Plenary Session 2 – Defence and Strategic Studies

Chairperson

Amb (Retd) Bernard Goonetilleke
Chairman, Pathfinder Foundation, Sri Lanka

Speakers

Prof Rouben Azizian
Director of Centre for Defence and Security Studies in Massey University, New Zealand

Dr Zeng Xiangyu
Associate Professor and Research/ International Coordinator, Institute of South Asian Studies, Sichuan University, China

Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Amir
Defence Advisor at the High Commission of the Republic of Maldives in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Mr Shanaka Jayasekara Program Coordinator for the Global Maritime Crime Program, UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Thailand

Dr Chris OgdenSenior Lecturer / Associate Professor, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, Scotland