1998 Calendar of Asia Pacific Regional Security Conferences and Events

Regional Security Dialogue:
A Calendar of Asia-Pacific Events

January - December 1998

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This calendar has been prepared jointly by the Asia Pacific Security Section , Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia and the Australian Member Committeeof the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (AUS-CSCAP), located in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University.


JANUARY 1998

Early 1998 (TBC)
Seminar on Dialogue with the People's Republic of China
ASEAN Institute of Strategic and International Studies
CONTACT: ISIS, Chulalongkorn University
TEL: 66 2 218-7268
FAX: 66 2 253-8050
BANGKOK (TBC)

11-13 January 1998
ISIS 4th Pacific Dialogue
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia
CONTACT: Mr Philip Matthew
TEL: 60 3 293-7904
FAX: 60 3 293-9430
KUALA LUMPUR

12-13 January 1998
Asia-Pacific Economics and Security Conference
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Contact: Capt Robert Speer, Chief, Conference Division
TEL: 1 808 971-8978
FAX: 1 808 971-8989
Email: apcss24@pixi.com
HONOLULU

Mid January 1998
Problems of China's Military Security
(Focus on China's Military and Strategic Outlook)
Carnegie Moscow Centre
Contact: Dmitri Trenin, Deputy Director
TEL: 7 095 935 8904
FAX: 7 095 935 8906
MOSCOW

FEBRUARY 1998

15-16 February 1998
5th ASEAN-ISIS Colloquium on Human Rights
Institute of Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS)
FAX: 63 2 921-1436
PHILIPPINES

16-20 February 1998
East Asian Security: Korea and Other Potential Flashpoints
Wilton Park Conferences
TEL: 44 1903 817 772
FAX: 44 1903 815 931
Email: info@wiltonpark.org.uk
STEYNING, WEST SUSSEX, UK

17-20 February
Pacific Area Special Operations Conference
PACOM Special Operations Command
(Participants will be ARF members)
Contact: Pacific Special Operations Command
FAX: 1 808 477 3880
HONOLULU

18-20 February 1998
Cambodia's Future in Asean: Dynamo or Dynamite?
Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Contact: Kim Kao Hourn
TEL/FAX: 855 23 362 520
Email: cicp@camnet.com.kh
PHNOM PENH

19 February 1998
Interesting Times: In Search of the New Security Order
in the Asia-Pacific Region
Canadian Council for International Peace and Security
Contact: Col (Ret'd) Alain Pellerin, Director, Speakers' Programme
TEL : 1 613 562-2736
FAX: 1 613 562-2741
EMAIL: ccips@web.apc.org
OTTAWA

19-20 February 1998
ARF Intersessional Meeting on Disaster Relief
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand &
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand
FAX: 66 2 225-6155 (Thailand); 64 4 494-8520 (NZ)
BANGKOK

19-20 February 1998
"Asia-Europe : a new partnership in the mondialisation context ?"
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) &
Japanese Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS)
Contact : Mr Dominique Moïsi, IFRI
Email: ifri@worldnet.net(attention Regine Serra)
Fax: 33 1 40 61 60 60
PARIS

23-24 February 1998
9th Quinquelateral Policy Consultative Talks
(Australia, Canada, South Korea, Japan and US)
Canada Ministry of Foreign Affairs
OTTAWA

24 February 1998
Torres Strait: Policing the Open Border
Australian Defence Studies Centre (ADSC) & Australian Federal Police
Contact: John McFarlane
TEL: 61 2 6268 8848
FAX: 61 2 6268 8440
EMAIL: j.mcfarlane@adfa.oz.au
CANBERRA

24-26 February 1998
Asian Export Control Seminar
Centre for Information on Security Trade Control
FAX: 81 3 3593 1136
TOKYO

February 1998 (TBC)
Workshop on 'Incidents at Sea Arrangements'
MIMA-SIPRI
Contact: Ms Hasina Meerdeen
TEL: 60 3 291 2960
FAX: 60 3 293 9117
EMAIL: jnmak@mima.gov.my
KUALA LUMPUR

February 1998
Strategic Questions in the Russia-USA-China-Japan Quadrangle
Carnegie Moscow Centre
Contact: Dmitri Trenin, Deputy Director
TEL: 7 095 935 8904
FAX: 7 095 935 8906
MOSCOW

February 1998 (TBC)
11th Meeting of the International Security Forum
National Security Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
FAX: 81 3 3591-8027
TOKYO

MARCH 1998

1-2 March 1998
9th Southeast Asia Forum
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia
FAX: 60 3 293-9340
KUALA LUMPUR

1-7 March 1998
Pacific Armies Management Seminar
US Pacific Command (PACOM)
CONTACT:HQ US CINCPAC
FAX: 1 808 477 0242
MANILA

2-12 March 1998
Seminar on 'The impact of China and Thailand on ASEAN'
Institute of East Asian Studies, Thammasat University
TEL: 66 2 218 7640
FAX: 66 2 255 1124
BANGKOK

4-5 March 1998
Japan-ASEAN Intellectual Exchange Open Symposium:
Japan and ASEAN Toward a New Dimension of Cooperation
Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS), Inc.
in collaboration with the Government of the Philippines and with the participation of other ASEAN members
Contact: Dr. Carolina G. Hernandez and Mr. Kazuhiro Fujimura
TEL: 63 2 929-0889 (ISDS) and 6 32 551-5710
FAX: 63 2 929-0890 (ISDS) and 6 32 551-5782
Email: cgh@cnl.net
MANILA

4-6 March 1998
ARF Intersessional Meeting
on Confidence Building Measures (ISG on CBMs)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brunei &
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
FAX: 673 2 224 709 (Brunei); 61 2 6261 2378 (Australia)
Email: strategic.assessments@dfat.gov.au
SYDNEY

4-11 March 1998
Ist International Cadet Meeting
National Defense Academy, Japan
TEL: 81 468 41 3810
FAX: 81 468 44 5905
YOKOSUKA, JAPAN

11-12 March 1998
50th Anniversary of the UN PKO Symposium
International Peace Cooperation Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
TEL: 81 3 3506 9888
FAX: 81 3 3591 4914
TOKYO

11-20 March 1998
3rd International Seminar for Military Science
National Defense Academy, Japan
TEL: 81 468 41 3810
FAX: 81 468 44 5905
YOKOSUKA, JAPAN

14-17 March 1998
8th Southeast Asia Forum
ISIS Malaysia
Contact: Mohamed Jawhar Hassan, ISIS Malaysia
FAX: 60 3 293-9430
E-mail: jawhar@isis.po.my
URL:ISIS Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR

16-18 March 1998
Change and Renewal:
Japan - US Security Relationship into the 21st Century
Pacific Forum & Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA)
Contact: Christina Hatfield, Pacific Forum CSIS,
FAX:1 808 599 8690.
SAN FRANCISCO

20-23 March 1998
26th Annual Williamsburg Conference
Asia Society & Asia 2000 Foundation
Kate Simpson (Asia Society, New York)
FAX: 1 212 327 9224
TEL: 1 212 517 8315
QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND

23-24 March
The 25th Sino-Japan Confernece on Mainland China
Institute of International Relations (IIR)
CONTACT PERSON: Dr. Yong-Sheng Chen
TEL: 886 2 2939 4921 ext.291
FAX: 886 2 2937 8609
TAIPEI

27 March 1998
ARF ARF Peacekeeping Training Workshop
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ireland
FAX:
IRELAND

March/April 1998
Atlantic Council Seminar on Russia-USA Security Issues
Institute of the World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
Contact: Vyacheslav Amirov, Centre of Asian and Pacific Studies
TEL/FAX: 7 095 120 4192
MOSCOW

late-March/early April 1998 (TBC)
Seminar on 'The Future of the ARF'
Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (Singapore)
Contact: Dr Ang Cheng Guan
Email: iscgang@ntu.edu.sg
SINGAPORE

APRIL 1998

3 April 1998
International Conference on North East Asian Security
Korean Institute on National Unification (KINU) &
Centre for Asian Pacific Studies, Stockholm University
Contact: Mr Kim Yongho
TEL: 82 2 901 2627
FAX: 82 2 901 2541
SEOUL

6-10 April 1998
11th Annual US Pacific Legal Conference
US Pacific Command (PACOM)
CONTACT:HQ US CINCPAC
FAX: 1 808 477 0242
VICTORIA, BC, CANADA

7-9 April 1998
Pacific Senior Communications Meeting
US Pacific Command (PACOM)
CONTACT:HQ US CINCPAC
FAX: 1 808 477 0242
HONOLULU

14-16 April 1998
Workshop on Regional Implementation of the Global Programme of Action
for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Sources
in the Asia-Pacific Region
The APEC Marine Resource Conservation (MRC) Working Group
Contact:
FAX:
TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA

19-23 April 1998
Post-Unification Cooperation
Among The United States, Korea, and Japan
The Pacific Forum CSIS, Yoido Society for New Asian Order &
Okazaki Institute
Contact: Jane Skanderup, Pacific Forum CSIS
FAX: 1 808 599 8690
Email: pacforum@lava.net
HAWAII

20-23 April 1998
Regional Workshop: Working Together on Preventing Ship-Based Pollution
in the Asia-Pacific Region
Environment Australia
Contact:
FAX:
TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA

21-25 April 1998
'Security and Interdependence in Pacific Asia'
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Contact: Professor Zakariah Ahmad
TEL: 60 3 829 3647
FAX: 60 3 829 3332
Email: profzak@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my
KUALA LUMPUR

22-24 April 1998
WPNS 7th Round Workshop
Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS)
Contact: Program Manager, CMDR Chung, Sam-Man, ROK Navy
TEL: 82 42 553 6615
FAX: 82 42 551 0449
SEOUL

27-30 April 1998
International Game '98: Korean Reconciliation and Asian Security
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and US Naval War College
Contact: Capt Robert Speer, Chief, Conference Division
TEL: 1 808 971-8978
FAX: 1 808 971-8989
Email: apcss24@pixi.com
URL: http://www.pacom.mil/apc/
HONOLULU

April 1998
Seminar on Asia Pacific Security
Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR)
Contact: Mr Abdul Halim Saad
TEL: 60 3 757 6221
FAX: 60 3 757 9868
KUALA LUMPUR

MAY 1998

3-8 May 1998
7th Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference (APMMC)
US Pacific Command (PACOM)
CONTACT:HQ US CINCPAC
FAX: 1 808 477 0242
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

5-6 May 1998
Annual Pacific Symposium:
The Asian Financial Crisis: Security Risks and Opportunities
National Defence University &
Institute for National Strategic Studies
CONTACT: Jim Graham
TEL: 1 202 685-3857
FAX: 1 202 685-3866
Email: garners@ndu.edu
URL: www.ndu.edu
WASHINGTON DC

7-9 May 1998
CSCAP International Working Group (IWG)
on Confidence and Security Building Measures (CSBMS)
US CSCAP & CSCAP Singapore
Contact: Ralph Cossa, Pacific Forum CSIS
FAX: 1 808 599 8690.
Email: pacforum@lava.net
WASHINGTON

18-19 May 1998
Ocean's Management and Maritime Strategy
RAN Maritime Studies Program and Centre for Maritime Policy
CONTACT: CMDR Dick Sherwood or Sam Bateman
TEL: 61 2 6266 6110 (Sherwood) or 61 2 4221 3224 (Bateman)
FAX: 61 2 6266 6754 (Sherwood) or 61 2 4226 8866 (Bateman)
Email: dgmsp@Bigpond.com or CENMARPOL@uow.edu.au
CANBERRA

20-22 May 1998
5th ARF Senior Officials Meeting (SOM)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Philippines
FAX: 63 2 834 4000 (Phil)
THE PHILIPPINES

23-24 May 1998
CSCAP Transnational Crime Working Group 3rd Meeting
CSCAP Philippines and Institute for Strategic and Development Studies
in cooperation with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
Contact: Professor Carolina Hernandez or John McFarlane
TEL: 63 2 927 3894 (PHIL) or 61 2 6268 6257 (AUS)
FAX: 63 2 924 4875 (PHIL) or 61 2 6268 8440 (AUS)
Email: cgh@cnl.net or cscap@cnl.net or j.mcfarlane@adfa.oz.au
MANILA

26 May 1998
Development and Security in Southeast Asia (DSSEA) Echo Seminar
Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS), Inc.
and York Centre for International and Strategic Studies (YCISS)
Contact: Dr. Carolina G. Hernandez and Dr. David Dewitt
TEL: 63 2 929-0889 (ISDS) and 1 416 736-5156 (YCISS)
FAX: 63 2 929-0890 (ISDS) and 1 416 736-5752 (YCISS)
Email: cgh@cnl.net and ddewitt@yorku.ca
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES

26-28 May 1998
US-PRC Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and
United States Institute of Peace
Contact: Capt Robert Speer, Chief, Conference Division
TEL: 1 808 971-8978
FAX: 1 808 971-8989
EMAIL: apcss24@pixi.com
HONOLULU

28-29 May 1998
International Conference on North Korea in Transition and Policy Choices:
Domestic Structure and External Relations
Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES),
Graduate School of North Korean Studies at Kyungham University &
School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Contact: Ms Imsoon Moon (IFES)
TEL: 82 2 3700 0700
FAX: 82 2 3700 0707
SEOUL

28-29 May 1998
East Asia's Economic Crisis and Regional Security
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
In association with the Financial Times
Contact: Helga Haack
TEL: 44 171 379 7676
FAX: 44 171 836-3108
Email: haack@iiss.org.uk
HONG KONG

28-29 May 1998
Asia Pacific Agenda Project (APAP):
Engaging Russia in the Asia Pacific
Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)
and Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS),
Contact: Mr. Makito Noda
Email: makinoda@jcie.or.jp
LAPU-LAPU CITY, CEBU, PHILIPPINES

30 May 1998
The Implications of ASEAN Enlargement
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Contact: Helga Haack
TEL: 44 171 379 7676
FAX: 44 171 836-3108
Email: haack@iiss.org.uk
KUALA LUMPUR

31 May 1998
9th CSCAP Steering Committee Meeting
CSCAP Malaysia
FAX: 60 3 293-9340
KUALA LUMPUR

31 May-4 June 1998
12th ASEAN-ISIS Asia-Pacific Roundtable
ASEAN ISIS
TEL: 60 3 293 9366
FAX: 60 3 291 3210/293 9340
KUALA LUMPUR

May 1998
14th IFANS-Brookings Conference on Security in Northeast Asia
Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Korea
FAX: 82 2 2571 1019 (IFANS)
SEOUL

May 1998
Seminar on the Role of the ARF in South East Asian Security
Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR)
Contact: Mr Abdul Halim Saad
TEL: 60 3 757 6221
FAX: 60 3 757 9868
KUALA LUMPUR

May 1998
Naval Cooperation Workshop
Korean Institute for Defence Analysis (KIDA),
US Centre for Naval Analysis & Japanese National Institute for Defence Studies
FAX: 82 2 965 3295
HAWAII

May 1998
ROK-Canada North Pacific Arms Control Workshop
Korean Institute for Defence Analysis (KIDA) &
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada)
FAX: 82 2 965 3295
VICTORIA, BC, CANADA

JUNE 1998

2-3 June 1998
The Changing National Security Environment:
US Perspective and Problems
Brookings Institution
Contact: Ms Joan Milan
FAX: 1 202 797 6133
WASHINGTON DC

7-27 June 1998
Symposia on East Asia Security (SEAS-98)
US Pacific Command (PACOM)
CONTACT:HQ US CINCPAC
FAX: 1 808 477 0242
HONOLULU, JAPAN, SINGAPORE

9-10 June 1998
East Asia in Crisis
The National Bureau of Asian Research &
The Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College
Contact: Jen Linder, NBR, 4518 University Way NE, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98105
TEL: 1 206 632-7370
FAX: 1 206 632-7487
Email: nbr@nbr.org
URL: National Bureau of Asian Research: Conference
SEATTLE (USA)

10-12 June 1998
First International Conference on the Environmental Consequences of War
Environmental Law Institute
Contact: Carl Bruch (Staff Attorney)
TEL: 1 202 939 3240
FAX: 1 202 939 3868
Email: bruch@eli.org
WASHINGTON DC

14-17 June 1998
The 27th Sino-American Conference on Contermporary China
Institute of International Relations (IIR)
Dr. Kuan-Ming Suen
TEL:886 2 2939 4921 ext.380
FAX: 886 2 2937 8609
Email: gmsuen@cc.nccu.edu.tw
TAIPEI

22 June 1998
Second INPR / IFRI Seminar
French Institute of International Relations &
Institute for National Policy Research
Contact : Dr François Godement, IFRI (Institut français des relations internationales)
Mr Chu Yun-han, INPR (Institute for National Policy Research)
Fax: 33 1 40 61 60 60
Fax: 886 2 2696 2766
Email: ifri@worldnet.net(attention Regine Serra)
PARIS

25-26 June 1998
Third France-Korea Forum
Korea Foundation &
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)
Contact: Dr François Godement, IFRI
Mr Kim Hoe-kil, Korea Foundation
Fax: 33 1 40 61 60 60
Fax: 82 2 757 2049
Email: ifri@worldnet.net(attention Regine Serra)
SEOUL

30 June-1 July 1998
Taiwan Straits Issue
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) & CAPS
Contact: Helga Haack
TEL: 44 171 379 7676
FAX: 44 171 836-3108
Email: haack@iiss.org.uk

June or July 1998
11th Trilateral Policy Consultative Talks
(South Korea, Japan, US)
USA

JULY 1998

1-2 July 1998
Sino-US Military Relations Conference (Exact Title TBC)
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and Institute for International Studies
Contact: Capt Robert Speer, Chief, Conference Division
TEL: 1 808 971-8978
FAX: 1 808 971-8989
EMAIL: apcss24@pixi.com
HONOLULU

8-9 July 1998
Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue
Defense Information Sharing Study Project
University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
Contact: Michael Stankiewicz
TEL:1 619 534-3352
FAX:1 619 534-7655
Email: mstankie@ucsd.edu
SEOUL

9-12 July 1998
PLA Conference
Council of Advanced Policy Studies
Contact: Andrew Yang
TEL:886 2 2702-0153
FAX:886 2 2702-0157
SAN DIEGO

10-12 July 1998
Hong Kong: Signposts to the Future
Wilton Park Conferences
TEL: 44 1903 817 772
FAX: 44 1903 815 931
Email: info@wiltonpark.org.uk
STEYNING, WEST SUSSEX, UK

14-15 July 1998
CSCAP Working Group on Comprehensive and Cooperative Security:
Fifth Meeting: Practical Cooperation Building in a Climate of Economic Challenge
CSCAP New Zealand, CSCAP Malaysia & CSCAP China
Contact: David Dickens, Deputy Director, Centre for Strategic Studies
TEL: 64 4 495 5233, extn 8825
FAX: 64 4 496 5437
E-mail: dave.dickens@vuw.ac.nz
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND

24-25 July 1998
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Philippines
FAX: 63 2 8344-000 (Phil)
MANILA

26-27 July 1998
Fifth ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF5)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Philippines
FAX: 63 2 8344-000 (Phil)
MANILA

29 July 1998
ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Philippines
FAX: 63 2 8344-000 (Phil)
MANILA

July 1998
16th ROK-US North East Asia Security Conference
Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Korea
and The Brookings Institute
Contact: IFANS Planning and Research Division
TEL: 82 2 571-1017
FAX: 82 2 2571-1019
SEOUL

Summer 1998
NIDS International Workshop:
'Enhancing Security Cooperation for Ocean Governance
in Asia-Pacific and Confidence Building'
National Institute for Defense Studies
CONTACT: Kagami Funada, Planning and Coordination Office
TEL: 81 3 3713-5912
FAX: 81 3 3713-6149
Email: planning@nids.go.jp
TOKYO

AUGUST 1998

12 August 1998
Emerging Operational Concepts in the 21st Century Strategic Environment
University of South Carolina and Association of the US Army and
the Army War College
TEL: 1 717 245-3133
SOUTH CAROLINA

12-15 August 1998
Power and Prosperity
East-West Center/US-Japan Project of the National Security Archive
Contact: Dr Charles Morrison
TEL: 1 808 944-7729
FAX: 1 808 944-7389
HONOLULU

15-16 August 1998
New Zealand's Strategic Environment:
An Increasing Uncertainty?
Military Studies Institute and Defence and Strategic Studies, Massey University
Contact: Dr Joel Hayward
TEL: 64 6 350-4234
FAX: 64 6 350-5662
EMAIL: J.S.Hayward@Massey.ac.nz
PALMERSTON NORTH, NZ

17-20 August 1998
Social and Political Consequences of the Asian Economic Crisis:
Regional Perspectives
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Contact: Capt Robert Speer, Chief, Conference Division
TEL: 1 808 971-8978
FAX: 1 808 971-8989
EMAIL: apcss24@pixi.com
HONOLULU

31 August-2 September 1998
ARF Seminar on the Production of Defence Policy Documents
Co-chaired by Australia and Malaysia
Contact: Belinda Moss, Multilateral Engagement Management Section,
Department of Defence, Australia
TEL: 61 2 6265 1890
FAX: 61 2 6265 5304
Email: belinda.moss@cbr.defence.gov.au
or
Contact: Asia Pacific Security Section Section,
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
FAX: 61 2 6261 2378
Email: strategic.policy@dfat.gov.au
CANBERRA

31 August-4 September 1998
Asia's Emerging Regional Order: 'Traditional' and 'Human' Security(Exact Title TBC)
DFAT Australian-Asian Linkages Program
International Relations and Asian Politics Research Unit (IRAPRU), University of Queeensland,
Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations (CSAAR), Griffith University &
Australian Defence Studies Centre, ADFA
Contact: Associate Professor William Tow
TEL: 61 7 3365 3042
FAX: 61 7 3365 1388
Email: w.tow@mailbox.uq.edu.au
CANBERRA

SEPTEMBER 1998

Northern Autumn 1998
China's policy towards multilateral organisations
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)
Contact: Dr François Godement, IFRI
TEL: 33 1 40 61 60 72
FAX: 33 1 40 61 60 60
Email: ifri@worldnet.net(attention Regine Serra)
PARIS

Northern Autumn 1998
Asia Pacific Security Outlook 1999 Workshop
East-West Center
Contact: Dr Charles Morrison
TEL: 1 808 944-7729
FAX: 1 808 944-7389
HONOLULU

8-10 September 1998
ARF Heads of Defence Colleges and Institutions Meeting
Korea National Defence College
Contact: Dr Kim Gi-Chul
TEL: 82 2 300-2084
FAX: 82 2 309 9774
REPUBLIC OF KOREA

8-10 September 1998
Asian Approaches to International Negotiations:
Borders and Territories Conference (title TBC)
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies &
Atlantic Council of the United States
Contact: Capt Robert Speer, Chief, Conference Division
TEL: 1 808 971-8978
FAX: 1 808 971-8989
EMAIL: apcss24@pixi.com
HONOLULU

8-10 September 1998
Indonesia: Suharto and After
New Zealand Asia Institute and Oxfam
Contact: Dr Xin Chen
TEL: 64 9 373-7599, extn 6936
FAX: 64 9 308-2312
E-mail: x.chen@auckland.ac.nz
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

9-10 September 1998
Achieving Military Dominance:
Defining, Assessing, Implementing and Expanding Joint Vision 2010
Operational Concepts in the 21st Century
, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defence University
CONTACT: Jim Graham
TEL: 1 202 685-3857
FAX: 1 202 685-3866
Email: grahamj@ndu.edu
URL: http://www.ndu.edu/ndu/inss/insshp.html
WASHINGTON DC

10-11 September 1998
Year of the Ocean Workshop on Regional Cooperation among Institutions
in Ocean Policy and Management
SEAPOL and Oceans Institute of Canada
Contact: Ankana Sirivivatnanon
SEAPOL, c/o Sukhothai Thammathirat Open Univ
Academic Bldg 2(3/F), Pakkred
Nonthaburi, Thailand
TEL: 66 2 503-3608, 503-3858
FAX: 66 2 503-3608
E-MAIL: seapsank@samsorn.stou.ac.th
BANGKOK

11-12 September 1998
Within the UNESCO Project - Towards a culture of peace:
A Regional Symposium On Cooperative Peace In Southeast Asia
UNESCO and ASEAN
FAX: 33 1 45 68 55 21
TEL: 33 1 45 68 12 77
JAKARTA

15-19 September 1998
The 15th Sino-European Conference
Institute of International Relations (IIR)
Contact:Dr Fu-kuo Liu
TEL: 886-2-2939 4921 ext.316
FAX: 886-2-2937 8609
Email: fkliu@cc.nccu.edu.tw
TAIPEI

21-22 September 1998
Civil Dimensions of Military Operations
US Army War College and
National Defence University
TEL: 1 717 245-3133
WASHINGTON DC

21-23 September 1998
Defence of Australia in 2015
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
TEL: 61 2 6243-8555
FAX: 61 2 6248-0816
Email: ksmith@coombs.anu.edu.au
CANBERRA

21-24 September 1998
Cooperative Security
TEL: 44 1903 817 772
FAX: 44 1903 815 931
Email: info@wiltonpark.org.uk
STEYNING, WEST SUSSEX, UK

21-25 September 1998
Officers' Logistics Conference (PASOLS XXVII)
US Pacific Command (PACOM)
Contact:LCDR Bobbie Collins, HQ US CINCPAC
TEL: 1 808 477-0948
FAX: 1 808 477 0242
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

21-25 September 1998
Spectrum Management Conference
US Pacific Command (PACOM)
CONTACT:Bob Marcial, HQ US CINCPAC
TEL: 1 808 477 1051
FAX: 1 808 477 0691
HONOLULU

24-27 September 1998 (TBC)
The 1998 Gwinganna Forum
The Asia-Australia Institute
Contact: Major Greg De Somer
TEL: 61 2 9385 9111
FAX: 61 2 9385 9220
EMAIL:
GOLD COAST HINTERLAND, AUSTRALIA

27-30 September 1998
ARF Second Track Seminar:
Peace, Stability and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (Exact Title TBC)
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Contact: Boris Zhilyaev, Senior Counsellor, Second Asia Department
TEL: 7 095 244 2820
FAX: 7 095 230 2183
VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA

28-30 September 1998
International Defence Economists Association Seminar: Pacific Rim
School of Economics and Management, Australian Defence Forces Academy (ADFA)
Contact: Dr Stefan Markowski
TEL: 61 2 6268 8094
FAX: 61 2 6268 8450
CANBERRA

September 1998
Second Track Conference on Taiwan
Shanghai Institute for International Studies
Contact: Professor Yang Jieman
TEL: 86 21 6247-2537
FAX: 86 21 6247-2272
Email: jmyang@fudan.ihep.ac.cn
TAIWAN

September/October 1998 (TBC)
ARF Second Track Workshop on Common Principles of Disaster Management
Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC)
FAX: 66 2 524-5353
FAX: 66 2 524-5360
Email: adpc@ait.ac.th
BANGKOK

September/October 1998 (TBC)
ARF Disaster Relief Experts Group Meeting
TBC
TBC

September/October 1998
Conference on Security Issues in North East Asia
Institute of the World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
with Seoul Institute of International Relations
Contact: Vyacheslav Amirov, Centre of Asian and Pacific Studies
TEL/FAX: 7 095 120-4192
MOSCOW

OCTOBER 1998

7-8 October 1998
Optimising Open Source Information
Australian Defence Studies Centre (ADFA)
Contact: Sue Brown
TEL: 61 2 6268 8849
FAX: 61 2 6268 8440
Email: s-brown@adfa.oz.au
CANBERRA

8-9 October 1998
International Year of the Oceans:
Preservation and Protection of the Marine Environment
Centre for Maritime Policy, University of Wollongong &
Ocean University of Qingdao, PRC
Contact: Sam Bateman
TEL: 61 2 4221 3224
FAX: 61 2 4226 8866
Email: s.bateman@uow.edu.au or CENMARPOL@uow.edu.au
WOLLONGONG

11-13 October 1998
CSCAP Transnational Crime Working Group 4th Meeting
AUSCSCAP
in cooperation with the Australian Institute of Police Management (AIPM)
Contact: John McFarlane or Dr Stephen Bates
TEL: 61 2 6268 6257 or 61 2 62438562
FAX: 61 2 6268 8440 or 61 2 6578526
Email: j.mcfarlane@adfa.oz.au or
auscscap@anu.edu.au
SYDNEY

14-15 October 1998
WPNS 6th Round Conference
Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS)
Contact: Program Manager, CMDR Chung, Sam-Man
ROK Navy
TEL: 82 42 553-6615
FAX: 82 42 551-0449
SEOUL

Mid October 1998
The Greater Mekong Sub-Region:
Political and Security Implications for ASEAN
Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Contact: Kim Kao Hourn
TEL/FAX: 855 23 326-520
Email: cicp@camnet.com.kh
PHNOM PENH

19-21 October 1998
3rd International Security Forum:
Networking the Security Community in the Information Age
Centre for Security Studies and Conflict Research
TEL: 41 1252 5030
FAX: 41 1252 3149
Email: security@mcizurich.com
ZURICH

19-23 October 1998
ARF Workshop on Approaches to Training for Peacekeeping
Irish Army UN Training School/Dept. Foreign Affairs, Ireland
Contact: Dr Niall Holohan
TEL: 353 1 478-0822 ext. 2498
FAX: 353 1 478-0628
Email: niall.holohan@iveagh.irlgov.ie
DUBLIN

20-22 October 1998
Chief of Army's Exercise
Chief of Army's Exercise Secretariat, Department of Defence, Australia
Contact: LTCOL Richard Millington
TEL: 61 2 6265-4094
FAX: 61 2 6265-5446
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

24-25 October 1998
ASEAN Young Leaders Forum
Contact: Professor Kusuma Snitwongse
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
TEL: 66 2 253-2686
FAX: 66 2 254-0119
THAILAND

25-30 October 1998
China Australian Studies Conference
Beijing University
Contact: Anthony Taylor, Cultural Counsellor,
Australian Embassy, Beijing
TEL: 86 10 6532-2331
FAX: 86 10 6532-6718
Email: anthony.taylor@dfat.gov.au
BEIJING

26-29 October 1998
The Soldier And The State In Asia
East-West Center
Contact: Dr Muthiah Alagappa
TEL: 1 808 944-7529
FAX: 1 808 944-7380
HONOLULU

28-29 October 1998
3rd Annual US-Japan Security Relations Conference
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies &
Defense Research Center (Japan)
Contact: Capt Robert Speer, Chief, Conference Division
TEL: 1 808 971-8978
FAX: 1 808 971-8989
Email: apcss24@pixi.com
TOKYO

28-30 October 1998
SEAPOL APEC meeting on ocean governance
SEAPOL
Contact: Ankana Sirivivatnanon
SEAPOL, c/o Sukhothai Thammathirat Open Univ
Academic Bldg 2(3/F), Pakkred
Nonthaburi, Thailand
TEL: 66 2 503-3608, 503-3858
FAX: 66 2 503-3608
E-MAIL: seapsank@samsorn.stou.ac.th
TBA

October/November1998
Trilateral Conference on US-Japan-China Relations
Shanghai Institute for International Studies
Contact: Professor Yang Jieman
TEL: 86 21 6247-2537
FAX: 86 21 6247-2272
Email: jmyang@fudan.ihep.ac.cn
SHANGHAI

October 1998 (TBC)
Eighth Korea Institute of Defence Analysis (KIDA) International Conference
on Regional Security
Korea Institute of Defence Analysis (KIDA)
Contact: Research Coordination Division
TEL: 82 2 961 1374
FAX: 82 2 965 3295
SEOUL

NOVEMBER 1998

4-6 November 1998
Law and Security of Japan: Impact on the Philippines
Institute of International Legal Studies (IILS)
University of the Philippines Law Center
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Telefax: (632) 927-7180
E-mail: iils@cnl.net or iils@nicole.upd.edu.ph
Website
METRO MANILA

5-6 November 1998
13th Annual Conference on Korea - US Security Studies
Council on US - Korean Security Studies
FAX: 1 703 979 0909
SEOUL

5-10 November
The 10th Asia Open Forum
Institute of International Relations (IIR)
Contact: Dr. Yu-ming Shaw
TEL: 886 2 2939 4914
FAX: 886 2 2938 2133
Email: ymshaw@cc.nccu.edu.tw
JAPAN

8-10 November 1998
CSCAP North Pacific Working Group Meeting
CSCAP Canada and CSCAP Japan
Contact: CSCAP China
TEL: 86 10 6309-4396
FAX: 86 10 6309-5802
Email: ccis@mx.cei.gov.cn
BEIJING

10-12 November 1998
Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue VIII
University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and
Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Contact: Dr. Anatoly Bolyatko
TEL: 7 095 124-0835
FAX: 7 095 310-7056
Email: ifes@cemi.rssi.ru
MOSCOW

11-12 November 1998
Australia/Papua New Guinea: Crime and the Bilateral Relationship
Australian Defence Studies Centre, Australian Federal Police,
PNG National Research Institute, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project (ANU)
John McFarlane (ADSC)
TEL: 61.2.6268.6257
FAX: 61.2.6268.8440
Email: j.mcfarlane@adfa.oz.au
Dr Beno Boeha (PNG National Research Institute)
TEL: 675.326.0300
FAX: 675.326.0213
Email: Boeha@tiare.net.pg
CANBERRA

14-21 November 1998
Salzburg Seminar: 'East Asian Security:
The Role and Impact of the United States Foreign Policy'
TEL: 43 662 83 9 830
FAX: 43 662 83 9 837
Email: info@fc.salsem.org
Website: Salzburg Seminar
SALZBURG (AUSTRIA)

16-19 November 1998
China at the Millennium
TEL: 44 1903 817 772
FAX: 44 1903 815 931
Email: info@wiltonpark.org.uk
STEYNING, WEST SUSSEX, UK

17-18 November 1998
Fifth Meeting of CSCAP Maritime Cooperation Working Group
AUS-CSCAP & CSCAP Indonesia
Contact: Sam Bateman
TEL: 61 2 4221-3224
FAX: 61 2 4226-8866
Email: s.bateman@uow.edu.au or CENMARPOL@uow.edu.au
KUALA LUMPUR

17-19 November 1998
Seminar on the Politics of Defence Spending
Brookings Institution
Contact: Ms Joan Milan
FAX: 1 202 797-6133
WASHINGTON DC

30 November-1 December 1998
Academic Conference on Asia Pacific Security (Exact Title TBC)
Australian College of Defence and Strategic Studies (ACDSS)
CONTACT: Director of Studies, Ross Thomas
TEL: 61 2 6281 8601
FAX: 61 2 6288 8666
Email: r.thomas@acdss.fe.defence.gov.au
CANBERRA

25-27 November 1998
ARF Military Medicine Symposium on Tropical Medicine
and Epidemic Control in Tropical Regions
China's Ministry of Defence
TEL: 86 10 6237-3597
FAX: 86 10 6201-8356
BEIJING

November 1998
Asia-Pacific Security Seminar
National Institute for Defense Studies
CONTACT: Kagami Funada, Planning and Coordination Office
TEL: 81 3 3713-5912
FAX: 81 3 3713-6149
Email: planning@nids.go.jp
TOKYO

November 1998
ARF Meeting of Specialist Officials on Maritime Issues
US Department of State & Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
TEL: 1 202 647-1260 or 66 2 221-2821/622-1009
FAX: 1 202 647-0076 or 66 2 622-1046
HONOLULU

November 1998
Meeting of the ARF Intersessional Support Group on
Confidence Building Measures (ISG on CBMs)
US Department of State & Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
TEL: 1 202 647-1260 or 66 2 221-2821/622-1009
FAX: 1 202 647-0076 or 66 2 622-1046
HONOLULU

DECEMBER 1998

13-14 December 1998
10th CSCAP Steering Committee Meeting
CSCAP Malaysia/ CSCAP Korea
FAX: 60 3 293-9340 (Mal) or 82 2 393-7272 (ROK)
TBC

14-15 December 1998
Asia-Europe Cooperation Forum:'Challenges and Opportunities:
Asian Turbulence and Shaping A New Regional and Inter-regional Order'
Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Taipei
Co-organisers: Dr. Tai-lin Chang and Dr. Fu-Kuo Liu
TEL: 886-2-2939-4921 ext. 252 and 316
FAX: 886-2-2938-2133
Email: tlchang@cc.nccu.edu.tw
fkliu@cc.nccu.edu.tw
TAIPEI

15-18 December 1998
Development and Security in Southeast Asia (DSSEA) Conference
Shangri-La's EDSA Plaza Hotel
Co-organisers: ISDS, YCISS, CSIS
Email: cscap@cnl.net
MANILA

19-20 December 1998
Asia Pacific Security Forum
Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS)
and Institute of National and Policy Research (INPR)
Contact: Dr. Carolina G. Hernandez and Dr. Yun-han Chu
TEL:63 2 929-0889 (ISDS) and 886 2 269-2777 (INPR)
FAX: 63 2 929-0890 (ISDS) and 886 2 269 62766 (INPR)
Email: inprpd@ms8.hinet.net and cgh@cnl.net
MANILA

December 1998
Regional Security Implications of the Financial Crisis
Institute of National Policy Research (Taiwan)
Contact: Bo Teddards
TEL:886 2 2696 2777
FAX: 886 2 2696 2770
MANILA

December 1998
5th Pacific Dialogue
ISIS Malaysia
Contact: Ms Meilina Putih
TEL: 60 3 293 9366
FAX: 60 3 291 3210
KUALA LUMPUR

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