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Pugwash Workshop

The Emerging Regional Situation and the Global Context
7 September 2004, Islamabad

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Program


09:00 – 09:20         Welcome

Session-I               Global security Issues

09:20 – 09.40         World Order- Unilateralism versus Multi polarity; Terrorism and Asymmetric Warfare Speaker: Talat Masood

09:40 – 10:00         Discussion

10:00 – 10:20         Latest trends in the US nuclear security policy. Speaker: Riffat Hussain

10:20 – 10:40         Discussion

10:40 – 11:00         Tea Break

Session-II                         Regional Security Issues

11:00 – 11.20        Prospects for regional peace and progress on Kashmir. Speaker: Shahid Amin

11:20 – 11:40         Discussion

11:40 – 12:00         Pakistan’s India policy. Speaker: Najam Sethi

12:00 – 12:20         Discussion

12:20 – 12:40         Pakistan’s Possible Future-Political and Nuclear. Speaker: Pervez A. Hoodbhoy

12:40 – 13:00         Discussion

13:00 – 14:00         Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:20         Increasing defense budgets and conventional arms race. Speaker: Moeed Yusuf

14:20 – 14:40         Discussion

Session-III            Domestic Security Issues

14:40 – 15.00        Domestic crises: Future of democracy, and civil society

15:00 – 15:20         Discussion

15:20 – 15:40         Assessment of the strength and future of political Islam. Speaker: Khaled Ahmed

15:40 – 16:00         Discussion

16:00 – 16:15         Tea Break

16:15 – 17:15         Group Discussion

                              Chair: Paollo Cotta-Ramusino
Secretary General of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs