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Central Asia after NATO Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Roundtable of the NATO Defense College
in cooperation with
the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Tashkent
ROME, 9 July 2012
at NATO Defense College, Via G. Pelosi 1, 00143 Rome
Agenda
8 July
19:30-21:00 Welcome Reception (Hotel Imperiale – Via Veneto 24 - Rome)
9 July
8:15 Departure from the Hotel Imperiale to NDC
9:15 Welcome remarks
Arne B. Dalhaug, Commandant, NATO Defense College, Rome
Introduction
Thomas Kunze, Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Tashkent
Heidi Reisinger, Research Advisor, Research Division, NATO Defense College, Rome
9:30-11:00 NATO and the Partners in Central Asia
What are the political ambitions of NATO in a changing strategic context? Which role does NATO want to play in Central Asia? Will there be military cooperation after 2014?Expectations of CA states: Which kind of partnership do they want? Where can NATO offer added value? And what about the promotion of common values
Chair: Heidi Reisinger, Research Advisor, Research Division, NATO Defense College, Rome
NATO’S ROLE IN CENTRAL ASIA
Alberto Bin, Director, PASP, Integration, Partnerships and Cooperation, NATO HQ, Brussels
A CENTRAL ASIAN VIEW
Farkhod Tolipov, Director, Education and Research Institution “Knowledge Caravan”, Tashkent
CENTRAL ASIA – AN INDISPENSIBLE MILITARY PARTNER FOR NATO?
Scott Horten, Editor, Harper’s Magazine, New York
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:30 The New Great Game – who is keeping the score?
Are Central Asian states expecting waves of destabilization coming from Afghanistan after 2014? What exactly do they expect? How are they getting ready for 2014? Is Central Asia mainly about transit routes? Should NATO cooperate with CSTO and SCO?
Chair: Karl-Heinz Kamp, Director Research Division, NATO Defense College, Rome
SECURITY CHALLENGES AND REGIONAL COOPERATION
Marat Abdiraev, Dept. Director Exec. Cmt Counter-Terrorist-Center, SCO, Tashkent
Kairat Osmonaliyev, Dept. Dean, College of the Kyrgyz Foreign Service, and Chairman, Council of Advisors of the Kyrgyz National Security Committee, Bishkek
FIGHT AGAINST RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM
Khaidarhon Yuldashkhodjayev, President Tashkent Islamic University, Uzbekistan
Comments: Tuygun Gafurov, Dean, Tashkent Islamic University, Uzbekistan
12:30-14:00 Hosted Lunch
14:00-15:30 Afghan Issues
Is state fragility and Islamic rule in AFPAK an enduring threat? Alliance cohesion: Together in and together out? Transition into Afghan lead – views from Russia and Central Asia?
Chair: Ann-Sofie Dahl, Professor, CSIS, Washington
AFGHAN LED PEACE PROCESS
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Richard Hooker, Dean, NATO Defense College, Rome
A DIFFICULT NEIGHBORHOOD: COOPERATION WITH AFGHANISTAN
Ivan Safranchuk, Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow
Marina Pikulina, ResearcherCoordinator, S-Monitor Analytical Center, Tashkent
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Way Ahead
How stabile are the regimes? Is the Islamic movement a serious threat, a social and welfare service, or the only way of political opposition? Cooperation with the West: Is there an expectations/capability gap? What are the perspectives of the Partnership after 2014? Is a “wider” Central Asian regional cooperation possible?
Chair: Andreas Heinemann-Grueder, Senior Research Fellow, BICC
ENDURING PARTNERSHIP: A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE
Faredun Hodi-Zoda, Director, Academy of Dialogue, Dushanbe
WIDER CENTRAL ASIA - REGIONAL COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA, CHINA AND INDIA
Marlène Laruelle, Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
17:30 Departure from NDC to Hotel Imperiale
19:30 Dinner (Restaurant Il Piccolo Mondo, Via Aurora 39, Rome)