Europe-Asia After the 11th of September - Asia Update by the Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies
Brussels 6th-7th May 2002

The European Union (EU) has engaged in a very rapid response to the attacks on targets in the United States on the 11th of September. These responses included a comprehensive support for the global coalition against terrorism as well as a number of specific initiative to address threats within Europe.

These included the European Union arrest warrant, actions to fight money laundering and illicit financing of terrorism, a ban on organisations linked to Al-Qaeda as well as the military support for the war in Afghanistan.

The international conference will assess how these developments are affecting the relations between the European Union and Asia.

Conference Photographs

Europe-Asia After the 11th of September - Asia Update by the Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies
Brussels 6th-7th May 2002

With the kind support of Jules Maaten MEP
09:15 Registration

10:00 Welcome and First Session
Europe-Asia: Strategic Framework for Enhanced Partnership - A Critical Review and Future Outlook for EU-Asia Relations

Chair: Opening Address (pdf) - Dr Willem van der Geest
Director, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels

Presentations:
The Parliament's Debate on Europe-Asia
Jules Maaten MEP - Rapporteur EU-Asia, Foreign Affairs Committee

Key Objectives of the Commission's Strategic Framework (pdf)
Pierre Amilhat - European Commission DG External Relations H

A Critical Perspective on the EU-Asia Strategic Framework
Dr David Camroux - Director, Asia Europe Centre, Sciences-Po Paris

Question and Answer session

11:30 Second Session
Post-September 11 Security Policy: New Political Issues and Concerns on Human Rights

Chair: Dr Werner Draguhn
Director, Institut für Asienkunde, Hamburg

Presentations:
Changing Perspectives on Security in Asia and Europe (pdf)
Dr Timo Kivimäki Senior Research Fellow NIAS

Defining 'Terrorism' and Implications for Human Rights (pdf)
David Fouquet Secretary General EIAS

ASEAN perspectives on post 11/9 security developments
H.E. Mr P. Mashor Ahmad Ambassador of Brunei Darussalam to the European Union
(On behalf of ASEAN Brussels Committee)

Question and Answer session

13.00-14.30: Lunch break

14:30 Third Session
Issues of security in post September-11 Central Asia: Present Context, Actors and Possible Scenarios

Chair: Dr Jørgen Delman
Director, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen

Insecurity Perceptions in Pakistan and Central Asia (pdf)
Dr Iftikhar H Malik, School of History, University of Bath

Strategic Imperatives for the Global Coalition in Central Asia (pdf)
Dr Greg Austin, Senior Visiting Research Fellow EIAS

Question and Answer session


16:30 Fourth Session
Europe's Dialogues with Islam

Chair: Prof Peter van der Veer
Chairman, International Institute for Asian Studies &
Co-Director, International Institute for the Study of Modern Islam, Leiden

Presentations:

Causes of the Misunderstanding of Islam in Europe
Prof Abdulkader, Tayob University of Nijmegen, ISIM Chair

A Comment on Islamophobia (pdf)
Surur Hoda OBE, India Development Group/ Member EIAS Board

Deepening Understanding through a Christian-Islam Dialogue -- A Proposal
Nirj Deva MEP

Question and Answer session

18:00 Concluding Session
Implications for the EU's strategy and relations with Asia

Chair: Dr David Camroux
Asia-Europe Centre, Institut d'Etudes des Sciences Politique, Paris

Final Comments and Synthesis

Mr John Gwyn Morgan OBE, Vice-Chairman EIAS
Sra Maria Carrilho MEP, Chair of South Asia Delegation

Final Comments from the floor

18:30 Closing of the Conference

Reception at the Eastmann Building, European Parliament