Islamabad Security Dialogue
Together for Ideas
17th - 18th March in Islamabad, 2021
About the Event
The Islamabad Security Dialogue is Pakistan's premier forum that brings together global and local intelligentsia to debate Pakistan's critical national security issues, and generate ideas shaping global society and the future of human civilization.
Key highlights from the first #IslamabadSecurityDialogue, where Pakistan put forward its comprehensive national security vision built on the pillars of traditional, human and economic security. pic.twitter.com/BxR0AL5WRZ
— Moeed W. Yusuf (@YusufMoeed) March 21, 2021
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Event Schedule
Inaugural Address
Keynote
Speaker
H.E. Prime Minister Imran Khan
Comprehensive National Security
Convener
Amb. (R) Fauzia
M. Sana
Director Global and Regional Studies, Institute for Strategic Studies, Research and Analysis, National Defence University
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Moeed
Yusuf
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning
Moderator
Amb. (R) Riaz
H. Khokhar
Former Foreign Secretary
Speaker
Lt. Gen. (R) Aamer Riaz HI(M)
Former President, National Defence University
Speaker
Amb. (R) Riaz Muhammad Khan
Former Foreign Secretary
Speaker
Amb. (R) Cameron Munter
Former US Ambassador to Pakistan
Economic Security at the Core
Convener
Air Chief Marshal (R) Kaleem Saadat
President, Centre
for Aerospace &
Security Studies
Keynote Speaker
Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Textile, Industry & Production, and Investment
Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Shamshad Akhtar
Former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
Moderator
Dr. Usman W. Chohan
Director Economics, Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies
Speaker
Dr. Miles
Kahler
Distinguished Professor, School of International Service, American University
Speaker
Dr. Joseph
Aldy
Professor of Practice, John. F. Kennedy Schoolof Government, Harvard University
Speaker
Mr. Haroon
Sharif
Former Chairman Board of Investment, Government of Pakistan
Opening Session
Keynote
Speaker
Chief of Army Staff
General Qamar Javed Bajwa
Responsibility Within: Instituting a Human Security Paradigm
Convener
Amb. (R) Nadeem Riyaz
President, Institute of Regional Studies
Moderator
Ms. Amber
Rahim Shamsi
Head of Communications, Tabadlab
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Sania
Nishtar
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Faisal
Sultan
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health
Keynote Speaker
Mr. Malik
Amin Aslam
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change
Speaker
Mr. Ihsan
Ghani
Former National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Authority
Regional Peace and Security
Keynote
Mr. Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Foreign Minister
Convener &
Moderator
Amb. (R) Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry
Director General, Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad
Speaker
Dr. Hu
Shisheng
Director, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Speaker
Amb. (R) Jalil Abbas Jilani
Former Foreign
Secretary
Speaker
Ms. Laurel
Miller
Director Asia Programs, International Crisis Group
Speaker
Amb. (R) Dr. Akbar S. Ahmed
Professor, School of International Service, American University
Evolving World Order and Pakistan
Convener
Brig. (R) Rashid
Wali Janjua
Acting President, Islamabad Policy Research Institute
Moderator
Dr. Huma
Baqai
Professor, Institute of Business Administration
Keynote
Speaker
Ms. Hina
Rabbani Khar
Former Foreign Minister
Keynote
Speaker
Mr. Ali
Jehangir Siddiqui
Ambassador at Large
Keynote
Speaker
Mr. Mushahid Hussain Sayed
Chairman, Pakistan-China Institute
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