NDU&CHDSClub/Argentina

Argentine Club of Graduate Students from the Center of Hemispheric Defense Studies and of other US. National Defense University training centers

AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE SYMPOSIUM

A. CHALLENGES TO REGIONAL DEFENSE. PERCEPTIONS AND NEEDS

Panel subjects

    • Summit of Manaos, trends and impacts.

    • Is legal integration and organization feasible? Argentine- Brazilian-Paraguayan cooperation experience at the Triple Border. Argentine-Chilean cooperation experience.

    • Which factors facilitate --and which hinder-- the possibilities of integration?

    • Environmental security.

B. DECISIONMAKING SYSTEM IN DEFENSE. CONDUCT AND MANAGEMENT

Panel subjects

    • Economy and Defense. How to appraise the Defense/Security Public Good?

    • Is Production for Defense a feasible asset in the South Cone?

C. PEACE MISSIONS. INTEROPERABILITY POSSIBILITIES

Panel subjects

    • Subregion's Multinational Combat Units. Experience in combined exercises between Argentina and Chile, and between Argentina and Brazil.

    • Challenges for the future.

D. EDUCATION AND DEFENSE. EXPERIENCES OF THE SUBREGION

Panel subjects

    • All-volunteer Service. Experiences in the subregion: Argentina and Uruguay.

    • Women in the Armed Forces.

    • Institutions involved in the thinking of Defense. Civilians and Military. Situation in the Subregion.