempt will be made to ‘discover’ an ‘Asian Way’\, drawing on Asian cultures and traditions while keeping world order imperatives in mind. The subthemes are \n\n Subtheme 1: The Geopolitics of Asia \n Subtheme 2: Traditional Security Challenges \n Subtheme 3: Globalization and the Rise of Asia \n Subtheme 4: Non-traditional Security Challenges \n Subtheme 5: Managing the Challenges \n\nThe key questions to form the backdrop of particular sessions are: \n\n What are the implications of rising powers in Asia for the powers themselves\, for external powers and for the region? \nHow can the fruits of the economic miracles in Asia be preserved? \nWhat are the variants if any to the traditional security paradigm? \nCan cooperative security deliver on non-traditional security challenges? \nIs it premature to think of ‘One Asia’?\n\n A detailed look at Asia and its potentiality will be done in five separate sessions. \n Subtheme 1: The Geopolitics of Asia \nAsian and External powers \n Asia\, comprising as it does\, the regions of West Asia\, Central Asia\, South Asia\, South East Asia and East Asia\, is at the centre stage of global events and at the fulcrum of the global power shift. A number of issue require attention: implications of the rise of China and India; enduring conflicts in West Asia; the continuing military entanglements of the US; access and control of resources of Central Asia; expansion of security regimes in Asia-Pacific. The questions for this subtheme are: \n\nCan the rise of Asian powers continue as ‘benign’ and ‘peaceful’?\nWhat are the prospects of cooperation and conflict?\nCan the current Asian architectures manage the future?\nWhat is the status and role of US\, Russia and Australia as ‘Asian powers’?\nHow can existing faultlines be managed\n\nSubtheme 2: Traditional Security Challenges\n Nuclear Proliferation\, Terrorism\, Maritime Security \n The maturing strictures against aggression\, nuclear backdrop to conflicts between major powers\, lethality and costs of modern weapons\, and the spread of globalisation have made military power usable mostly for purposes of deterrence. Threats exist less from direct military confrontations between states than from non-state actors acting either autonomously or under state sponsorship. The traditional security domain has changed. Asia\, therefore\, needs to take note and reshape its military profile accordingly. The questions for this session are: \n\nHow serious and urgent are traditional ‘threats’? \nWhat is the scope for cooperative security?\nWhat are the determinants of ‘freedom of the seas’?\nWhat is the scope for military diplomacy\, engagement and confidence building?\nWhat are prospects for arms control and disarmament regimes?\nWhat is the continuing utility and future of nuclear weapons in Asia?\n\n Subtheme 3: Globalization and the Rise of Asia Asia and the World Economy \n Can one visualise a non-realist future for Asia\, one based on growing interdependence? The capitalist model of consumption has its perils in being unsustainable\, unless tempered by Asian traditions of abnegation. The two continent-sized states\, China and India\, are justifiably catering to their growing populations. However\, they have to face up to the limits of growth. Competition for access to resources and markets in Asia and elsewhere has the potential to disrupt relationships. The recent economic shocks indicate inherent fragility of the global economic order. Can important lessons in growth with equity be learnt from the ‘Asian Tigers’? The session will attempt answer the following: \n\nHow central is China’s economic growth the key to Asia’s economic future?\nWhat are the roles of the Chinese\, Indian and Japanese economies in the Asian and global economic order?\nCan the US-Chinese economic relationship be sustained indefintely?\nWhat is the role of regional organisations in the evolving Asian economic order?\nHow can Asia cope with future economic crises?\n\nSubtheme 4: Non-traditional Security ChallengesThe Asian Commons\, Water\, Energy\, Technological Frontiers\, Democratisation \n Non-traditional security thinking is displacing traditional modes given that these challenges are both ubiquitous and more demanding. They have the potential to both mitigate and aggravate depending on how they are approached. Given population densities\, social disparities\, expanding urban clusters and the fragility of an environment under assault from economic growth\, the future could be very bleak. The opportunity for turning it around through enlightened moderation of aspirations\, application of technology\, creating responsive policing organisations and by democratisation\, is now. The conference will dwell on such issues as: \n\nHow can the Himalayan ecosystem be managed better?\nWhat are ‘best practices’ in managing water conflicts?\nIs there a pan Asian solution to future energy security?\nWhat contribution can an Asian regional architecture make?\nHow can technology be harnessed for the new Asian century?\nWhat is the future of democracy and democratisation in Asia?\n\n Subtheme 5: Managing the ChallengesRegional Groupings\, Intra- and Inter-Regional Linkages \n Visualising a benign future helps in the creation of structures to bring about more cooperation in future. The ‘Asian’ input\, relying on a cultural legacy of centuries\, needs expansion. The continent currently views itself in multiple ‘regions’ that have regional structures of varying efficacy to integrate and mellow nationalisms. It is an idea only geographically. In such a circumstance\, would broaching a pan Asian concept be premature? The following questions will animate this session: \n\nIs it possible to draw a normative ‘Asian Way’ from Asian cultural streams?\nWhat can be learnt from the European experience of political\, military and economic integration? \nIs there a case for evolving a pan-Asian concept?\nIs a pan Asian political and economic order discernible?\nWhat are the prospects for greater economic integration across Asia?\nHow can existing structures be enhanced?\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme Schedule\n\n\nDay 1 \n 16 February 2011\n 0915-1000h: Registration \n1000-1400hSession 1: The Geopolitics of Asia\n Chairperson – Mr. Siddharth Varadarajan \n 1000-1100 (First half) \n\nVincent Wang – The Rise of China\, the Rise of India\, and the Changing Geopolitics of Asia\nMasako Ikegami – Challenges of Rising China: A New Cold War or Neo-Imperialism? \n\n1100-1200h Keynote Session\n 1100h-1105h – Welcome of Hon’ble Minister of Defence\, Shri AK Antony\n 1105-1110h – Welcome address by DG\, IDSA\, Mr. NS Sisodia\n 1110-1125h – Inaugural Address by Hon’ble Minister of Defence and President\, IDSA\, Shri AK Antony\n 1125-1130h – Vote of Thanks by Dr. Arvind Gupta\, Lal Bahadur Shastri Chair\, IDSA\n 1130h-1200h – Tea \n1200-1400 Session 1 continues \n\nBakhtier Khakimov – Building of a new architecture of security and cooperation in Asia: Russian vision\nMumin Chen – Realist and Pragmatic Elements in China’s Grand Strategy: Assessments of China’s Relations with Japan\, Taiwan\, and India\nPrakash Menon – Indo-Pak relations and the Balance of Emotions\n\n 1300h-1400h – Discussion/Q&A \n 1400h-1500h – Lunch \n1500h-1730hSession 2: Traditional Security Challenges\n Chairperson – Lt Gen (Retd) S Nambiar \n\nPaul Salem – Building Cooperation in West Asia (On Skype)\nJoseph Liow – The East Asia Summit and the Security Architecture in the Asia-Pacific\nTetsuo Kotani – Maritime Security in Asia\n V Gundlupet – Nuclear Threats and Diplomacy: An Analysis of Indian\, Pakistani and Chinese Use of Nuclear Threats\nSaleem Shahzad – Lessons from Pakistan’s Counter -terrorism Policy for Asia\n\n 1645h-1730h – Discussion/Q&A (Tea will be available in foyer 1630h-1700h) \n\nDay 2 \n 17 February 2011\n0930h-1300hSession 3: Globalization and the Rise of Asia\n Chairperson – Dr. Sanjaya Baru \n\nNiklas Swanström – Globalization and the rise of Asia \nSean M. Lynn-Jones – Globalization and Asian Security: Promise or Peril?\nSumit Ganguly – The Obama Administration and South Asia\nZhang Zhenjiang – West European Integration and East Asian Regionalism: What we can learn and what we cannot learn?\nArshin Adib-Moghaddam – Iranian-American relations and the future security architecture in western Asia\nAtul Aneja – Implications of Developments in the Arab World\n\n 1130-1145h – Tea \n 1145-1300h – Discussion/Q&A \n 1300h-1400h – Lunch \n1400h-1715hSession 4: Non-traditional Security Challenges\n Chairperson – Dr. Radha Kumar \n\nSyed Iqbal Hasnain – The Geopolitics of Himalayan-Tibetan Glacier Melt\n Uttam Sinha – Himalayan Hydrology and the Hydropolitics \n Xia Liping – Energy security and Asian regional architecture\nTai Ming Cheung – Economics\, Security and Technology in Northeast Asia: Maneuvering Between Nationalist and Globalist Forces\nYaacov Vertzberger – Towards an Architecture of a Global Disaster-Management-Regime A Roadmap\nIqbal Singh Sevea – ‘Regulating’ Islam in the Asian State\n\n 1600-1615h Tea \n 1615h-1715h – Discussion/Q&A \n\nDay 3 \n 18 February 2011\n0930-1245hSession 5: Managing the Challenges\n Chairperson – Amb. Leela K. Ponappa \n\nRobert Art – US-China Relations and Implications for India (On Skype)\nWilliam Thompson – Long Term Asian Patterns of Conflict\nAlexander Lukin – Russia and Geopolitics of Asia\nMustafa Aydin – Developments and changes since the end of the cold war: West Asia and Central Asia\n Arvind Gupta – How India is managing its Asian Challenge\n\n 1130h-1145h – Tea\n 1145h-1255h – Discussion/Q&A \n1300h-1330hClosing Session\n Chairperson: N. S. Sisodia Closing Address – Amb. Shivshankar Menon\, NSA \n Vote of Thanks\n 1330h Group Photograph of participants\n Lunch \n\n\n\n\nConference Booklet\nRapporteurs Report URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/13th-asian-security-conference-on-towards-a-new-asian-order CATEGORIES:Asian Security Conference,Previous ASC,CONFERENCES ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://idsa.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/no_photo-200x150-2.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR