The Strategic Assistance Project is a collaborative research project of the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) that seeks to develop an alliance-based approach to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations in South and Southeast Asia by engaging and incorporating military, government, and NGO leadership from the United States and Japan.
This second workshop was designed to solicit input regarding the region’s likely reaction to the proposed US-Japan Strategic Assistance concept from leaders in the United States, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Australia, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Thailand, and to assess the regional perceptions of the current and future threat to regional stability that is posed by major disasters.
March 8, 2014
PANEL 1: Vulnerabilities in South and Southeast Asia
PANEL 2: Regional Reactions to the Strategic Assistance Concept Part I
PANEL 3: Regional Reactions to the Strategic Assistance Concept Part II (Australia, Thailand, and Singapore)
March 9, 2014
PANEL 4: Supporting and Enhancing Regional Capacity
CLOSING DISCUSSION: Toward a Regional HA/DR Framework?
SHEILA BENGTLARS, Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines
ANTHONY BERGIN, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
BRAHMA CHELLANEY, Center for Policy Research
ALAN CHONG, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
ABRAHAM M. DENMARK, NBR
EDITHA PRADITYA DUARTE, Indonesian Defense University
ADM. THOMAS B. FARGO, USN (Ret.), The National Bureau of Asian Researchs
IWAN GUNAWAN, World Bank
SOFIAH JAMIL, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
KEN JIMBO, Keio University
Col. MAKOTO KASAMATSU, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
YANG RAZALI KASSIM, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
KEI KOGA, Nanyang Technological University
HENG YEE KUANG, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
RICHARD A. LOVE, National Defense University
RAJA MOHAN, Observer Research Foundation
Col. TEERANAN NANDHAKWANG, National Defence College of Thailand
RYO SAHASHI, Kanagawa University/JCIE
NYUNT MAUNG SHEIN, Myanmar Institute of Strategic & International Studies
YUJI UESUGI, Waseda University/Okinawa Peace Assistance Center
Lt. Gen. NOBORU YAMAGUCHI, JGSDF (Ret.), National Defense Academy of Japan
