Valdai Club

What are Asia’s Goals in the Asian Century?
Jakarta

PROGRAMME


November 26

All day  Arrival of participants

09:00-16:00  City tour

19:00-21:00  Reception at the Russian Embassy


November 27

07:00-09:00 Breakfast

09:00-10:00 Registration, welcome coffee

10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks
Rahimah ABDULRAHIM, Executive Director of the Habibie Center
Leonid BURMISTROV, Adviser to the Executive Director, Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

10:15-12:00 SESSION 1. ASIA’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE: FROM QUANTITY TO QUALITY

Is there an Asian development model? Can the Asian economy meet the growing demands of the consumer class? How do the strategies of countries in the region differ from each other, and can they be harmonized at the regional level? What do the various “pivots” to Asia offer the region itself? What would be an optimal – from Asia’s perspective – global interdependence model?

Speakers:

Berly MARTAWARDAYA, Senior Economist at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF, Indonesia)
HRH Samdech NORODOM Sirivudh, Founder and Chairman of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace; Supreme Privy Counselor to His Majesty the King of Cambodia; Member of the Constitutional Council
Victor SUMSKY, Director of the ASEAN Centre, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University)
Alexey VOLIN, Deputy Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation
 
Moderator: Rudi SUKANDAR, Senior Researcher, The Habibie Center; Senior Lecturer, London School of Public Relations

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-15:00 SESSION 2. SECURITY RISKS AND NEUTRALIZATION STRATEGIES

What threats and conflicts are the most relevant for the region today? What is the cause of the general rise of nationalism in the region and what are the possible implications for Asia? What can be done to ease tensions? Is it possible to stop the creeping shift of the center of global confrontation from the Euro-Atlantic and the Middle East to the Asia Pacific region? What role do foreign forces play, stabilizing or destabilizing?

Speakers:

Mushahid ALI, Senior Fellow, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (2001-2004), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS); Singapore Foreign Service (1970-2001), Ambassador to Cambodia (1995-2000)
Kusnanto ANGGORO, Lecturer, Indonesia Defense University
Georgy TOLORAYA, Executive Director, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research; Director, Asian Strategy Center, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Nandan UNNIKRISHNAN, Vice President & Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Moderator: Ibrahim ALMUTTAQI, Head of ASEAN Studies Program, The Habibie Center

15:00-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-17:30 SESSION 3. ASIA FOR RUSSIA AND RUSSIA FOR ASIA

What is Asia’s perception of Russia? What should be done to overcome the “European stigma” that colors perceptions of Russia in the region? What forms of Russian involvement in regional affairs will Asian countries favour? Can Russia offer an alternative to the choice between China and the US that the majority of Asian countries are facing?

Speakers:

Artyom ANIKYEV, Department Director for Project Support in Asia Pacific, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Ahmad FAHRURODJI, Head of Department of Russia Studies, University of Indonesia
Makmur KELIAT, Lecturer, University of Indonesia
Xingming PAN, Director of Academic Committee, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai
Michael TAY, Founder and Director, Foundation for the Arts and Social Enterprise; Ambassador of Singapore to Russian Federation (2003-2008); Executive Director of APEC Secretariat (2008-2009); Founder and Executive Director of Russia-Singapore Business Forum (2006-2013)

Moderator: Alexander LUKIN, Head, Department of International Relations, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Director, Centre for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University), MFA of the Russian Federation

17:30-19:00 Press cocktail

19:00-21:00 Dinner


November 28

All day Departure of participants