Date: Monday & Tuesday, 9 to 10 January 2012
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Venue: Traders Hotel
Temasek Room
1A Cuscaden Road
Singapore 249716
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Abstract:
The melting of the Arctic ice cap is presenting a number of environmental, economic, geopolitical and energy‐related challenges and opportunities both for its littoral states as well as the broader international community. First, the possibility of substantially rising sea levels stemming from the Arctic region’s warming is of great concern at the regional and the global levels. Second, if the ice continues to recede, the Arctic region’s immense resource potential (energy and otherwise), as well as the likely feasibility of new seasonal inter‐continental maritime routes for trade, will be of obvious significance for state players, especially those in Europe, Asia and the Americas engaged in international trade. These two broad clusters of concerns have already contributed to disputes at least between some of the concerned states. More importantly, they are likely to continue to fuel tensions and conflicts over a wide array of interests between and among states and/or regional groupings.
To better understand the legal, political, energy, military/security and environmental stakes for the Arctic’s littoral states as well as the non‐littoral states, the ESI is bringing together a group of experts with different experiences pertaining to the Arctic region. They include experts from the Arctic littoral states (Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and USA), the Greater Arctic region (Sweden, Finland and Iceland) and the major states and a regional grouping with an interest and a capability to engage in the Arctic (Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea and European Union). Both general and country‐specific issues of significance to the Arctic region will be covered at the conference.
Speakers:
Dr. Arild Moe
Deputy Director/ Senior Research Fellow
Fridtjof Nansen Institute
Norway
Dr. Damien Degeorges
China Security Study Network (CHINA-SEC)
Denmark
Dr. Danila Bochkarev
Fellow
Global Security, East-West Institute
Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Euan Somerled Graham
Senior Fellow
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
Professor Hiroshi Ohta
Faculty of International Research and Education,
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Hooman Peimani
Principal Fellow & Head of Energy Security Division
Energy Studies Institute
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Dr. Lassi Heininen
University of Lapland, Finland
Northern Research Forum
Finland
Dr. Lawson W. Brigham
Distinguished Professor of Geography & Arctic Policy,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)
USA
Professor Makeev Viacheslav Mikhailovich
The State Polar Academy
Russia
Dr. Nadezhda Klimovna Kharlampyeva
Senior Lecturer
Saint-Petersburg State University, School of International Relations, Department of World Politics
Russia
Commander Neil Gadihoke
Research Fellow
National Maritime Foundation
New Delhi, India
Dr. Robin Warner
Associate Professor
Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security
University of Wollongong
Australia
Dr. Shawn Marshall
Principal Investigator,
Glacial Research
Cryosphere Climate Research Group, University of Calgary
Canada
Dr.Valur Ingimundarson
Professor of Contemporary History
Chair, Historical Institute and
EDDA - Center of Excellence
Faculty of History and Philosophy
School of Humanities
University of Iceland
Iceland
Dr. Youngil Cho
Senior Researcher, Global & Future Research Division
Korea Maritime Institute
Republic of Korea
Dr Chen Gang
Research Fellow
East Asia Institute
National University of Singapore
Singapore
ENERGY SECURITY AND GEOPOLITICS IN THE ARCTIC: CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Traders Hotel, 1A Cuscaden Road, Singapore 249716
9-10 January 2012
| Day 1 (9 January 2012) |
| Time Slots | Content | Speaker Details |
| 9:00am ‐ 9:30am | | Registration |
| 9:30am - 9:35am | Opening Remarks | Prof. Chou Siaw Kiang Executive Director,
Energy Studies Institute
National University of Singapore |
| 9:35am ‐ 10:00am | The Arctic: An Overview | Dr. Hooman Peimani Head of Energy Security Division
Energy Studies Institute
National University of Singapore |
| 10:00am - 10:15am | Coffee & Tea Break | |
| The Arctic environment: climate change and geographical Issues |
| Panel chaired by: Professor David Laurence Higgitt, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore |
| 10:15am - 10:45am | Canada Meltdown: The Changing Arctic Environment | Dr. Shawn Marshall Principal Investigator,
Glacial Research
Cryosphere Climate Research Group, University of Calgary, Canada |
| 10:45am - 11:15am | Russia Present Day Natural Processes in the Russian Arctic and Prospects of the Northern Sea Route Use | Professor Viacheslav Mikhailovich Makeev The State Polar Academy
Russia |
| 11:15am -11:35am | Q&A / Panel Discussion | |
| The Arctic’s littoral states: Energy, mineral resources, political and military/security challenges & opportunities facing the immediate stakeholders |
| Panel chaired by: Dr. Michael C. Hudson, Director, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore |
| 11:35am - 12:05pm | USA The New Maritime Arctic and United States Arctic Interests | Dr. Lawson W. Brigham Distinguished Professor of Geography & Arctic Policy,
University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired) |
| 12:05pm - 12:35pm | Norway Shipping Along the North‐East Passage: Recent Trends, Potential and Challenges | Dr. Arild Moe Deputy Director/ Senior Research Fellow
Fridtjof Nansen Institute Norway |
| 12:35pm - 1:00pm | Q&A | |
| 1:00pm - 2:15pm | Lunch | |
| 2:15pm - 2:30pm | Photo session for speakers | |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Russia The Russian Arctic Region: a Government Program | Dr. Nadezhda Klimovna Khar-lampyeva Senior Lecturer
Saint-Petersburg State University, School of International Relations, Department of World Politics, Russia |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Denmark (Greenland) Greenland’s State-building: Consequences on Arctic Developments and Global Energy Security | Dr. Damien Degeorges China Security Study Network, Denmark (CHINA-SEC) |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | EU The European Union: An Emerging Actor in the Arctic | Dr. Danila Bochkarev Fellow
Global Security, East-West Institute, Brussels/Belgium |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Q&A | |
| 4:30pm - 4:40pm | Closing Remarks | Dr. Hooman Peimani |
| 4:40pm - 5:00pm | Coffee & Tea Break | |
| Day 2 (10 January 2012) |
| 9:00am -9:10am | Opening Remarks | Dr. Hooman Peimani |
| The Greater Arctic’s states: Energy, mineral resources, political and military/security challenges & opportunities |
| Panel chaired by: Dr. Deepak Waikar, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic |
| 9:10am - 9:40am | Finland & Sweden Implications of the Arctic's Changing and Strengthening Position in World Politics: The Viewpoint of Finland and Sweden | Dr. Lassi Heininen University of Lapland, Finland Northern Research Forum |
| 9:40am -10:10am | Iceland Iceland and the Arctic: The Politics of Territoriality | Dr.Valur Ingimundarson Professor of Contemporary History Chair, Historical Institute and EDDA - Center of Excellence Faculty of History and Philosophy, School of Humanities, University of Iceland |
| 10:10am -10:40am | Q&A / Panel Discussion | |
| 10:40am -11:00am | Coffee & Tea Break | |
| Major Economies: Energy, mineral resources, political and military/security challenges & opportunities in the Arctic |
| Panel chaired by: Dr. S. Narayan, Head of Research and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | India The Arctic : Geopolitics, International Relations and Energy Security - A View from India | Commander Neil Gadihoke
Research Fellow
National Maritime Foundation,
New Delhi India |
| 11:30am -12:00noon | China China’s Growing Arctic Interest | Dr. Chen Gang Research Fellow
East Asian Institute
National University of Singapore |
| 12:00noon -12:30pm | Q&A / Panel Discussion | |
| 12:30pm -1:30pm | Lunch | |
| Major Economies: Energy, mineral resources, political and military/security challenges & opportunities in the Arctic |
| Panel chaired by: Ambassador Tan Seng Chye, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm | Japan The Arctic and Japan: Energy Security and Climate Security | Professor Hiroshi Ohta Faculty of International Research and Education, Waseda University, Tokyo/Japan |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm | South Korea The Melting Arctic Changing the World: New Sea Route | Dr. Youngil Cho Senior Researcher, Global & Future Research Division Korea Maritime Institute
Republic of Korea |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Australia Fostering Environmental Resilience in the Polar North: Collaborative Mechanisms to Strengthen Marine
Environmental Security in the Arctic | Dr. Robin Warner Associate Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security University of Wollongong, Australia |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Singapore Short Way Round: Strategic Impacts for East Asia from the NSR, and Implications for Singapore as a Global Shipping Hub | Dr. Euan Somerled Graham
Senior Fellow
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Q&A / Panel Discussion | |
| 4:00pm - 4:10pm | Closing Remarks | Dr. Hooman Peimani |
| 4:10pm - 4:40pm | Coffee & Tea Break | |
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