NMF-RSIS Webinar “Conceptualising an ASEAN ‘Look West’ Initiative: Identifying Optimal Roles for Singapore and India”
The NMF is justifiably proud of the enhanced depth and policy-relevance of its partnership with the RSIS, which has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade-plus. Even as the two institutions commemorated the tenth anniversary of their bilateral engagement last year (2019), they jointly decided to focus upon the manner in which the two segments of the largely-maritime expanse of the Indo-Pacific, namely, the Indian Ocean segment and the western Pacific one, could be optimally stitched together. It was recognised that the concept itself needed to be founded upon an internationally-accepted rules-based order that was arrived-at through a consensual process. Fittingly, therefore, the 10th bilateral engagement of these two iconic institutions, which was held at Singapore on the 11th and 12th of April 2019, revolved about the theme, “The Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia: Promoting a Rules-Based Order in the Maritime Commons”.
Due to COVID-induced restrictions on international travel, the 11th round of the annual bilateral engagement, which was to have been hosted by the NMF, has had to be put on hold. However, for the interim period, it has been decided to continue our interaction online. Hence, a webinar, in the format of an online ‘brainstorming-session’, has been planned on Wednesday, 05 August 2020, which would explore the contours of what a possible ASEAN-driven “Look West Initiative” might look like and the role that India and Singapore could play in supporting such an initiative.
About the Webinar:
The Webinar will be hosted on ZOOM Video Conference Platform on 05 August, 2020 (Wednesday), from 0900h to 1100h (IST)
| Programme is as follows: | |
| Registration/ Log-in | 0845h-0900h |
| Opening Remarks
1. Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd), Chairman, NMF, & Former Chief of the Naval Staff 2. Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Defence and Strategic Studies, RSIS |
0900h – 0910h (05 Minutes Each) |
| Brainstorming
Moderator: Ms Jane Chan Git Yin, Senior Fellow, and Coordinator of the Maritime Security Programme, IDSS, RSIS Panellists: 1. Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd) Director-General, NMF |
0910h – 0950h (40 Minutes) |
| Audience Interaction
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0950h – 1010h (20 Minutes) |
| Rounding-Up Comments by Panellists and Moderator
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1010h – 1025h (05 Minutes Each) |
| Closing Remarks
1. Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd), Chairman, NMF, & Former Chief of the Naval Staff
Executive Deputy Chairman and Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, RSIS |
1025h – 1035h (05 Minutes each) |
- Registration:
Kindly Register here before 1700h (IST) on 4th August 2020, to receive the link for the Webinar.
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