The purpose of this workshop is to explore the options for Canadian defence policy in the changing geostrategic environment of the Indo-Pacific region in the 2020s.

Workshop Briefs Coming soon...

 

 

 

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Workshop Agenda

Thursday, 25 January

10h00–10h15: Welcome and introductory remarks

10h15–11h15: Presentation and discussion of briefs by Stephanie Carvin and Thomas Juneau, Deanna Horton, Stephen Nagy

11h15–11h30: Health break

11h30–12h30: Presentation and discussion of briefs by James A. Boutilier, Charlotte Duval-Lantoine

12h30–13h30: Lunch

13h30–15h15: Presentation and discussion of briefs by Jeremy Paltiel, Adam P. MacDonald, Ross O’Connor

15h15–15h30: Health break

15h30–16h30: Keynote address: Professor John Blaxland, Australian National University,

      “Canada’s defence challenges in the Indo-Pacific: A view from Down Under”

Friday, 26 January

9h00–10h15: Keynote plus-one: Responses to Professor Blaxland

10h15–10h30: Health break

10h30–11h45: Discussion of proposed policy paper

11h45–12h00: Concluding remarks and next steps

12h00: Workshop concludes

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This workshop has been co-organized by the Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen’s University, and the Canadian Defence and Security Network. We are most grateful to the Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program of the Department of National Defence for funding. Cover visual courtesy of Global Affairs Canada.

The workshop is being held under the Chatham House Rule (https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule): participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of any participant may be revealed.

We acknowledge that the workshop is being held on the traditional, unceded territories of the Algonquin nation;
we recognize the Algonquin peoples as the traditional custodians of the land on which we are meeting.