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November 2024
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Technology and Maritime Security Cooperation between NATO and the Indo-Pacific

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Technology and Maritime Security Cooperation between NATO and the Indo-Pacific

Past Event
Hudson Institute
November 22, 2024
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force first-in-class helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183) are seen from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) while operating in the Philippine Sea in support of Valiant Shield 2024, June 7, 2024. (DVIDS)
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force first-in-class helicopter destroyer JS Izumo are seen from the Philippine Sea on June 7, 2024. (DVIDS)
22
November 2024
Past Event

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Speakers:
Director, EU-Asia Project, European University Institute
Giulio Pugliese

Director, EU-Asia Project, European University Institute

Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Tomonori Yoshizaki

Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Former Vice President for Academic Affairs, National Institute for Defence Studies

Tsuneo Watanabe, Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Tsuneo Watanabe

Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Thomas Wilkins

Associate Professor, University of Sydney

CEO, Odense Maritime Technology
Kåre Groes Christiansen

CEO, Odense Maritime Technology

Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Shin-ae Lee

Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Head, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO HQ
Benedetta Berti

Head, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO HQ

Senior Advisor to the Vice Chairman for Innovation and Strategy, French Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tsiporah Fried

Senior Advisor to the Vice Chairman for Innovation and Strategy, French Joint Chiefs of Staff

Japanese Foreign Service (ret.) and former Ambassador to the United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, and NATO
Masafumi Ishii

Special Adjunct Professor, Gakushuin University and Former Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and NATO HQ

Moderator:
timothy_walton
Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

liselotte_odgaard
Liselotte Odgaard

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

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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