Conflict Resolution in the Contemporary World:
The Future of Ukraine and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)

                 The “Theory and Practice of Conflict Resolution” Study Group (TPCR-SG) under the unbrella of RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES) of the University of Tokyo organizes a three day conference at the end of February, 2024.
                  The “Theory and Practice of Conflict Resolution” Study Group (TPCR-SG) is one of the studies groups of RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES), University of Tokyo. The TPCR-SG will organize a public international conference on 27th February, 2024, to discuss conflict resolution for Ukraine and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) with 9 distinguished researchers from abroad. The conference is open to the public and will be held in a hybrid manner (both in person and online).

Conference Schedule


February 26, 2024

Preparatory meeting（Internal discussions among the Group members and invited presenters）


February 27, 2024

Public symposium

Venue: Bldg.3-South ENEOS Hall
The University of Tokyo Komaba II Campus（4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo）

Format: Hybrid Style

Language: English/Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)

Registration: Free of Charge.
Please register through this link.
You can also register through this link as well. (Japanese only)


Click here to see profiles of the speakers


Program

Opening: Introductory presentation: Theory and Practice of Conflict Resolution for Ukraine and FOIP
a.m. 10:30 - a.m. 10:50

Hideaki Shinoda,  Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ROLES, University of Tokyo; Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center [HPC]

Panel 1: Conflict Resolution for the Future of Free and Open Indo Pacific (FOIP) I [Views from South Asia]

a.m. 11:00 - p.m. 12:30

Major General R S Yadav, VSM (Retd), Director CS3, United Service Institute of India, New Delhi, India
“FOIP from the perspective of India” 

Mahfuz Kabir, Research Director at Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies [BIISS], Bangladesh
“FOIP from the perspective of Bangladesh” 

S. Chaminda Padmakumara, Professor, Head of the Department, Department of International Relation, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
“FOIP from the perspective of Sri Lanka” 

(Chair/discussant): Hideaki Shinoda, Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan 

Panel 2: Conflict Resolution for the Future of Free and Open Indo Pacific (FOIP) I [Views from Africa]

p.m. 1:30 - p.m. 3:00

[Cancelled] Mohamed Abdoulkader Moussa, Director of Institute of Diplomatic Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Djibouti, Djibouti
“FOIP from the perspective of Djibouti” 

[Cancelled] C.A. Mumma-Martinon, Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi / Head Applied Research, International Peace Support Training Centre [IPSTC] , Kenya
“FOIP from the perspective of Kenya” 

Abdifatah Aden Abdi, Peacebuilding and Conflict Advisor, Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation [MOIFAR], Somalia
“FOIP from the perspective of Somalia”

<Online> Ingi Rashed, Associate Program Officer, Transnational Threats, Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding [CCCPA], Egypt
“FOIP from the perspective of Egypt” 

(Chair/discussant): Hideaki Shinoda, Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan

Panel 3: Agendas for Conflict Resolution in Ukraine: The Linkage between Euro-Atlantic Security and the Indo- Pacific Security 

p.m. 3:30 - p.m. 5:30

Ischenko Anna, Senior Lecturer, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine

Olena Akimova, Associate Professor, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine
“Shifting Trust: Ukrainian Sentiments Towards Social Institutions Before and During War" 

Philip Shetler-Jones, Senior Research Fellow for Indo-Pacific Security, Royal United Services Institute [RUSI], UK
“The Linkage between Euro-Atlantic Security and Indo-Pacific Security” 

Hinako Yasui, Graduate Student, Graduate School of Public Policy [GraSPP] at University of Tokyo
“Analyzing the multi-layered conflict by using the Ripeness Theory: Application to Ukraine”

Hideaki Shinoda, Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
“Conflict Resolution Policies for Ukraine” 

(Chair/discussant): Tomonori Yoshizaki, Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan


February 28, 2024
a.m. 11:00- p.m. 1:00 
Closed discussions with MOFA officials 

p.m. 2:00- p.m. 5:00 
Prospective forums: Internal discussions among the Group members and invited presenters with observers