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PROGRAM ON PEACE STUDIES AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI

WORKSHOP ON THE CHALLENGE OF CONFIDENCE-BUILDING IN 21^ST CENTURY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR SOUTH ASIA

FEBRUARY 23-25, 2001
AT HOTEL REGENT PLAZA, KARACHI

PROGRAM

Friday, February 23, 2001 (Coronet Hall)

Welcome and Introductions

First Session 2.30-6.00 p.m.

Theme: The Concept of CBMs

Keynote address: Lt. Gen (Retd) Talat Masood, former Secretary, Defense Production, Government of Pakistan.

Chair: Brig (Retd) A. R. Siddiqui, Executive Director, Regional Institute of Strategic Studies.

Discussant: Mr. Akbar Zaidi, eminent economist.

1. Rationalizing the concept of CBMs by Dr. Moonis Ahmar, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

2. CBMs: Bridging the gap in theory and practice by Dr. Maqsoodul Hasan Nuri, Senior Research Scholar, The Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan.

3. Role of institutions in promoting the concept of CBMs in South Asia by Maj. Gen (Retd) Dipanker Banerjee, Executive Director, Regional Center for Strategic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

4. A proactive approach on CBMs by Dr. Smruti Pattnaik, Research Fellow, Institute of Defense and Strategic Analysis, New Delhi, India.

Tea: 6.00 p.m.

Saturday, February 24, 2001 (Crown Ballroom)

First Session 9.30-11.30 a.m.

Theme: Perspectives on CBMs

Chair: Maj Gen (Retd) Dipanker Banerjee.

Discussant: Ms. Salma Malik, lecturer, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

1. How can the United States play its role in Indo-Pak Confidence-Building? by Dr. Saleem Kidwai, Associate Professor, American and West European Studies Division, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

2. The challenge of CBMs: A Bangladeshi Perspective by Dr. AKM Abdus Sabur, Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

3. Search for a Solution to Sri Lanka's Ethnic Problem: The Role of CBMs by Dr. Amal Jayawardene, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

4. The role of small states in the CBM process by Mr. Tara Baral, Research Scholar, Department of Political Science, Tribuvan University, Katmandu, Nepal.

Tea: 11.30-12.00

Second Session 12.05-1.30 p.m.

Theme: CBMs and significant issues in South Asia-1

Chair: Ambassador (Retd) Afzal Mahmood, Chief Executive, Interactive Communications, Karachi, Pakistan.

Discussant: Tayyaba Tanvir, Cooperative Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

1. Nuclear CBMs between India and Pakistan: Problems and Prospects by Dr. Amitabh Mattoo, Director, Center for the Study of National Security Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, India

2. Nuclear Confidence-Building Measures In South Asia: A view from Islamabad by Ms. Salma Malik.

3. The relevance of CBMs in the post-Kargil scenario by Dr. Rajesh Basrur, Director, Center for Global Studies, Mumbai, India.

Lunch: 1.30-2.30 p.m.

Third Session: 2.30-5.30 p.m.

Theme: CBMs and significant issues in South Asia-I1

Chair: Mr. Karan Sawhny, Director, International Center for Peace Initiatives, New Delhi, India.

Discussant: Ammara Durrani, Assistant Editor, The News International, Karachi, Pakistan.

1. Confidence-building measures: The role of track-II and NGOs by Prof. Talat A. Wizarat, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan,

2. Non-Traditional Security and the role of CBMs in South Asia by Dr. Shankari Sundararaman, Research Officer, Institute of Defense and Strategic Analysis, New Delhi, India.

3. The role of civil society in CBMs in South Asia by Mr. Naeem Ahmed, Cooperative Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

4. The role of violence in South Asia and the Middle East Regions as an impediment to the CBM process by Mr. Sheikh Mutahir Ahmed, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

Tea: 5.30 p.m.

Sunday, February 25, 2001 (Crown Ballroom)

First Session: 9.30–11.30 p.m.

Theme: The role of CBMs in resolving non-military threats to security-1

Chair: Maj Gen (Retd) Ghulam Umer, renowned security analyst, Karachi, Pakistan.

Discussant: Asma P. Khan, Cooperative lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

1. Changing perceptions of non-military CBMs in South Asia by Dr. P. Sahadevan, Associate Professor, South Asian Division, School of International Studies, Jawharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

2. Economic CBMs in South Asia: Problems and Prospects by Mr. Akbar Zaidi.

3. Environment as a factor in South Asian Confidence-Building in South Asia by Minna Taheer, Program Officer, Regional Center for Strategic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Tea: 11.30-12.05.

Second Session: 12.05-1.30 p.m.

Theme: The role of CBMs in resolving non-military threats to security-II

Chair: Dr. Amitabh Mattoo,

Discussant : Mr. Agha Masood Hussain, eminent columnist, Karachi, Pakistan.

1. The role of technology in the CBM process in South Asia, by Dr. Alex Glixman, Principal of AGI, LLC, International, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.

2. Water sharing as a source of confidence building in South Asia by Dr. Shaista Tabassum, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi. (Paper to be presented by Ms. Tayyaba Tanvir).

3. The role of media in the CBM process in South Asia by Mr. Ghazi Salahuddin, Editorial Director, Jang Group of Newspapers, Karachi, Pakistan.

Lunch: 1.30–2.30 p.m.

Third Session: 2.30–4.00 p.m.

Theme: The future of CBMs in South Asia

Chair: Dr. Rajesh Basrur

Discussant: Nasreen Akhtar, lecturer, Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariyya University, Multan, Pakistan.

1. State-building and internal security in India and Pakistan: The Need for a Domestic CBM Regime in South Asia by Mr. Farhan H. Siddiqi, Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

2. The future of CBMs in South Asia: Need for an alternate approach by Asma P. Khan and Tayyaba Tanvir.

Concluding sessions: 4.00–5.30 p.m.

Chair: Dr. Alex Glikxman

Presentation of reports and policy recommendations

Tea: 5.30 p.m.

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