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IISS-NESA South Asia Security Conference 2012
The 6th IISS South Asia Security conference, in partnership with the Near East & South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, US National Defense University, was held in Muscat, Oman, on 29 November2 December.
The conference brought together 56 senior officials and influential experts from Afghanistan Pakistan and India, along with Bangladesh, as well as the UK, US, France, Japan and the UN. The agenda focused on regional counterterrorism and the stability of Afghanistan.
Half the participants this year were new faces, over half were South Asians, and half the South Asians were top government officials, high-level diplomats, senior military and intelligence officials. This extraordinary level of official South Asian participation resulted in a unique one-and-a-half track forum with policy-relevant and substantive off-the-record discussions.
Amidst the withdrawal of NATO/ISAF combat forces by the end of 2014 and the transition to Afghan combat command by the middle of next year, a key session examined the challenges and opportunities for the buildup of Afghan security forces. With the recent release of Afghan Taliban prisoners by Pakistan, the session on prospects for reconciliation and reintegration with the Taliban and Afghan insurgents was addressed by three key security officials Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, the Minister Advisor to the President of Afghanistan on Home Security and Secretary-General of the High Peace Council, Major-General Isfandiyar Pataudi, the Director General (Analysis) of Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and Umer Daudzai, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Pakistan. The session, examining how India and Pakistan could usefully cooperate to promote stability in Afghanistan, was addressed by three high-level diplomats, the Ambassador of Afghanistan to India, Shaida M. Abdali, the Ambassador of India to Afghanistan, Gautam Mukhopadhaya, and the Director General (South Asia) of Pakistans Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zehra Akbari.
The keynote speaker, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, the US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, provided an early perspective on the second-term Obama administrations key priorities for South Asia. David D. Pearce, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, addressed the role and impact of US and NATO policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Pakistans National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), Khawaja Khalid Farooq, Director General of Bangladeshs National Security Intelligence, Major-General (retd.) Monzur Ahmed, former Director of Indias Intelligence Bureau, Ajit K. Doval, and former Deputy Chief of Indias external intelligence agency Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), Anand Arni, also discussed issues of countering radical extremism and prospects for counter-terrorism cooperation. Pakistans Defence Secretary, Lt.-Gen. (retd.) Asif Yasin Malik, addressed the key risks and opportunities towards 2015. Lt.-Gen. (retd.) Ahmad Shuja Pasha, until recently, Director General of the ISI, was a special conference dinner guest.
The IISS expresses its grateful thanks to Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman for supporting this unique series of conferences. The conference was organised by IISS Senior Fellow for South Asia Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, along with Rebecca Fishley, IISS Dialogues and Asia Coordinator and Antoine Levesques, Research Analyst and Project Coordinator, IISS South Asia Programme. The next conference is planned to be held in November 2013 in Muscat, Oman.
THE 6TH IISS-NESA SOUTH ASIA SECURITY CONFERENCE
30 November 2 December 2012
Al Bustan Palace Hotel, Muscat, Oman
AGENDA
Friday 30 November
Participants Arrive in Oman
19:30 20:00
Reception and Welcome Remarks Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS
Dr Roger Kangas, Academic Dean, NESA Center
20:00 22:00
Formal Dinner
Saturday 1 December
07:00 09:00
Breakfast
09:00 09:10
Introduction to the Conference
Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia, IISS
09:10 10:30
Session 1: Countering Radical Extremism in South Asia
Chair: Dr Roger Kangas, Academic Dean, NESA Center
Anand Arni, Former Deputy Chief, Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), India
Khawaja Khalid Farooq, National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), Pakistan
Nigel Inkster, Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk, IISS
10:30 11:00
Tea/Coffee break
11:00 12:30
Session 2: Prospects for Cooperation in Countering Extremism and Terrorism
Chair: Nigel Inkster, Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk, IISS
Muhammad Anwar Virk, Director-General, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Pakistan
Ajit K Doval, Former Director, Intelligence Bureau, India
Major General (Retd) Monzur Ahmed, Director General, National Security Intelligence, Bangladesh
12:30 14:00
Lunch
14:00 15:30
Session 3: Keynote Address: South Asia in the Second Obama Administration
Chair: Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS
Geoffrey R Pyatt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, US Department of State
15:30 16:00
Tea/Coffee break
16:00 17:30
Session 4: US and NATO Policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan
Chair: Colonel (Retd) John Wood, Associate Professor, NESA Center
Ambassador David D Pearce, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, US Department of State
Nic Hailey, Deputy Ambassador, British Embassy in Kabul
Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the US and High Commissioner to the UK
17:30 18:00
Summing up: Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS
20:00 22:00
Informal Conference Dinner
Sunday 2 December
07:00 09:00
Breakfast
09:00 10:30
Session 5: The Build-Up of Afghan Security Forces: Challenges and Opportunities
Chair: Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS
Lieutenant General (Retd) Atiqullah Baryalai, Former Deputy Defence Minister, Afghanistan
Dawood Azami, BBC World Service, London; Visiting Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster, UK
Brigadier (Retd) Benjamin Barry, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare, IISS
10:30 11:00
Tea/Coffee break
11:00 12:30
Session 6: Towards Reconciliation and Reintegration with the Taliban and
Afghan Insurgents
Chair: Minister Ali Jalali, Distinguished Professor, NESA Center
Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, Minister Advisor to the President on Home Security; Secretary General, High Peace Council, Afghanistan
Major General Isfandiyar Pataudi, Director-General (Analysis), Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan
Ambassador Umer Daudzai, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Pakistan
12:30 14:00
Lunch
14:00 15:30
Session 7: How can India and Pakistan cooperate to promote stability in Afghanistan?
Chair: Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia, IISS
Ambassador Zehra Akbari, Director General (South Asia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan Ambassador Shaida M Abdali, Ambassador of Afghanistan to India
Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, Ambassador of India to Afghanistan
15:30 15:45
Tea/Coffee break
15:45 17:15
Session 8: Perspectives towards 2015 and Beyond
Chair: Brigadier (Retd) Benjamin Barry, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare, IISS
Dr Barnett R Rubin, Senior Adviser to the Special Representative of the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan, US Department of State
Lieutenant General (Retd) Asif Yasin Malik, Secretary of Defence, Pakistan
Ambassador Yash K Sinha, Additional Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran), Ministry of External Affairs, India
Fatima Gailani, President, Afghan Red Crescent Society, Afghanistan
17:15 17:25
Summing up: Dr Roger Kangas, Academic Dean, NESA Center
17:25 17:30
Concluding Remarks
Dr Roger Kangas, Academic Dean, NESA Center
Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS
17:30 onwards
Participants Depart
The 6th IISS South Asia Security conference, in partnership with the Near East & South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, US National Defense University, was held in Muscat, Oman, on 29 November2 December.
The conference brought together 56 senior officials and influential experts from Afghanistan Pakistan and India, along with Bangladesh, as well as the UK, US, France, Japan and the UN. The agenda focused on regional counterterrorism and the stability of Afghanistan.
Half the participants this year were new faces, over half were South Asians, and half the South Asians were top government officials, high-level diplomats, senior military and intelligence officials. This extraordinary level of official South Asian participation resulted in a unique one-and-a-half track forum with policy-relevant and substantive off-the-record discussions.
Amidst the withdrawal of NATO/ISAF combat forces by the end of 2014 and the transition to Afghan combat command by the middle of next year, a key session examined the challenges and opportunities for the buildup of Afghan security forces. With the recent release of Afghan Taliban prisoners by Pakistan, the session on prospects for reconciliation and reintegration with the Taliban and Afghan insurgents was addressed by three key security officials Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, the Minister Advisor to the President of Afghanistan on Home Security and Secretary-General of the High Peace Council, Major-General Isfandiyar Pataudi, the Director General (Analysis) of Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and Umer Daudzai, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Pakistan. The session, examining how India and Pakistan could usefully cooperate to promote stability in Afghanistan, was addressed by three high-level diplomats, the Ambassador of Afghanistan to India, Shaida M. Abdali, the Ambassador of India to Afghanistan, Gautam Mukhopadhaya, and the Director General (South Asia) of Pakistans Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zehra Akbari.
The keynote speaker, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, the US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, provided an early perspective on the second-term Obama administrations key priorities for South Asia. David D. Pearce, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, addressed the role and impact of US and NATO policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Pakistans National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), Khawaja Khalid Farooq, Director General of Bangladeshs National Security Intelligence, Major-General (retd.) Monzur Ahmed, former Director of Indias Intelligence Bureau, Ajit K. Doval, and former Deputy Chief of Indias external intelligence agency Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), Anand Arni, also discussed issues of countering radical extremism and prospects for counter-terrorism cooperation. Pakistans Defence Secretary, Lt.-Gen. (retd.) Asif Yasin Malik, addressed the key risks and opportunities towards 2015. Lt.-Gen. (retd.) Ahmad Shuja Pasha, until recently, Director General of the ISI, was a special conference dinner guest.
The IISS expresses its grateful thanks to Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman for supporting this unique series of conferences. The conference was organised by IISS Senior Fellow for South Asia Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, along with Rebecca Fishley, IISS Dialogues and Asia Coordinator and Antoine Levesques, Research Analyst and Project Coordinator, IISS South Asia Programme. The next conference is planned to be held in November 2013 in Muscat, Oman.
THE 6TH IISS-NESA SOUTH ASIA SECURITY CONFERENCE
30 November 2 December 2012
Al Bustan Palace Hotel, Muscat, Oman
AGENDA
Friday 30 November
Participants Arrive in Oman
19:30 20:00
Reception and Welcome Remarks Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS
Dr Roger Kangas, Academic Dean, NESA Center
20:00 22:00
Formal Dinner
Saturday 1 December
07:00 09:00
Breakfast
09:00 09:10
Introduction to the Conference
Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia, IISS
09:10 10:30
Session 1: Countering Radical Extremism in South Asia
Chair: Dr Roger Kangas, Academic Dean, NESA Center
Anand Arni, Former Deputy Chief, Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), India
Khawaja Khalid Farooq, National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), Pakistan
Nigel Inkster, Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk, IISS
10:30 11:00
Tea/Coffee break
11:00 12:30
Session 2: Prospects for Cooperation in Countering Extremism and Terrorism
Chair: Nigel Inkster, Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk, IISS
Muhammad Anwar Virk, Director-General, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Pakistan
Ajit K Doval, Former Director, Intelligence Bureau, India
Major General (Retd) Monzur Ahmed, Director General, National Security Intelligence, Bangladesh
12:30 14:00
Lunch
14:00 15:30
Session 3: Keynote Address: South Asia in the Second Obama Administration
Chair: Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS
Geoffrey R Pyatt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, US Department of State
15:30 16:00
Tea/Coffee break
16:00 17:30
Session 4: US and NATO Policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan
Chair: Colonel (Retd) John Wood, Associate Professor, NESA Center
Ambassador David D Pearce, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, US Department of State
Nic Hailey, Deputy Ambassador, British Embassy in Kabul
Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the US and High Commissioner to the UK
17:30 18:00
Summing up: Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS
20:00 22:00
Informal Conference Dinner
Sunday 2 December
07:00 09:00
Breakfast
09:00 10:30
Session 5: The Build-Up of Afghan Security Forces: Challenges and Opportunities
Chair: Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS
Lieutenant General (Retd) Atiqullah Baryalai, Former Deputy Defence Minister, Afghanistan
Dawood Azami, BBC World Service, London; Visiting Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster, UK
Brigadier (Retd) Benjamin Barry, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare, IISS
10:30 11:00
Tea/Coffee break
11:00 12:30
Session 6: Towards Reconciliation and Reintegration with the Taliban and
Afghan Insurgents
Chair: Minister Ali Jalali, Distinguished Professor, NESA Center
Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, Minister Advisor to the President on Home Security; Secretary General, High Peace Council, Afghanistan
Major General Isfandiyar Pataudi, Director-General (Analysis), Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan
Ambassador Umer Daudzai, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Pakistan
12:30 14:00
Lunch
14:00 15:30
Session 7: How can India and Pakistan cooperate to promote stability in Afghanistan?
Chair: Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia, IISS
Ambassador Zehra Akbari, Director General (South Asia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan Ambassador Shaida M Abdali, Ambassador of Afghanistan to India
Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, Ambassador of India to Afghanistan
15:30 15:45
Tea/Coffee break
15:45 17:15
Session 8: Perspectives towards 2015 and Beyond
Chair: Brigadier (Retd) Benjamin Barry, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare, IISS
Dr Barnett R Rubin, Senior Adviser to the Special Representative of the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan, US Department of State
Lieutenant General (Retd) Asif Yasin Malik, Secretary of Defence, Pakistan
Ambassador Yash K Sinha, Additional Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran), Ministry of External Affairs, India
Fatima Gailani, President, Afghan Red Crescent Society, Afghanistan
17:15 17:25
Summing up: Dr Roger Kangas, Academic Dean, NESA Center
17:25 17:30
Concluding Remarks
Dr Roger Kangas, Academic Dean, NESA Center
Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS
17:30 onwards
Participants Depart
