One-Day Virtual Conference on Strategic Futures: Regional Maritime Security Complexes (Wester n Pacifi c Rim; Indian Ocean - Southern Ocean ; and the Arabian Sea Littoral )

Jointly organized by Indian Council of World Affairs and Centre for Public Policy Research, 18 August 2021

10:30 - 11:00 AM Inaugural Session Welcome Remarks Dr. D. Dhanuraj, Chairman, CPPR Inaugural Speech Mrs. Vijay Thakur Singh Director-General, Indian Council of World Affairs

Keynote Speech Ambassador T.P. Sreenivasan Former Ambassador of and Governor for India of the IAEA

11:00 - 12:00 PM Session 1: Western Pacific Rim Security Complex Chair Dr. Vijay Sakhuja Former Director, National Maritime Foundation; and Distinguished Fellow, CPPR

Panelist Dr. Avinash Anil Godbole Associate Professor, International Relations and Assistant Dean, O.P. Jindal Global University

Panelist Dr. Takeshi Daimon-Sato Professor, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, Japan

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12:10 - 01:10 PM Session 2: Western Indian Ocean - Southern Ocean Security Complex

Chair Prof. Dr. W Lawrence S Prabhakar Author, Researcher & Professor, International Relations & Strategic Studies; Advisor, CPPR

Panelist Dr. R. P. Pradhan Associate Professor, Dept.of Humanities & Social Science, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus; and Distinguished Fellow, CPPR

Panelist Dr. Shelly Johny Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Aloysius College (University of Calicut); and Senior Fellow, CPPR

Panelist Dr. Sankalp Gurjar Research Fellow, ICWA

01:10 - 01:45 PM BREAK

01:45 - 02:45 PM Session 3 - Arabian Sea Littoral Maritime Security Complex Chair Vice M. P. Muralidharan, AVSM & Bar, NM (Retd) Former Director-General, ; and Distinguished Fellow, CPPR

Panelist Krishna Swaminathan, AVSM, VSM Flag Officer Offshore Defence Advisory Group and Adviser, Offshore Security and Defence to the Govt of India

Panelist Dr. Uma Purushothaman, Assistant Professor, Dept of International Relations and Politics, Central University of Kerala

Panelist Dr. Vivek Mishra Research Fellow, ICWA

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