The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI) and the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) will jointly host a lecture by Prof. Ramesh Thakur of the Australian National University and Co-Convenor of APLN, on “Nuclear Policy and Prospects for Disarmament in the New World Order.”
This lecture will be held on February 19, 2018 from 4:30 pm to 6:15 pm at the Lighthouse at LKI, 24 Horton Place, Colombo 7.
The lecture will be followed by an expert panel discussion moderated by Jayantha Dhanapala, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs.
The panelists will include Prof. Thakur; Sadia Tasleem, lecturer in the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Dr. Li Bin, Director of the Arms Control Program, Tsinghua University; Rakesh Sood, India’s former Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva; and H.M.G.S. Palihakkara, Sri Lanka's former Foreign Secretary and former Permanent Representative to the UN.
The event will convene the attendance of policymakers and scholars, as well as representatives from the private sector, think tanks, civil society, students, and the media.
Prof. Ramesh Thakur is the Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, and Co-Convenor of APLN. In Sri Lanka, the members of APLN are Jayantha Dhanapala, H.M.G.S. Palihakkara, and Dr. Dinusha Panditaratne, Executive Director of LKI.
LKI is a think tank which analyses Sri Lanka’s international relations and strategic interests, to provide insights and recommendations that advance justice, peace, prosperity and sustainability.
It reflects the vision of the late Lakshman Kadirgamar by promoting the country’s intellectual profile in foreign policy research and engagement.
More information could be obtained from www.lki.lk.
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