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IDSA-IFS Second Bilateral Seminar
March 2, 2010 - March 3, 2010
Venue: Seminar Hall, IDSA
2 March 2010 |
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| 1045-1115: | Inaugural session |
| 1045-1050: | N.S. Sisodia, Director General, IDSA – Welcome address |
| 1050-1100: | Dr M M Pallam Raju, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence, India – Inaugural address |
| 1100-1110: | Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway – Norway and India |
| 1110-1115: | Sven G. Holtsmark, Deputy Director, IFS – Vote of thanks |
| 1115-1135: | Tea |
| 1135-1300: | Indian and Norwegian perspectives on coastal security, piracy and maritime issues |
| Chair: C Uday Bhaskar, Commodore (retd.) Indian Navy | |
| 1135-1145: | Morten Jørgensen, Commander, Norwegian Coast Guard – The civil-military interface in Norway’s governance of coastal waters and EEZ |
| 1145-1155: | Indian perspectives on Coast Guard: Indian Coast Guard officer (tbc) |
| 1155-1205: | Bjørn Egenberg, Captain (N) – Norwegian experiences from anti-piracy operations |
| 1205-1215: | Indian perspectives in Piracy Operations (tbc) |
| 1215-1225: | Carl P. Salicath, Chairman of the fifth plenary of the contact group on piracy off the coast of Somalia – Countering piracy off the coast of Somalia – a comprehensive approach |
| 1225-1300: | Q&A |
| 1300-1345: | Lunch |
| 1345- 1530: | Norway and the world |
| Chair: N. S. Sisodia | |
| 1345-1355: | Harald Støren, Senior Advisor IFS – Norwegian foreign and security policy – a focused overview |
| 1355-1405: | Sven G. Holtsmark, Deputy Director IFS – Cooperation and conflict in the Arctic |
| 1405-1415: | Dag Harald Claes, Professor, University of Oslo – Norway: a global energy actor |
| 1415-1530: | Q&A |
| 1530-1545: | Tea |
| 1545- 1700: | Indian perspectives on China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States |
| Chair: To be confirmed | |
| 1545-1555: | R. Phadke, Air Commodore (retd.), Research Adviser, IDSA – India’s China policy |
| 1555-1605: | Sushant Sareen, Research Consultant – India’s Pakistan policy |
| 1605-1615: | Arvind Gupta, Lal Bahadur Chair, IDSA, – India’s Afghanistan Policy |
| 1615-1625: | V. Krishnappa, Research Fellow, IDSA – India’s US policy |
| 1625-1700: | Q&A |
| 1900-2130: | Dinner |
3 March 2010 |
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| 1000-1120: | Perspectives on civil-military relations |
| Chair: Raj Shukla, Research Fellow, IDSA | |
| 1000-1010: | Rumel Dahiya, Adivisor Net Assessment and Defence Studies, IDSA – India and civil-military relations (tbc) |
| 1010-1020: | Sven G. Holtsmark, Deputy Director IFS – Research on civil-military relations at IFS |
| 1020-1030: | Ola Bøe Hansen, Commander Senior Grade, Norwegian Defence Command and Staff College – Norwegian perspectives on the Comprehensive Approach |
| 1030-1120: | Q&A |
| 1120-1145: | Tea and snacks |
| 1145-1315: | Perspectives on India’s defence |
| Chair: Ola Bøe Hansen | |
| 1145-1155: | Raj Shukla, Research Fellow, IDSA – Key Challenges for Military Transformation |
| 1155-1205: | Ali Ahmad, Colonel (retd.), Research Fellow, IDSA – Key developments in doctrine |
| 1205-1215: | N.S. Sisodia, Director General, IDSA – The role of nuclear weapons |
| 1215-1225: | Namrata Goswami, Research Fellow, IDSA – Indian Approaches to terrorism and insurgency |
| 1225-1315: | Q&A |
| 1315-1325: | Concluding remarks |
| 1315-1320: | Sven G. Holtsmark, Deputy Director, IFS |
| 1320-1325: | N.S. Sisodia, Director General, IDSA |
| 1325-1430: | Lunch |
