Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific and the Asian Rimland amidst the China-US rivalry

The Danube Institute invites you to an insightful half-day conference on the shifting dynamics of the Indo-Pacific in the context of the intensifying Sino-US rivalry. While China with its emerging military might aspires to become a superpower, the strategic partnership of Australia, India, Japan and the United States, the Quad may have the potential to contain it.

Regarding international trade and investment, while China's Belt and Road Initiative has been playing a pivotal role in Southeast Asia throughout the past decade, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework initiated by the United States, and India's Act East Policy aims to counter it. The incoming Trump administration may also bring changes in the dynamics of the region. The event will feature two expert panels that explore critical regional and global issues.

PROGRAMME:

9:30-10:00
REGISTRATION

10:00 - 10:05
OPENING REMARKS

• John O'Sullivan - President, Danube Institute

10:05 - 11:35 - PANEL I
THE QUAD AND ITS FUTURE

• Lt. Gen. RK Sawhney – Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, Vivekananda International Foundation, India
• Gaurav Saini – Co-founder, Council for Strategic and Defense Research, India
• Hideshi Tokuchi – President of the Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS); Served as the nation’s first-ever Vice-Minister of Defense for International Affairs, Japan
• John Tsagronis, full-time Professor of Statecraft and National Security Affairs at The Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C

Moderator: Csaba Barnabás Horváth – Senior researcher, Danube Institute, Hungary

11:35-12:05
COFFEE BREAK

12:05-13:35 - PANEL II
VISIONS FOR THE GLOBAL SOUTH – INDIA BETWEEN THE BRICS AND THE QUAD, THE ASEAN BETWEEN THE BELT AND ROAD, THE IPEF AND INDIA’S ACT EAST POLICY

• Lt. Gen. RK Sawhney – Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, Vivekananda International Foundation, India
• Gaurav Saini – Co-founder, Council for Strategic and Defense Research, India
• Hoang Thi Ha – Senior Fellow, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore/Vietnam
• Thomas Benjamin Daniel – Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy & Security Studies Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia

Moderator: Philip Pilkington – Visiting Fellow, Danube Institute, Senior Researcher, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs

Language: English

Date: Monday, November 25, 2024, 9.30 AM
Venue: Lónyay-Hatvany Villa - 1. Csónak str., 1015 Budapest
(Entrance: Aranybástya Restaurant)

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