The University of Kent’s\u00a0 Brussels School of International Studies will host a lecture series on “Perceptions from the Afghanistan-Pakistan Region” on \u00a0Thursday 28 March 2013.<\/p>\n
Guest Speakers:<\/p>\n
Decade old questions receive renewed and increased emphasis while more progressive and critical concerns emerge, with the scheduled 2014 drawdown of allied forces from Afghanistan and the subsequent shift of security responsibility from the international community to regional actors, including Afghanistan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n
For Afghanistan, there is increasing concern over the timing and overall readiness, not only for sustaining forward momentum, but also for its ability to develop and maintain a monopoly on the legitimate use of force that is fundamental for the preservation of its sovereignty.<\/p>\n
For Pakistan, the \u00a0hand-off \u00a0of security responsibilities coupled with the ongoing difficulties of managing its own domestic security calls into question the extent of its role and contribution to stability and the facilitation of progress in the region. Please join us in exploring such questions and concerns.<\/p>\n
Our lecture series intends to bring together senior members of the Brussels diplomatic community, together with European institutional decision makers, researchers and postgraduate students to examine key foreign policy issues in an objective minded, academic setting.<\/p>\n
Schedule<\/strong> Registration<\/strong> is required as seating is limited. \u00a0 Please email Robert Zaman (rz37@kent.ac.uk<\/a>) with subject line ‘Perceptions from the Afghanistan-Pakistan Region’ including both your name and organization.<\/p>\n Location<\/strong> The University of Kent’s\u00a0 Brussels School of International Studies will host a lecture series on “Perceptions from the Afghanistan-Pakistan Region” on \u00a0Thursday 28 March 2013. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2381,"featured_media":731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6598,23266,124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n10:00 \u2013 10:45 Pakistan\u2019s Perception of its Regional Role Post 2014 – H.E. Ambassador Munawar Saeed Bhatti
\n10:45 \u2013 12:00 Questions and Open Discussion
\n12:00 \u2013 13:30 Break
\n13:30 \u2013 14:15 Challenges to Afghan Regional Role and Influence Post 2014 – H.E. Ambassador Homayoun Tandar
\n14:15 \u2013 15:00 Questions and Open Discussion<\/p>\n
\nBrussels School of International Studies, University of Kent
\nBoulevard de la Plaine 5, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
\n3rd Floor (Room: Churchill)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"