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11th NMF-CNA Dialogue 2020
Concept Note:
Current and Projected Challenges in the Indo-Pacific: India-US ‘Proactive’ and ‘Reactive’ Cooperative / Collaborative Opportunities
Although the geographical limits of the Indian and US conceptualisations of the ‘Indo-Pacific’ are not entirely aligned in the Indian Ocean area west of India, there is, nevertheless, a broad commonality of understanding of the interests of each country in the maritime expanse lying between the India and the eastern littorals of Africa and Arabia. At the present juncture, the region is experiencing a geopolitical churn of major magnitude caused by the simultaneous and rapid rise of several Asian powers such as India, China, Russia, South Korea, Japan and Australia, and their interfaces with the established global hyperpower, the USA. None of this would be unduly worrisome were it not for the short shrift being given by the leadership of the People’s Republic of China to the consensually derived conventions, principles, rules, norms, and comity, which collectively define the normal engagement process of nations with one another, and which is commonly referred-to as a ‘rules-based order’.
Through their eleventh annual deliberations, the NMF and the CNA will jointly endeavour to provide policy-makers in India and the US with as many prioritised options-of-choice whose regional impacts will be regionally beneficial, mutually supportive, and reciprocally reinforcing, thereby visibly strengthening a rules-based order upon which a free and open Indo-Pacific may be sustained. Towards this end, the two partner organisations intend to leverage their respective and joint expertise in the maritime domain in order to determine fresh approaches and initiatives that would expand the operational relationship and coordination between the Indian and US navies, and identify specific security-assistance and security cooperation measures with the highest assessed-potential for bilateral as well as regional acceptance and success.
This is a closed door dialogue. Entry is through invitation only, strictly limited to Indian or USA nationals only.
Programme Details:
| Day-1: 18 November 2020 (New Delhi), 17 November 2020 (Washington DC & Hawaii) | |||||
| 0630-0645 | IST | 15 min | Log-in to Cisco Webex using Registration-details and Individual Password | ||
| 1500-1515 | HST | ||||
| 2000-2015 | EDT | ||||
| 0700-0705 | IST | 05 min | Welcome Remarks & Introduction of Chairpersons | VAdm Pradeep Chauhan
AVSM & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd) DG NMF |
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| 1530-1535 | HST | ||||
| 2030-2035 | EDT | ||||
| 0705-0715 | IST | 10 min | Opening Remarks | Adm Sunil Lanba,
PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd) Chairman, NMF |
Former Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Indian Navy |
| 1535-1545 | HST | ||||
| 2035-2045 | EDT | ||||
| 0715-0725 | IST | 10 min | Opening Remarks | Mr Robert N Hein,
Director, Plans and Policy, COMPACFLT N5 |
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| 1545-1555 | HST | ||||
| 2045-2055 | EDT | ||||
| 0725-0730 | IST | 05 min | Introduction to Panel 1 Theme
(Environment Scan) |
Mr Satyam Shekhar
Programme Executive, NMF |
The Biodata of Panellists would be sent in advance and will not be read out |
| 1555-1600 | HST | ||||
| 2055-2100 | EDT | ||||
| 0730-0745 | IST | 15 min | Fleshing-out the Maritime-Security Pillar of the IPOI
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Ms Aneedrisha Hazarika,
Associate Fellow, NMF |
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| 1600-1615 | HST | ||||
| 2100-2115 | EDT | ||||
| 0745-0800 | IST | 15 min | Maritime Expectations of the QUAD | Dr Jeffrey Becker,
Director, Indo-Pacific Security Program, CNA |
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| 1615-1630 | HST | ||||
| 2115-2130 | EDT | ||||
| 0800-0815 | IST | 15 min | Contesting China’s Maritime /Strategic Constriction:
US-India Options |
Capt Sarabjeet Parmar, IN,
Executive Director, NMF |
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| 1630-1645 | HST | ||||
| 2130-2145 | EDT | ||||
| 0815-0830 | IST | 15 min | Audience Interaction | Moderated by
Mr Satyam Shekhar Programme Executive, NMF |
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| 1645-1700 | HST | ||||
| 2145-2200 | EDT | ||||
| 0830-0835 | IST | 05 min | Introduction to Panel 2 Theme
(Options vis-a-vis China) |
Dr Jeffrey Becker,
Director, Indo-Pacific Security Program, CNA |
The Biodata of Panellists would be sent in advance and will not be read out |
| 1700-1705 | HST | ||||
| 2200-2205 | EDT | ||||
| 0835-0850 | IST | 15 min | An Assessment of China’s Maritime Vulnerabilities | RADM (ret.) Michael McDevitt,
Senior Fellow, CNA |
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| 1705-1720 | HST | ||||
| 2205-2220 | EDT | ||||
| 0850-0905 | IST | 15 min | Alternatives to Maritime Codes of Conduct for China | VAdm Pradeep Chauhan
AVSM & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd) DG NMF |
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| 1720-1735 | HST | ||||
| 2220-22335 | EDT | ||||
| 0905-0920 | IST | 15 min | Audience Interaction | Dr David Finkelstein,
Vice President, and Director, China and Indo-Pacific Affairs Division, CNA |
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| 1735-1750 | HST | ||||
| 2235-2250 | EDT | ||||
| 0920-0930 | IST | 10 min | Day’s Summation | Dr David Finkelstein,
Vice President, and Director, China and Indo-Pacific Affairs Division, CNA |
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| 1750-1800 | HST | ||||
| 2250-2300 | EDT | ||||
| Day-2: 19 November 2020 (New Delhi), 18 November 2020 (Washington DC & Hawaii) | |||||
| 0630-0645 | IST | 15 min | Log-in to Cisco Webex using Registration-details and Individual Password | ||
| 1500-1515 | HST | ||||
| 2000-2015 | EDT | ||||
| 0700-0705 | IST | 05 min | Introduction to Panel 3 Theme
(Operational-level Cooperation) |
Mr Satyam Shekhar
Programme Executive, NMF
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The Biodata of Panellists would be sent in advance and will not be read out |
| 1530-1535 | HST | ||||
| 2030-2035 | EDT | ||||
| 0705-0720 | IST | 15 min | Operational Cooperation at the Level of ‘Operational Art’
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US Expectations of the IN
RADM (ret.) Michael McDevitt, Senior Fellow, CNA |
(By ‘Operational Art’ is meant the deployment of tactical assets in sequences of time and/or space and/or event so as to produce a desired strategic result) |
| 1535-1550 | HST | ||||
| 2035-2050 | EDT | ||||
| 0720-0735 | IST | 15 min | IN Expectations of the USN
VAdm Anil Chopra, PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd) Former Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command, Eastern Naval Command, and, Former Director General, Indian Coast Guard |
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| 1550-1605 | HST | ||||
| 2050-2105 | EDT | ||||
| 0735-0750 | IST | 15 min | IN-USN ASW Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges | RADM (ret.) Robert Girrier, Senior Fellow, CNA | |
| 1605-1620 | HST | ||||
| 2105-2120 | EDT | ||||
| 0750-0805 | IST | 15 min | Audience Interaction | Moderated by
Mr Satyam Shekhar Programme Executive, NMF |
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| 1620-1635 | HST | ||||
| 2120-2135 | EDT | ||||
| 0805-0810 | IST | 05 min | Introduction to Panel 4 Theme
(IN-USN Cooperation: Quo Vadis?) |
Ms Tamara Hemphill,
Research Analyst, CNA |
The Biodata of Panellists would be sent in advance and will not be read out |
| 1635-1640 | HST | ||||
| 2135-2140 | EDT | ||||
| 0810-0825 | IST | 15 min | Leveraging the Foundational Agreements: Fresh Avenues of IN-USN Cooperation | An Indian Perspective:
Commodore Lalit Kapur, IN (Retd), Senior Fellow, Delhi Policy Group (DPG) |
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| 1640-1655 | HST | ||||
| 2140-2155 | EDT | ||||
| 0825-0840 | IST | 15 min | A US Perspective:
Mr. Benjamin Schwartz, Research Analyst, CNA |
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| 1655-1710 | HST | ||||
| 2155-2210 | EDT | ||||
| 0840-0855 | IST | 15 min | Countering China’s Lawfare: An IN-USN Collaborative Approach | Cdr Anand Kumar, IN
Deputy Director, NMF |
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| 1710-1725 | HST | ||||
| 2210-2225 | EDT | ||||
| 0855-0910 | IST | 15 min | Audience Interaction | Moderated by
Dr David Finkelstein, Vice President, and Director, China and Indo-Pacific Affairs Division, CNA |
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| 1725-1740 | HST | ||||
| 2225-2240 | EDT | ||||
| 0910-0920 | IST | 10 min | Day’s Summation & Closing Remarks | Adm Sunil Lanba,
PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd) Chairman, NMF |
Former Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Indian Navy |
| 1740-1750 | HST | ||||
| 2240-2250 | EDT | ||||
| 0920-0925 | IST | 05 min | Closing Remarks | Mr Robert N Hein,
Director, Plans and Policy, COMPACFLT N5 |
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| 1750-1755 | HST | ||||
| 2250-2255 | EDT | ||||
| 0925-0930 | IST | 05 min | Dr Jeffrey Becker,
Director, Indo-Pacific Security Program, CNA |
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| 1755-1800 | HST | ||||
| 2255-2300 | EDT |
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