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SUMMARY:National Strategy Lecture - Unraveling the Mind of China
DESCRIPTION:A view on what makes China tick\, seen from a psycholinguistic perspective\, drawing inferences for China\, India and the world at large \n1.  Why Understanding China is important \nChina is an emerging 21st century superpower; India is some way behind. \nChina and India are not engaging each other’s strengths to mutual advantage\, though the rest of the world is. Reason: no knowledge of each other\, suspicion\, old stereotypes. \n2.      How to understand China–a psychosocial model \nThe role of Chinese linguistic and psycho-cultural heritage in the formation of China’s mind-set and development path\, to address questions such as: \nDo Chinese think differently from Indians\, and if so how and why? Why do they excel in infrastructure and manufacturing? Will China ever be a democracy? Either way\, what are the implications for India? Cooperation & competition\, partnership and rivalry. China’s conception of herself and the world.  \n3.      Implications \nLearnings for each country—sectoral and other strengths \nVistas for Sino-Indian business relations: partnership\, development\, competition \nSpeculations: China & India in Asia of the future… The world in a Pax Sino-Indica? \nClick here for PresentationClick here for Working Paper
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SUMMARY:National Strategy Lecture - China 2020: a Confucian Democracy?
DESCRIPTION:1.      Why Understanding China is important\, especially for India \nChina is an emerging 21st century superpower; India is too\, but way behind. Yet China and India neither understand each other\, nor are they engaging each other’s strengths to mutual advantage. If they do so\, Tagore’s and Toynbee’s ‘Asian Century’ could be a potent force for inclusionary and sustainable development for the entire planet. \n2.      Understanding China in its own terms \nChina today cannot be categorized within simplistic categories such as ‘dictatorship’\, ‘socialist’\, or ‘capitalist’. It is a peculiar and unique mixture of all of these\, borne out of its own history and culture. In particular\, Confucius and his philosophy has had a lasting influence on China’s institutions and society\, and– as I submit– its likely future. Democracy has evolved since its origin in Periclean Athens—perhaps East Asia may throw up a new mutation? ‘Confucian democracy’ and ‘scientific development’ may be political formulations that are best suited for China to address its future challenges and as its vehicles to promote harmony in the wider world order. \n3.   Implications for India\, and the World \nThis presentation will\, I hope\, also provoke some reflections on how best India and China can live and prosper together\, rather than be drawn into a paradigm of destructive rivalry and confrontation. Should India engage with China or hedge against it? If the former\, how should a democracy like India engage with China? What outcomes from the relationship should India aim at for business\, society and the people at large? Is the planet about to witness the start of a ‘post-American’ cold war between the two Asian giants? \nClick here for Working Paper \nClick here for Presentation
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SUMMARY:National Strategy Lecture - Changing Strategies to Face the Challenges of an Asymmetric Security Environment
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nIsrael has been facing\, successfully\, a constant military threat from its very inception in 1948. However\, the nature of the threat has been drastically transformed at least three times in this period. In the beginning the structure was that of total war\, during the struggle for independence. Later it transpired to a long period of symmetric wars. Presently Israel faces mostly the asymmetric model. Since the 1st Lebanon War of 1982 the scene is characterized clearly by an active threat of non-state entities who constantly aspire to change the status quo by terrorist means. The civilian population and infrastructure is now the primary target\, threatened chiefly by high trajectory weapon systems of different kind and range. This dramatic transformation\, coupled with an emerging nuclear threat from Iran\, who tirelessly supports the radical entities in our region\, necessitates an accommodating shift in the Israeli military thinking and consequently its force buildup. \nTraditionally\, there have been three pillars which are recognized to be the basis for the Israeli defence strategy: Early Warning (with the needed emphasis on intelligence)\, Deterrence (robust offensive capabilities)\, and Clear Cut Victory (which has become more difficult to sustain with the changing features of the international environment).  \nThese principles remained valid in the change of circumstances. However\, they have to be modified to face the new challenges and nuances. They also have to give ample space to the added principle of Homeland Defence\, active\, passive\, or social. This is not an easy matter. There is an ongoing internal controversy regarding the needed balance of security investments. Conservative thinking and power politics play their natural role to hinder the construction of the strategic response model.         \nAbout the Speaker\nBG (ret.) Meir Elran is the Director of the Homeland Security Program at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) of the Tel Aviv University.\nFormerly the Deputy Director of the IDF Military Intelligence\, Elran has an active and long experience in the field of disaster management\, both as a senior practitioner as the Chief of Staff of the Tel Aviv Municipality; as a senior strategic consultant – among others to the Israeli National Security Council\, the IDF\, the Ministry of Internal Security and the Israeli National Police; and as a researcher at INSS. His  interest in Consequence Management followed a long career in the Israeli Military Intelligence\, where he served\, among other positions\, as the head of evaluation in the Production Division\, as the Intelligence Officer of the Southern Command and as the Deputy Commandant of the National Defence College.\nElran has edited two books (on the Second Lebanon War and on Managing Chaos) and published numerous analytical papers on the issues of Homeland Security. He is a frequent speaker in academic and other professional conferences worldwide. Also\, Elran is the initiator and coordinator of the Israeli Network of Resilience Researchers and of the International Resilience Researchers Network (IRRN)\, which held its inaugural international conference in December 2010 in Washington DC\, under the sponsorship of the US Department of Homeland Security.\nElran has a BA degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Political Science and an MA degree from Indiana University in Russian Studies and International Relations. In 2009 he was a Senior International Fellow with the US NDU’s Near East and South Asia Strategic Studies Center.
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