The Third Danube Geopolitical Summit - DAY 2

Danube Institute and The Heritage Foundation U.S.A. will once again provide an international gathering of experts over two days to discuss the current geopolitical forces on which the world’s attention is focused.  Space is limited and advanced registration is suggested.

Day-2

Program Master of Ceremonies, Logan West

09:00-09:20 WELCOME REMARKS – CONNECTIVITY
Balázs Orbán, Political Director to the Prime Minister

09:20-10:50 – PANEL ONE: G2 WORLD AND US-CHINA RIVALRY
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán recently declared, “There are two suns in the sky”, referring to China and the U.S. He argued both have to accept and manage the dual polarity, leaving room for the other, instead of playing a zero-sum game. Have we entered a geopolitical ‘duocracy’, centred on China and the U. S.? Are there two suns in the sky? How can we prevent the American-Chinese rivalry from overheating? What are their respective gravitational pulls, planets and powers?

• CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGE FROM CHINA
  Prof. S. John Tsagronis, Keynote Speaker, Professor of Statecraft and National Security Affairs at The Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C., former Senior Director on the National Security Council Staff, U.S.A.
  
  
• THE ’CHIMERICA’ CHIMERA
  Dr. Miles Yu, Senior Fellow and Director, China Center at Hudson Institute, U.S.A.
  
  
• THE RETURN OF GRAND STRATEGY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
  Prof. Michael Rainsborough, Academic Principal, Australian War College, Canberra, AU
  
  
• NEW ERA OF RISK
  Dr. David Morris, Senior Fellow Center for China and Globalization, CN; Vice Chair, UN Asia Pacific Sustainable Business Network, UNESCAP, Australia
  
  
• Dr. Eric Hendriks – Moderator, Danube Institute Visiting Fellow; sociologist, an alumnus of the University of Chicago and Peking University, and researcher of Chinese political world conceptions, The Netherlands
  
  

10:50-12:25 – PANEL TWO: FUTURE WAR AND HYBRID WARFARE
The Russo-Ukrainian War has seen a dynamic approach from both sides of the conflict beyond conventional military doctrine. Cyber warfare, the expanded use of proxy forces, and influence operations have found prominent positions in both Russian and Ukrainian strategies, along with those of their allies. What does this conflict demonstrate about the future of warfare, and what will be the wider consequences for the world?

• INFORMATION WARFARE IN TODAY’S HYBRID & UNRESTRICTED WARFARE REALITIES
  Michelle Watson, Geopolitical Cyber Security Affairs, Cyber and Strategic Risk Deloitte Advisory Manager; founder and former CEO of Cyber Intelligent Partners in Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  
  
• SPACE POWER AND THE MILITARY BALANCE
  Gabriel Elefteriu, Deputy Director (Defence and Space) at the Council on Geostrategy in London; Founding Partner at AstroAnalytica, a UK strategic space advisory firm; U.K.
  
  
• THE FUTURE OF WAR IS CIVIL WAR
  David Betz, Professor of War in the Modern World in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, U.K.
  
  
• Dakota Wood – Moderator, Senior Research Fellow for Defense Programs, The Heritage Foundation, U.S.A.

13:30-15:00 – PANEL THREE: THE WORLD OUTSIDE – EUROPEAN INTERESTS BEYOND RUSSIA, CHINA AND THE U.S.
The consequences of the Russo-Ukrainian War, as well as the rising tensions between America and China, have been a source of global concern. Moreover, the rest of the world is responding in various ways. The African Union has even proposed a peace deal for the war in Ukraine, whilst Australia has joined in coalition with the U.S. and the U.K. to counter China’s growing naval power. Africa, Asia and Europe, meanwhile, have all been subject to economic and political pressure from the U.S., Russia and China. What impact will these developments have on global security and the prospects for a stable international order?

• INDIA’S NEW GEOPOLITICS
  Prof. C. Raja Mohan, Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  
  
• CHINESE AMBITIONS IN THE PERSIAN GULF
  Dr. Michael Doran, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, Hudson Institute, U.S.A.
  
  
• THE RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR IN GLOBAL CONTEXT: AFRICAN STATES’ UN-UNIFIED BUT PRAGMATIC RESPONSE
  Prof. Kelechi Kalu, Professor of Political Science and former Vice-Provost of International Affairs, The University of California – Riverside, U.S.A.
  
  
• David Oldroyd-Bolt – Moderator, Political Analyst, Commentator, U.K.

15:00-16:30 – PANEL FOUR: DEMOGRAPHICS AND CULTURES – WHERE IS THE WORLD HEADED
Mass migrations of people around the world from Ukraine, the Middle East, and Africa to various parts of Europe and America may have far-reaching consequences for the populations and cultures of the developed states affected by these migration flows. What will these consequences look like for domestic and international politics, and how might democratic governments respond?

• BECOMING A MINORITY? LOW BIRTH RATES, HIGH MIGRATION AND POPULATION CHANGE
  Dr. David Coleman, Emeritus Professor of Demography at the Department of Social Policy, University of Oxford, U.K.
  
  
• HOW FRANCE MAY FINALLY BE LOOKING SERIOUSLY AT HER IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS
  Anne Elisabeth Moutet, Columnist, The Telegraph and UnHerd, London; France Info and France 5, Paris; France
  
  
• EXPLORING THE INTERPLAY OF HUMAN MOBILITY, PEACE, AND SECURITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE: A SOUTHERN PERSPECTIVE
  Prof. El Mostafa Rezrazi, Ph.D, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South President, The Moroccan Observatory on Extremism & Violence Professor of Crisis Management, FGSES, University Mohammed VI Polytechnique, Morocco
  
  
• WEAPONS OF MASS MIGRATION AND HOW MIGRATION CAN BE USED AS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
  Dr. James Carafano, Senior Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow, International Engagement, The Heritage Foundation, U.S.A.
  
  
• Dr. Gladden Pappin – Moderator, President of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, HU/U.S.A.

Language: English

Date: 22 September, 2023 
Registration: from 8.30 AM 
Venue: Lónyay-Hatvany Villa- 1. Csónak str., 1015 Budapest

We reserve the right to change the program.

Registration is closed!