The 14th APAP Forum was held in Shanghai on November 16–17, 2008. The forum was divided into sessions covering four nontraditional security themes that are especially relevant to security cooperation in the Asian Pacific region, including maritime security, international terrorism, peacebuilding, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Over two dozen experts participated in the program, which provided the four paper writers with an opportunity to received feedback on their paper drafts. The 14th Forum was organized as part of the APAP program on Growing Asia-Pacific Regionalism and New Opportunities to Advance Non-traditional Security Cooperation.
Session I: Overview
Moderator: Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange
Koji Watanabe, Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange
Session II: Maritime Security
Moderator: Chen Dongxiao, Vice President, Shanghai Institutes of International Studies (SIIS)
Paper writer: Joon Num Mak, Independent Analyst; former Director of Research, Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA)
Commentator: Isami Takeda, Professor, Dokkyo University
Session III: The International Terrorism
Moderator: Han Sung-Joo, President, The ASAN Institute for Policy Studies
Paper writer: Francisco J. Mier, Assistant Director General, National Security Council, the Philippines
Commentator: Suchit Bungbonkarn, Senior Fellow, Institute of Security and International Studies
Session IV: Peacebuilding
Moderator: Lee Shin-wha, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University
Paper writer: Yuji Uesugi, Associate Professor, Hiroshima University
Commentator: Mely Caballero-Anthony, Associate Professor, Head, Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies, S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies(RSIS) & Secretary-General, Consortium of Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia (NTS-Asia)
Session V: The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)
Moderator: Takako Hikotani, Associate Professor of Public Policy, National Defense Academy
Paper writer: Wu Chunsi, Deputy Director of American Studies, Shanghai Institutes of International Studies
Commentator: Rizal Sukma, Deputy Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Mely Caballero-Anthony | Associate Professor, Head, Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies, S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) & Secretary-General, Consortium of Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia (NTS-Asia) |
Chen Dongxiao | Vice President, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies |
Han Sung-joo | President, The ASAN Institute for Policy Studies; former President Korea University, Seoul; former Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs; former Korean Ambassador to the United States; Pacific Asia Deputy Chairman, Trilateral Commission |
John R. Hewson | Chairman, The John Hewson Group, Sydney; Former Leader of the Federal Opposition, Australia; Special Adviser to the Under Secretary of UNESCAP |
Takako Hikotani | Associate Professor of Public Policy, National Defense Academy |
Clara Joewono | Vice Chair, Board of Directors, CSIS Foundation |
Jun’etsu Komatsu | Managing Director, Shibusawa Ei’ichi Memorial Foundation |
Lee Shin-wha | Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University, Seoul |
Liu Min | Associate Professor, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences |
Joon Num Mak | Independent Analyst; Former Director of Research, Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) |
Francisco Mier | Director, National Security Council, The Philippines |
Ni Shixiong | Professor, Ph.D. Adviser, Center for American Studies, Fudan University |
Takayoshi Sato | Managing Director, MRA Foundation |
Yoshiyasu Sato | Advisor, Tokyo Electric Power Co. Ltd.; former Japanese Ambassador to China |
Rajiv Sikri | Former Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs; Former Ambassador to Thailand |
Suchit Bungbonkarn | Senior Fellow, Institute of Security and International Studies |
Rizal Sukma | Deputy Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies |
Masayuki Tadokoro | Professor, International Relations, Keio University |
Toshiyuki Takano | Senior Advisor, ITOCHU Corporation; former Ambassador to Germany |
Isami Takeda | Professor, International Relations, Dokkyo University |
Yuji Uesugi | Associate Professor, Hiroshima University |
Koji Watanabe | Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange; former Japanese Ambassador to Russia |
Wu Chunsi | Deputy Director of American Studies, Shanghai Institutes of International Studies |
Taizo Yakushiji | Executive Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy of the Cabinet Office of Japan |
Tadashi Yamamoto | President, Japan Center for International Exchange; Pacific Asia Director, Trilateral Commission |
Yang Jiemian | President, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies |
