Guangzhou, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 – The 2nd China-ASEAN Defense Think Tanks Exchange (CADTE) was held from 24 to 26 June 2024 in Guangzhou, China. Representing the Institute were Ms Nabilah Rahman, Research Office and Ms Noor Fathanah Abdul Hamid, Research Officer.
The Keynote Address was delivered by Major General Chang Wei, Deputy Director at the Scientific Research Committee of Academy of Military Sciences, where he emphasised how CADTE programme is seen of a high importance to further enhance mutual trust and understanding between China and ASEAN.
This year, with the main theme “Peace Cooperation Shared Future", Ms Nabilah Rahman were invited to give a speech in a plenary session titled “Working Together to Create a Peaceful Environment for Development and Prosperity". In her speech, Ms Nabilah Rahman shared how the multifaceted role of defence has shown its ability in addressing cross-cutting issues by extending its influence beyond mere protection against traditional security threats. She stressed how the cooperation pursued within defence has served as a gateway in contributing towards building confidence, increasing capacity, and enhancing interoperability between nations.
In addition, there were also four (04) parallel sessions covering issues such as ASEAN Centrality and Regional Security; the role of defence think tanks; promoting regional security governance in Southeast Asia; and contribution of the military in fostering sustainable security.
Held the second time since it was first inaugurated in 2019, the CADTE programme is an outcome of the proposal made during ASEAN-China Defence Ministers' Informal Meeting in October 2018.
IPPSSHHB MENGHADIRI SEMINAR CHINA-ASEAN DEFENCE THINK TANKS EXCHANGE KALI KE-2
GUANGZHOU, Selasa, 25 Jun 2024 – China-ASEAN Defence Think Tanks Exchange (CADTE) kali ke-2 telah berlangsung pada 24 hingga 26 Jun 2024 di Guangzhou, China. Mewakili Institut ialah Nabilah Rahman, Pegawai Penyelidik dan Noor Fathanah Abdul Hamid, Pegawai Penyelidik.
Ucaptama telah disampaikan oleh Mejar Jeneral Chang Wei, Penolong Pengarah di Scientific Research Committee of Academy of Military Sciences, dimana beliau menekankan betapa pentingnya program CADTE dalam meningkatkan kepercayaan dan kesefahaman di antara China dan ASEAN.
Tahun ini dengan tema utama “Peace Cooperation Shared Future", Dayang Nabilah Rahman telah dijemput untuk menyampaikan ucapan dalam sesi plenari yang bertajuk “Working Together to Create a Peaceful Environment for Development and Prosperity". Dalam ucapannya, Dayang Nabilah Rahman menjelaskan bagaimana kepelbagaian peranan pertahanan telah menunjukkan keupayaannya dalam menangani isu-isu bersilang (cross-cutting) dengan memperluaskan pengaruhnya tidak hanya terhad kepada ancaman keselamatan tradisional. Beliau menegaskan bagaimana kerjasama dalam pertahanan telah menjadi laluan penting dalam menyumbang kepada pembinaan keyakinan, peningkatan kapasiti, dan peningkatan interoperabiliti antara negara-negara lain.
Di samping itu, terdapat juga empat (04) sesi parallel yang membincangkan isu- isu seperti ASEAN Centrality dan keselamatan Serantau; peranan badan pemikir pertahanan; mempertingkatkan tadbir urus keselamatan serantau di Asia Tenggara; dan sumbangan ketenteraan dalam memupuk keselamatan dalam jangka masa panjang.
Diadakan bagi kali kedua sejak pertama kalinya dirasmikan pada tahun 2019, program CADTE adalah merupakan hasil daripada cadangan semasa ASEAN-China Defence Ministers' Informal Meeting pada Oktober 2018.