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November 2024
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Technology and Maritime Security Cooperation between NATO and the Indo-Pacific
Technology and Maritime Security Cooperation between NATO and the Indo-Pacific
Past Event
Hudson Institute
November 22, 2024
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November 2024
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Russia and China pose a rising two-front threat to America’s allies. This means that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Indo-Pacific 4 (or IP4, which includes Australia, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand) urgently need to move their partnership from dialogue to cooperation.
Collaboration on the challenges of maritime security and automation is an ideal point of departure to get the NATO-IP4 partnership off the ground, especially when rapid technological change and global interconnectedness have changed the maritime threat environment.
At Hudson, three panels featuring government officials, think tank and university experts, and defense industry representatives will discuss the future of NATO-IP4 maritime and technological cooperation.
Agenda
8:30 a.m. | Registration and Coffee
9:00 a.m. | Panel 1: Fleet Design and Next Generation Technologies
- Kåre Groes Christiansen, CEO, Odense Maritime Technology
- Giulio Pugliese, Director, EU-Asia Project, European University Institute
- Tomonori Yoshizaki, Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Moderator
- Timothy A. Walton, Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute
10:00 a.m. | Panel 2: Defense Industrial Cooperation across the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Theaters
- Tsuneo Watanabe, Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
- Thomas Wilkins, Associate Professor, University of Sydney
- Shin-ae Lee, Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Moderator
- Timothy A. Walton, Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute
11:15 a.m. | Panel 3: The Politics of NATO-IP4 Cooperation: How to Overcome Barriers to Progress
- Benedetta Berti, Head, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO HQ
- Tsiporah Fried, Senior Advisor to the Vice Chairman for Innovation and Strategy, French Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Masafumi Ishii, Special Adjunct Professor, Gakushuin University and Former Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and NATO HQ
Moderator
- Liselotte Odgaard, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
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