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08:45 - Welcome
Opening Remarks by Dominique David, Executive Vice President, Ifri
Keynote Address by Christian Lechervy, Advisor for Strategic Affairs and the Asia-Pacific to the President of the French Republic
MORNING SESSION - ASSESSING RISING INSTABILITY IN EAST ASIA
09:15 - Mapping the shifting balance of power and security architecture in the region
Barry Buzan, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, London School of Economics
Fu-Kuo Liu, Executive Director, Center for Security Studies, National Chengchi University
Saadia M. Pekkanen, Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
10:30 - Flashpoints and the risk of conflict
Ian Storey, Senior Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
Valérie Niquet, Senior Research Fellow, Head, Asian Studies Department, Foundation for Strategic Research, Paris
Choi Kang, Vice President, Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Seoul
AFTERNOON SESSION: MANAGING RISK AND PROMOTING STABILITY IN EAST ASIA
14:00 - Regional peace initiatives and codes of conduct
Yoshihide Soeya, Director, Institute of East Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science, School of Law, Keio University, Tokyo
Jusuf Wanandi, co-founder of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Indonesia) and co-chair of the Council of Security and Cooperation in Asia-Pacific, Indonesia
Mien-sheng Hsu, President, Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs, Taipei
Richard Cronin, Director, Southeast Asia Program, Stimson Center, Washington D.C.
16:00 - Europe's role in promoting stability in East Asia
Viorel Isticioaia-Budura, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific, European External Action Service (EEAS)
James Hoare, Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS, University of London
Daniel Keohane, Senior Researcher, Head of Strategic Affairs, FRIDE
17:45 - Concluding remarks
Thierry de Montbrial, Founder and President, Ifri
Ifri, Paris
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