Archive | Nuclear War Danger RSS feed for this section

SHAPE Webinar: Asia-Pacific NATO: Fanning the Flames of War

28 Jun

SHAPEflyer

I encourage attendance at this webinar under the auspices of SHAPE (Saving Humanity and Planet Earth), on July 4 or 5, despending on time zone, devoted to encroachment of NATO on Asia-Pacifice security, with excellent speakers. Go to website of SHAPE PROJECT for details.

http://www.theshapeproject.com
An Asia-Pacific NATO: Fanning the Flames of War A SHAPE international webinar As part of SHAPE’s (Saving Humanity and Planet Earth) mission to expose the perils of confronta2on in the nuclear age and explore pathways to a safer, just and sustainable future, this webinar will explore the rising militarism in the Asia Pacific region, and the threat it poses to regional and global security. Importantly the webinar will go beyond analysis. It will offer crea2ve ideas on what can be done to avert a major disaster and move the Asia-Pacific region from confronta2on to coopera2ve coexistence. With special guests Professor Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, President of the UN Sustainable Development SoluYons Network, Co-Chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy TransiYon, and academician of the PonYfical Academy of Social Sciences at the VaYcan. He is SDG Advocate for UN Secretary General António Guterres. He previously served as Special Advisor to UN Secretaries- General Kofi Annan (2001-7) and Ban Ki-moon (2008-16). Professor Victor Gao is Vice President of the Beijing-based Center for China and GlobalizaYon, and Chair Professor of Soochow University. He has extensive experience in government, diplomacy, securiYes regulaYon, legal affairs, investment banking, private equity, and corporate management. He was Deng Xiaoping’s English interpreter, and has worked with the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the UN Secretariat, and the SecuriYes and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. Dr Alison Broinowski was an Australian diplomat unYl 1996. She served as Director, Japan SecYon, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and then Director, Australia-Japan FoundaYon, and later Chargé d’Affaires with the Australian Embassy in Jordan. Her last overseas assignment was at the Australian Mission to the UN in New York. Her PhD is in Asian Studies (Australian NaYonal University). She is the President of Australians for War Powers Reform. Professor Chung-in Moon is DisYnguished University Professor of Yonsei University. He previously served as the Special Advisor to President Moon Jae-in of South Korea for UnificaYon, Foreign Affairs and NaYonal Security. He was also an Ambassador for InternaYonal Security for the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and akended the 1st (2000) and 2nd (2007) Korean summits as a special delegate. He is Co-Convener of the Asia- Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-proliferaYon and Disarmament, and Editor-in-Chief of Global Asia. MAPW This event is co-sponsored by:
Tuesday 4 July 2023 Hawaii 5:00pm
Los Angeles 7:00pm New York 10:00pm Wednesday 5 July 2023 Registra7on & enquiries To register, visit: http://www.theshapeproject.com For queries, email SHAPE London 3:00am Athens 5:00am New Delhi 7:30am Jakarta 9:00am KL/Perth/Shanghai 10:00am Tokyo/Seoul 11:00am Melbourne 12:00pm Auckland/Fiji 2:00pm