ALABANG, Philippines, Wednesday, 18 June 2025 – The Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (SHHBIDSS) attended the Track II Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions (NADI) Meeting themed 'Concretizing Defense Industrial Cooperation in the Height of Geoeconomic Confrontations'. The meeting was co-organised by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Office for Strategic Studies and Strategy Management (AFP OSSSM) and the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) and was held from 17 to 20 June 2025 at the Crimson Hotel, Filinvest City, Alabang, Philippines.
The meeting was co-chaired by Brigadier General Joel M Paloma PA, Chief of the OSSSM and Lieutenant General Ferdinand M Cartujano PAF (Ret), President of the NDCP. The meeting was attended by all thirteen members of NADI. The SHHBIDSS delegation was represented by Dr. Sabrina binti Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Daud, Assistant Director, and Hajah Siti Diana binti Haji Othman, Research Officer.
During the meeting, NADI members discussed the overall trends of ASEAN defence industrial development and collaboration, areas of potential defence industrial cooperation, as well as the current defence industrial ecosystem and marketplace including the impacts of recent developments such as decoupling and tariff hikes.
SHHBIDSS presented during the third session of the meeting, titled 'Defence Industrial Collaboration: Issues and the Way Forward', which was delivered by Dr. Sabrina, Assistant Director.
The meeting made several key recommendations to enhance defence industrial cooperation among ASEAN Member States (AMS), such as, implementing the ASEAN Defence Industry Collaboration (ADIC), promoting sub-regional cooperation arrangements, establishment of a common procurement framework, conducting collaborative research, and facilitating defence collaboration through exhibitions and networking activities.
Inaugurated in 2007, NADI is a Track II platform that brings in policy analysts, researchers, academics and defence officials together to discuss issues related to defence and security cooperation and to develop recommendations to support the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM).
SHHBIDSS has been an active member of NADI, participating and presenting in meetings every year. SHHBIDSS will be hosting a NADI meeting on 10 to 13 November 2025, on the theme 'the Evolving Character of Warfare: Readiness and Adaptation' in Brunei Darussalam.
MESYUARAT TREK II RANGKAIAN INSTITUSI PERTAHANAN DAN KESELAMATAN ASEAN (NADI) MENGENAI “MEMPERKUKUH KERJASAMA INDUSTRI PERTAHANAN DI TENGAH-TENGAH KONFRONTASI GEOEKONOMI"
ALABANG, Rabu, 18 Jun 2025 – Institut Pengajian Pertahanan dan Strategik Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (IPPSSHHB) telah menghadiri Mesyuarat Trek II Rangkaian Institusi Pertahanan dan Keselamatan ASEAN (NADI) yang bertemakan 'Memperkukuh Kerjasama Industri Pertahanan di Tengah-tengah Konfrontasi Geoekonomi'. Mesyuarat ini ialah anjuran bersama oleh Armed Forces of the Philippines Office for Strategic Studies and Strategy Management (AFP OSSSM) dan National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), pada 17 hingga 20 Jun 2025 di Hotel Crimson, Filinvest City, Alabang, Filipina.
Mesyuarat ini telah dipengerusikan bersama oleh Brigedier Jeneral Joel M Paloma PA, Ketua OSSSM dan Leftenan Jeneral Ferdinand M Cartujano PAF (Bersara), Presiden NDCP. Mesyuarat ini dihadiri oleh kesemua tiga belas ahli NADI. Delegasi IPPSSHHB diwakili oleh Dr. Sabrina binti Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Daud, Penolong Pengarah, dan Hajah Siti Diana binti Haji Othman, Pegawai Penyelidik.
Di mesyuarat tersebut, ahli-ahli NADI telah membincangkan; tren keseluruhan pembangunan dan kerjasama industri pertahanan ASEAN, bidang-bidang industri pertahanan berpotensi untuk diusahasama, serta ekosistem dan pasaran industri pertahanan semasa termasuk kesan perkembangan terkini seperti pemisahan ekonomi (decoupling) dan kenaikan tarif.
IPPSSHHB telah membuat pembentangan semasa sesi ketiga mesyuarat yang bertajuk 'Kerjasama Industri Pertahanan: Isu dan Halatuju Masa Depan', yang telah disampaikan oleh Dr. Sabrina, Penolong Pengarah.
Mesyuarat ini telah menghasilkan beberapa cadangan untuk mempertingkatkan kerjasama industri pertahanan di kalangan anggota ASEAN, antaranya ialah pelaksanaan ASEAN Defence Industry Collaboration (ADIC), menggalakkan susunan kerjasama sub-serantau, penubuhan rangka kerja perolehan bersama, menjalankan penyelidikan kolaboratif, dan mengadakan kerjasama pertahanan melalui pameran serta aktiviti jaringan.
Ditubuhkan pada 2007, NADI ialah landasan Trek II yang menemukan penganalisa dasar, penyelidik, ahli akademik dan pegawai-pegawai pertahanan berkepakaran untuk membincangkan isu-isu berkaitan dengan jalinan kerjasama bidang pertahanan dan sekuriti, bagi memberikan cadangan dalam menyokong Mesyuarat Menteri-menteri Pertahanan ASEAN (ADMM).
IPPSSHHB merupakan ahli aktif NADI, dengan mengambil bahagian dan memberi pembentangan dalam mesyuarat-mesyuarat NADI setiap tahun. IPPSSHHB akan menjadi tuan rumah bagi mesyuarat NADI yang akan datang, iaitu pada 10 hingga 13 November 2025, dengan bertemakan 'Perubahan Ciri Peperangan: Kesiapsiagaan dan Penyesuaian'.
