Peace, Stability, and Development in Asia-Pacific

3-4 December 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

Jointly organized by the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Hanns Seidel Foundation and Taiwan ASEAN Studies Center

Agenda

03 December 2013

Asia Pacific Security Order – Structures, Actors, Policies

Dr. Hoo Tiang Boon, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

“US Foreign Policy in Asia Pacific”

Bernt Berger, Institute for Security and Development Policy, Nacka, Sweden

“China’s Response to the US Challenge of Dominance in Asia”

Samuel C. Y. Ku, Director, Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan (ROC)

“Implication of Domestic Changes to the Security Order in Asia-Pacific”                  

Henning Glaser, Head, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance

 

Economic Stability and Regional Security in Asia Pacific

Chun-fang Hsu, Senior Advisor to Taiwan ASEAN Studies Center and Counselor of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan (ROC)

“Impact of Asia Pacific Economic Integration on Regional Peace and Stability”

Khine Tun, Project Coordinator, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Yangon Office

“Regional Economic Integration as a Stabilizing Factor of Security in Asia Pacific – Myanmar Perspectives”

Prof. Dr. Praipol Koomsup, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University

 

Regional Mechanisms of Conflict Prevention and Conflict Settlement

Prof. Dr. Mark Beeson, School of Management and Governance, Murdoch University, Australia

“Regional Institutions and the Impact of Economic and Strategic Factors in Asia-Pacific”

Prof. Dr. Alan Chong Chia Siong, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

“International Politics and Regional Security – Southeast Asian Concepts and Approaches”

Prof. Kriengsak Charoenwongsak, President, Institute of Future Studies for Development

 

04 December 2013

Regional Mechanisms of Conflict Prevention and Conflict Settlement (cont.)

Prof. em. Dr. Carlyle A. Thayer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia

“The ASEAN Regional Forum and other ASEAN-centric Regional Institutions and the Asia-Pacific”

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Neilson Ilan Mersat, Social Science Faculty, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

Regional Mechanisms in Asia: Prospects and Challenges”

Eugenie Merieau, Researcher, Institute for Higher National Defence Studies, Paris/National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris

Conflict Spots in Asia Pacific – Conflict Lines and Resolution Strategies

Dr. Leszek Buszynski, Australia National University, National Security College, Australia

North Korea and the Six Party Talks – Perspectives and Prospects”

Dr. Alistair David Blair Cook, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

“The Preah Vihear Conflict and ASEAN’s Resolution Efforts and Capacity – What Lessons to Learn?”

Duc Quang Ly, Project Manager, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance

 

Conflict Spots in Asia Pacific – Conflict Lines and Resolution Strategies (cont.)

Assoc. Prof. Ramses Amer, Institute for Security and Development Policy, Nacka, Sweden

The South China Sea Dispute, China and Vietnam: Latest Developments und Future Perspectives”

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, School of    International Studies, Malaysia Northern University, Malaysia

“Malaysian Foreign Policy and the South China Sea Dispute”

Duc Quang Ly, Project Manager, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policyand Good Governance

Prof. Dr. Yann-huei Song, Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (ROC)

“The Philippines-China Arbitration Case and its Implications for Taiwan’s Maritime Claims in the South China Sea”