Past events
World Café on Security Policy in South Asia
2 November 2007,
3 - 6 p.m.
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Berlin
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung would like to invite you, young Germans and South Asians, to the "World Café on Security Policy in South Asia".
As the daily debate in media shows, security has various dimensions. Security can mean the stability of a state in which society is organised and people can live freely. But the stability of states can be affected by internal and external conflicts, by migration of people living in the state or crossing its borders while looking for food and better living conditions. Also religious identity turns out to be a catalyst for internal conflicts.
Are global health programs, civic education or the sustainability of energy resources influencing security as much as the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or the international agenda against terrorism? How can security be achieved in a region like South Asia where political leaders have to handle specific cross-border conflicts, the effects of the climate change, hunger and poverty of its people? These and more questions can be discussed in the world café working groups.
- Hosts:
- Marc Saxer, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Disarmament and proliferation - Atif Baloch, Deutsche Welle, Power 99 FM Radio, Pakistan
Civic Education - Samina Qureshi, University of Karachi
Global Health - Christoph Reuter, STERN
Terrorism - PD Dr. Christian Wagner, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP
Regional Conflicts - Dr. Archna Negi Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Environmental Security