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Regional Security Dialogue: 
A Calendar of Asia-Pacific Events

January - December 2000


Est.: 29th August 1995. Last updated: 9th July 2000.

This Calendar is a joint project of the Regional Security Section , Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia and the Australian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (AUS-CSCAP), located in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, at the Australian National University.

The Calendar is updated continuously. Please send information regarding upcoming conferences, seminars or other events you wish to have included to: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, Building 6, Fellows Road, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia   Fax: +61-2-6257-8526
Email: auscscap@anu.edu.au

A comprehensive inventory of summaries from multilateral meetings on Asia Pacific security issues is maintained by the Dialogue and Research and Monitor, at the Japan Center for International Exchange.


Date

 

Conference Title Convenor Location
January      
13-16 January Second Security Implications of Conflict in the South China Sea Conference Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS) and Pacific Forum/CSIS

Contact: Prof. Carolina Hernandez
Tel: +63-2-922-9621 
Fax: +63-2-929-0890 
Email: cgh@cnl.net

MANILA (TBC)
February      
1-2 February Maritime War in the 21st Century:
The Medium and Small Navy Perspective
Royal Australian Navy Maritime Studies Program

Contact:
Tel: +61-2-4429-7948
Fax: +61-2-4429-7969
Email: hmas.creswell-msp@navy.gov.au

SYDNEY
2-3 February Transnational Threats: Blending Law Enforcement and Military Strategies Co-sponsored by the Triangle Institute of Security Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill, The Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College and Duke University Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

Contact: Carolyn Pumphrey
Fax: +1-919-962-2603 
Email: Pumphrey@email.unc.edu

CHAPEL HILL, NC

UNITED STATES

5-6 February 7th ASEAN ISIS Colloquium on Human Rights, "Human Rights and Human Security 
in the New Millenium: Opportunities, Challenges and Prospects"
Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS) 

Contact: Prof. Malaya C. Ronas 
Tel: +63-2-929-0889 
Fax: +63-2-929-0890 
Email: isdsphil@cnl.net

MANILA
14-18 February  Seminar on Hostage Negotiation National Defence College of the Philippines/US Federal Bureau of 
Investigation 

Contact:
Tel/Fax: +63-2-911-9029

MANILA
15-17 February

 

"Indian Ocean Security in the Next Century" Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies

Contact: Capt Robert Speer
Email: speerr@apcss.org

HONOLULU
16-17 February  Workshop on Regional Experiences in Transforming Civil-Military Relations: 
The Engagement of the Military to Support State-Building Through Democratic Transition 
International Institute for democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) and the Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS)

Contact: Prof. Carolina G. Hernandez 
Tel: +63-2-929-0889 
Fax: +63-2-929-0890 
Email: cgh@cnl.net

MANILA
22-25 February  Seminar on the Law of War  Co-hosts: National Defence College of the Philippines and the International Committee of the Red Cross 

Contact:
Tel/Fax: +63-2-911-9029

MANILA
March      
3-6 March 28th Annual Williamsburg Conference U.S. Asia Society and the Institute of Policy Studies of Singapore

Contact: Ms Kate Simpson
Tel: +1-212-327-9224
Fax: +1-212-517-8315

SINGAPORE
7-8 March Annual Pacific Symposium National Defense University

Contact: Mr Jim Graham
Fax: +1-202-685-3866
Email: grahamj@ndu.edu

WASHINGTON D.C.
 7-9 March  CSCAP ad hoc Meeting on "Indonesia's Future Challenges and Implications for the Region" CSCAP Indonesia, in cooperation with CSCAP Japan

Contact: Ms. Clara Joewono
Tel: +62-21-380-9637 to 9640
Fax: +62-21-380-9641 and 384-7517
Email: csis@pacific.net.id

JAKARTA
9-11 March Workshop on Confidence Building Measures in the South China Sea Pacific Forum CSIS, in cooperation with the Institute for Strategic and Development Studies in Manila

(The workshop will follow on from the CSCAP Indonesia Seminar above)

Contact: Mr. Ralph Cossa
Tel: +1-808-521-6745
Fax: +1-808-599-8690
Email: RACPacForum@cs.com

JAKARTA
Northern Spring 2000 (TBC) 12th Annual US Pacific Legal Conference USPACOM

Contact: Lt Col Kielkopf
Tel: +1-808-477-1189

HONOLULU
March/April 4th ARF Intersessional Support Meeting on Disaster Relief Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Vietnam

Contact: Mr Tran Ngoc An
Tel: +84-4-199-3500
Fax: +84-4-843-5758
Email: asean.mfa@mofa.gov.vn

HANOI
March-May (TBC) "The Legacy Left by President Lee Teng-hui" George Washington University and Chengchi University

Contact: Professor Chao Chien-min
Chengchi University

WASHINGTON D.C.
March-April ARF Professional Development Program Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and U.S. State Department

Contact: Policy Planning Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tel: +67-32-261-177 
Fax: +67-32-262-207 
Email: dpolicy@brunet.bn

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
April      
2-5 April CSCAP CSBM Working Group Workshop on Preventive Diplomacy CSCAP Singapore in cooperation with The United States Institute of Peace

Contact: C.G. Kwa,
Co-Chair CSCAP Singapore
Fax: +65-794-0617 or +65-793-2991
Email: ismyleong@ntu.edu.sg

SINGAPORE
11-13 April 11th Annual U.S. Army War College Strategy Conference Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania

Contact: Shirley Martin
Fax: +1-717-245-3734

CARLISLE BARRACKS, PA

UNITED STATES

20-21 April

 

Security Dialogue on China and Southeast Asia China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

Tel: +86-10-6841-8640
Fax: +86-10-6841-8641

BEIJING
End of April
(2 days)
3rd KIDA-INSS Security Workshop Co-hosts: Korean Institute for Defense Analysis (KIDA) and The Institute for National Security Studies

Contact: Mr Lee Min-Young
Tel: +82-2-961-1314
Fax: +82-2-961-1712

WASHINGTON D.C.
April-May (TBC) U.S.-Korea Relations in the New Millenium Conference Pacific Forum CSIS and the New Asia Research Institute, Seoul. By invitation only.

Contact: Mr Ralph Cossa
Tel: +1-808-521-6745
Email: pacforum@lava.net

SEOUL
Second Quarter 2000 "Missile Proliferation, TMD and Regional Security in Asia" Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies

Contact: Capt Robert Speer
Email: speerr@apcss.org

HONOLULU
Second Quarter 2000

 

"Evolving Roles for the Military in the Asia Pacific" Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies

Contact: Capt Robert Speer
Email: speerr@apcss.org

HONOLULU
May      
3-5 May  Singapore Regional Forum 2000: Forum for Discussion on Chemical Weapons Convention-related Issues  Singapore National Authority for the CWC

Contact: Ms Chan Sock Cheng
Tel: +65-775-4254
Fax: +65-775-5946

SINGAPORE
8-9 May Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Conference:
Air Power and Joint Forces
RAAF Air Power Studies Centre (APSC)
Venue: National Convention Centre

Contact: Wing Commander Keith Brent
Tel: +61-2-6287 6205
Fax: +61-2-6287 6382
Email: apac@dynamite.com.au

CANBERRA
9-11 May  8th ROK-US Munitions Effectiveness Seminar Co-Hosts: KIDA and US Army Material Systems Analysis Activity

Contact: Mr Lee Min-Young
Tel: +82 -2-961-1314
Fax: +82-2-961-1712

ABERDEEN, MD

UNITED STATES

17-19 May "The RMA in the Asia-Pacific: Challenge and Response" Organised by the Australian Defence Studies Centre and the Office of the RMA
Venue: Rydges Hotel

Contact: Bob Hall, ADSC
Tel: +61-2-6268-8848
Email: b-hall@adfa.edu.au

CANBERRA
22-24 May 12th CSCAP CSBM / 6th Nuclear Experts Working Group Joint Meeting on PACATOM US CSCAP

Contact: Mr. Ralph Cossa
Tel: +1-808-521-6745
Fax: +1-808-599-8690
Email: RACPacForum@cs.com

WASHINGTON D.C.
24 May (P.M.) Public lecture/debate: "Taiwan after the presidential elections" Freie Universitaet Berlin

Contact: Prof. Eberhard Sandschneider
Email: sandschn@zedat.fu-berlin.de

BERLIN
31 May - 1 June CSCAP Transnational Crime Working Group Meeting CSCAP Philippines

Contact: Prof. Carolina Hernandez
Tel: +63-2-922-9621 
Fax: +63-2-929-0890 
Email: cgh@cnl.net

MANILA
31 May - 2 June CSCAP Workshop on the OSCE Experience and its Relevance for Asia-Pacific CSCAP Singapore and CSCAP Europe

Contact: C.G. Kwa,
Co-Chair CSCAP Singapore
Tel: +65-790-6975
Fax: +65-794-0617 or +65-793-2991
Email: iscgkwa@ntu.edu.sg

SINGAPORE
May or September

(one day)

Conference on German/EU-China relations

(security issues included)

German Society for Foreign Affairs

Contact: Dr Berhard May
Tel: +49-30-254-231-38
Email: may@dgap.org

BERLIN
June      
June 2000 North Pacific Arms Control Workshop Co-hosts: KIDA and Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Contact: Mr Lee Min-Young
Tel: +82-2-961-1314
Fax: +82-2-961-1712

SEOUL
2-3 June 13th CSCAP Steering Committee Meeting CSCAP Secretariat
Venue: Hotel Nikko

Contact: CSCAP Secretariat/ISIS Malaysia
Tel: +60-3-293-9366
Fax: +60-3-293-9430

KUALA LUMPUR
3-7 June 14th Asia-Pacific Round Table ASEAN-ISIS and ISIS Malaysia
Venue: Hotel Nikko

Contact: Mr. Philip Mathews
Assistant Director
ISIS Malaysia
Tel: +60-3-293-9366
Fax: +60-3-293-9430
Email: pmathews@isis.po.my

KUALA LUMPUR
2-4 June Energy and Security in the South China Sea:
Workshop 2000
Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo

Contact: Stein Tønnesson or
Johan Henrik Nossum
Tel: +47-2285-8900
Fax: +47-2285-8920
Email: stein.tonnesson@sum.uio.no
URL: www.sum.uio.no/southchinasea/

OSLO
14-17 June 6th CSCAP North Pacific Working Group Meeting CSCAP North Pacific Working Group and
CSCAP Mongolia

Contact: Professor Brian Job
Tel: +1 604-822-5480
Fax: +1 604-822-5540
Email: bjob@interchange.ubc.ca

or Mr. Steven Mataija (CSCAP-Canada Secretariat)
Tel: +1 416-736-5156
Fax +1 416-736-5752
Email: smataija@yorku.ca.

ULAN BAATAR
16-18 June (TBC) South Pacific Forum Regional Security Committee Meeting South Pacific Forum Secretariat

Contact: Ms Andie Fong Toy
Tel: +67-9-312-600
Fax: +67-9-305-573

SUVA
27-28 June Joint Operations Symposium National Defense University 
(venue: Ft. McNair)

Contact: Jim Graham
Fax: +1-202-685-3866 
Email: grahamj@ndu.edu

WASHINGTON D.C.
 

 

Second Half, 2000 Possible seminar on ASEAN, including regional security issues  The Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University 

Contact: Prof. Supang Chantavanich
Tel: +66-2-218-7464
Fax: +66-2-255-1124

BANGKOK
July      
25-26 July (TBC) CSCAP Maritime Cooperation Working Group Meeting:

Cooperation for Law and Order at Sea

CSCAP Maritime Cooperation Working Group

Contact: AUS-CSCAP
Fax:  +61-2-6257-8526
Email:  auscscap@anu.edu.au

MANILA
 

 

July/August  Seminar on the 25th Anniversary of Sino-Thai Relations  Institute of East Asian Studies 

Contact: Mr Ruangsak Yeuayai
Tel: +66-2-5645000
Fax: +66-2-2258611

BANGKOK
August      
September      
September  4th ROK-US-Japan Trilateral Naval Cooperation Workshop Co-Hosts: KIDA, Center for Naval Analyses and the Okazaki Institute

Contact: Mr Lee Min-Young
Tel: +82-2-961-1314
Fax: +82-2-961-1712

TOKYO
26-27 September  8th ROK-US Munitions Effectiveness Seminar Co-Hosts: KIDA and US Defense Modeling and Simulation Office

Contact: Mr Lee Min-Young
Tel: +82-2-961-1314
Fax: +82-2-961-1712

SEOUL
September or October 2nd ROK-Russia Defense Forum Co-Hosts: KIDA and Russian Academy of Military Sciences

Contact: Mr Lee Min-Young
Tel: +82-2-961-1314
Fax: +82-2-961-1712

MOSCOW
October      
October
(TBC)
Seminar on East Asia Security China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

Tel: +86-10-6841-8640
Fax: +86-10-6841-8641

BEIJING
October
(TBC)
Preventative Diplomacy Symposium:
International Forum from Japan
China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

Tel: +86-10-6841-8640
Fax: +86-10-6841-8641

BEIJING
October
(for 7 days)
5th ROK-China Defense Forum Co-Hosts: KIDA and China Institute for International Strategic Studies

Contact: Mr Lee Min-Young
Tel: +82-2-961-1314
Fax: +82-2-961-1712

SEOUL
November      
First week in November Northeast Asian Cooperation Dialogue Contact: Prof. Lee Seo-hang
Tel: +82-2-3497-7648
Fax: +82-2-575-5245
TBC
late November (TBC) CSCAP Maritime Cooperation Working Group Meeting:

Maritime Cooperation in Northeast Asia

CSCAP Maritime Cooperation Working Group

Contact: AUS-CSCAP
Fax:  +61-2-6257-8526
Email:  auscscap@anu.edu.au

BEIJING
 

 

December      
10 December 7th CSCAP North Pacific Working Group Meeting CSCAP North Pacific Working Group

Contact: CSCAP Japan Secretariat
Tel: +81-3-3503-7412
Fax: +81-3-3503-7186
Email: cscapjp@jiia.or.jp

MANILA
12-13 December "U.S. National Security Policy issues" Brookings Institution

Contact: Peter Schoettle
Tel: +1-202-797-6094

WASHINGTON D.C.

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