[asia-apec 375] Alt-Security Invitation, Conference Programme and Registration Form
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Dear Friends,
The Peace Research Institute of TokyoAEs International Christian University
(ICUPRI), Forum Asia, Asia Cultural Forum on Development (ACFOD), Focus on
the Global South of Chulalongkorn UniversityAEs Social Research Institute
in Bangkok and BerkeleyAEs Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable
Development are pleased to invite you to
participate in the conference Alternative Security Systems in the Asia
Pacific Region. The conference will be held in Bangkok, at Chulalongkorn
University and the YMCA. Collins International House, from March 27-30 1997.
The conference will bring together a diverse group of NGOs, academics as
well as international civil servants to dialogue on current key issues in
regional security. Of particular concern is the highly volatile and fluid
system of security in the Asia Pacific region.
The conference objectives are to move security issues from being solely a
governmental domain, to providing a forum for civil society to engage on
the matter. It also intends to bring the security and peace discourse
beyond discussion on multilateral security systems which are largely
state-centric, to exploring orealoe security, through more people-centered
systems. The third objective is to impress on the region the fragile state
of security and peace in the Asia-Pacific and the need for more solid
systems to ensure peace and security.
We are targeting this to be a high-profile regional conference which is
open to the press as well as representatives of government. This will
better ensure that our above objectives are met.
Registration and meals at the conference is 1500 baht or $60 US.
Accommodations at the conference site can be arranged for 900 baht or $36 US
(450 baht or $ 18 US for shared accommodations) per night.
We will be honored by your presence at the conference and would appreciate
it if you could confirm your attendance with the conference secretariat at
Focus on the Global South at your earliest possible convenience via phone,
fax, or e-mail. Please direct your
correspondence to Ehito Kimura or Junya (Lek) Prompaem at Focus on the
Global South (Tel. 662 218 7363/4 Fax: 662 255 9976) by March 10.
We await your reply with anticipation.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Walden Bello
Principle Organizer, Conference on Alternative Security
Co-Director, Focus on the Global South
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Conference on Alternative Security Systems
in the Asia-Pacific
YMCA Collins International House, Bangkok, March 27-30, 1997
Tentative Program and Speakers List
Thursday, March 27
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Registration
6:30 - 7:30 Dinner
7:30 - 8:00 Words of welcome
Thienchay Kiranandana
President, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Gotham Arya, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
8:00 - 8:40 Keynote address: "Real Security"
Richard Falk, Princeton University, US
Friday, March 28
8:00 - 8:45 a.m. Resumption of registration
8:45 - 9:00 Plenary for taking stock and announcements
Co-chairs for the day:
Banthorn Ondam, ACFOD, Thailand;
Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South Thailand, Philippines
9:00 - 11:00 Panel: "China and the Asia-Pacific: Challenges to Peace
Diplomacy"
Tao Wenzhao, Institute of American Studies, China
Robert Sutter, Congressional Research Service, US
Khien Deeravit, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Kinhide Mushakoji, Meiji Gaikuin University, Japan
Jaime A. FlorCruz, Time Magazine, Beijing Bureau
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 1:15 p.m. Panel: "Geopolitics and Security in Northeast Asia"
Suh Jae-Jung, South Korea
Wade Huntley, Nautilus Institute, US
Kim Song, Korean Anti-Nuke Peace Committee, North Korea
Pharis Harvey, International Labor Rights Education Fund
1:15 - 2:15 Lunch
2:15 - 4:15 Panel: "From Traditional to Real Security"
Lester Ruiz, International Christian University, Japan/Philippines
Tomoko Saguma, People's Forum 2001, Japan
Smithu Kothari, Lokayan, India
Richard Falk, Princeton University, US
Kayoko Tetsumi, Sasakawa Foundation, Japan
4:15 -4:30 Break
4:30 - 6:30 Simultaneous panels
"US: Force for Peace or Source of Destabilization?"
Tao Wenzhao, Institute of American Studies, China
Lora Lumpe, Federation of American Scientists, US
Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South, Thailand/Philippines
Ji Guoxing, Institute of International Strategy Studies, China
"Geopolitics and Security in the South Pacific"
Amelia Rokotuivuna, Pacific Regional YWCA, Fiji
Robert Sutter, Congressional Research Service, US
Michael Hammel-Green, Victoria University of Technology
Ronni Alexander, Kobe University, Japan/US
Sonny Inbaraj, The Nation, Malaysia/Thailand
7 p.m. on Free evening
Saturday, March 29
8:15 - 8:30 Plenary session for taking stock and announcements
Co-chairs for the day:
Somchai Homlaor, Forum Asia;
Tomoko Saguma, People's Forum 2001, Japan
8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Simultaneous panels
"The US-Japan Security Treaty: Obsolete or Still Relevant?"
Tetsumi Takara, Japan
Surichai Wan-Geao, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Hiro Umebayashi, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament, Japan
Kim Song, Anti-Nuke Peace Committee, North Korea
Ji Guoxing, Institute of Strategy Studies, China
"Environment, Resources, and Security"
Tom Athannasiou, U.S.
Peter Payoyo, University of the Philippines
Emmy Hafild, WALHI, Indonesia
Srisuwan Kuankachorn, Project for Ecological Recovery, Thailand
Anuradha Mittal, Food First, US/India
10:30 -10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:45 p.m. Simultaneous workshops
"Arms Race in East Asia"
Presentor: Derek da Cunha, Institute of
Southeast Asian Studies,
Singapore
"Human Rights and Regional Security"
Presentor: Somchai Homlaor, Forum Asia, Thailand
"Culture and Security"
Co-presentors: Lester Ruiz, ICU,
Japan/Philippines;
12:45 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 4:00 Simultaneous panels
"Multilateralism: Regional and Global Dimensions"
Toshiki Mogami, International Christian University, Japan
Joseph Camilleri, La Trobe University,
Australia
Kamal Malhotra, Focus on the Global South,
Thailand/India
Jerry Sanders, University of California at
Berkeley, US
"Geopolitics of Southeast Asia"
George Aditjondro, Newcastle University,
Australia/Indonesia
Duong Quoc Than, Institute of International
Relations, Vietnam
Carolina Hernandez, University of the
Philippines
Vitit Muntaborn, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Ivanica Vodanovich, Auckland University, New Zealand
Supang Chantavanich, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
4:00 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 6:15 Panel
"Preventive Diplomacy and Proactive Peace
Diplomacy:
Lessons for the Asia-Pacific"
Kumar Rupesinghe, International Alert, UK/Sri Lanka
Tappan Bose, The Other Media, India
P.V. Rajagopal, Gandhi Peace Foundation, India
Jerry Sanders, Universtiy of California at Berkeley, US
6:30 - 8:00 Dinner
8:00 - 10 "Thoughts on Security and Spirituality," by Sulak
Sivaraksa
Cultural evening
Sunday, March 30
8:15 - 8:30 Plenary session for taking stock and announcements
Co-chairs for the day: Toshiki Mogami, ICU, Japan;
Aye Aye Win, International Alert, UK/Burma
8:30 - 10:30 Simultaneous workshops
"Gender Dimensions of Security"
Presentor: Gigi Francisco, DAWN, Philippines
"Multilateral Security Systems: Lessons from Europe"
Presentors: Ferenc Mislivetz, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
"Globalization, Trade, and Regional Security"
Presentor: Pharis Harvey, International Labor Rights Education Fund
"The Media and Security"
Presentors: Sonny Inbaraj, The Nation; Tappan Bose, The Other
Media, India
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 12:45 Panel:
"The ASEAN Regional Forum and Beyond"
Stephen Leong, ISIS, Malaysia
Hiro Umebayashi, Pacific Disarmament Campaign, Japan
Patti Willis, Pacific Disarmament Campaign, Canada
Duong Quoc Thanh, IRR, Vietnam
12:45 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 4:00 Panel: "Governments and NGO's in the Search for Peace"
Nikhom Chandraavithun, Thammasat University,
Thailand
Carolina Hernandez, University of the Philippines
Chaiwat Satya-Anand, Thammasat University, Thailand
Joseph Camilleri, La Trobe University, Australia
Gothom Arya, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Shri Kuldeep Nayyar, India
4:00 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 5:45 Conference declaration; resolutions; closing
ceremonies
Chair: Walden Bello, Focus
5:45 - 6:00 Parting words: Toshiki Mogami, Peace Research
Institute International Christian University, Japan;
Krayudth Dhiratayakinant, Chulalongkorn University
Social Research Institute
Participants' list is still being finalized. Total number of participants
will probably come to 275.
Alternative Security Conference Secretariat
Focus on the Global South
Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute
Phyathai Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Tel. 66 2 218 7363 / Fax 66 2 255 9976 / Email alt-security at focusweb.org
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Registration Form for the Conference on
Alternative Security Systems
in Asia Pacific
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Please pre-register via phone, fax, e-mail, or postal mail by Monday March
10, 1996 to:
Alternative Security Conference
Focus on the Global South
c/o CUSRI, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
Tel: 662 218 7363/4 Fax: 662 255 9976 or
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