RETHINKING SECURITY, SOVEREIGNTY AND JUSTICE A DAY-LONG WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION Organized by IPSA Research Committee (RC 37) on Rethinking Political Development, and Hosted by Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh AT POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE DHAKA, BANGLADESH JANUARY 5, 2010

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: INAUGURAL SESSION Moderator: Dr. Ahsan Mansur, Executive Director, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh Chief Guest: Honorable A. M. A. Muhith, M.P., Finance Minister, People’s Republic of Bangladesh Welcome Remarks: Dr. Zaidi Sattar, Chairman, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh Keynote Speakers: Professor Zillur R. Khan, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A. & Chair, RC 37/IPSA, “Political Development from the Perspective of Justice and freedom in Institution Building and Leadership Forming Processes”. Dr. Sadiq Ahmed, Vice Chairman, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, “Poverty, Conflict and Regional Cooperation in South Asia” Tea/Coffee Break 10: 45 AM—12: 10 PM—Session I: Democratization, Secularism and Globalization Moderator: Professor Zillur R. Khan, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, USA, and Chair, RC 37/IPSA Presenters: Professor Shelley Feldman, Professor of Development Sociology, Cornell University, USA, “Constructing States and Citizens: Partition as a Social Project”. Professor Mark Farha, Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Politics, Georgetown University, School Of Foreign Service, Doha, Qatar, “Variant Permutations of Secularism: Consociational, Communal and Coercive” . Ambassador Professor Abdul Momen, Bangladesh Representative at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh at the United Nations Organization, New York, “Democratization: The Greatest Strategy for Politico-Economic Development”. Professor Shushma Yadav, Dr. Ambedkar Chair, IIPA, India, “Social Justice and Human Rights: Rethinking State Sovereignty in a Globalized World”. Discussants: Professor Ali Riaz, Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University, USA Professor Mahfuz Choudhury, Political Science Department, Chittagong University, Bangladesh Tea/Coffee Break 12:20 PM—1:50 PM—Session II: Issue of Sovereignty-Cum-Security and International Cooperation Moderator: Dr. Mizanur Rahman Shelley, Chairman, Center for Development Research Bangladesh Chief Guest: Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Presenters: Professor Yan Vaslavsky, Senior Lecturer, Deputy Head of Research Policy Dept., MGIMO-University, Moscow, Russia, “Emerging Nations: Russian Comparative Perspective on Problems of Sovereignty and New Forms of Stateness in Kosovo, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia”. MS. Amna Yousaf Khokhar, Research Assistant, International Relations, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan, “Enlightened Moderation and Its Effectiveness in Containing Terrorism”. Professor Rumki Basu, Head, Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi, India, "Glocalization & Security in South Asia: Reaping the Peace Dividend from a Human Rights Perspective." Lt. General (Retd.), Aminul Karim, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, “Status of Taiwan: Ways Forward” Discussants: Ambassador Farouk Sobhan, President, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute Ambassador Rashed Ahmed Choudhury, Frm. UN Administrator of Kosovo and Ambassador for Bangladesh in Japan Ambassador Dr. Afsarul Qader, Vice President, BEI

Lunch Break: 1:50 PM –2:50 PM

3:00 PM—4:30 PM Session III: Justice as the Crucial Link Connecting Security, Freedoms and Rights Moderator: Professor Rama Datta, North Carolina State University, USA Chief Guest: Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Economic Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Special Guest: Professor Rounaq Jahan, Columbia University, USA Presenters: Professor Ali Riaz, Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University, USA, “Security Challenges to an Emerging Nation: Bangladesh as a Case Study” Professor Promod Mishra, Delhi University, India, “Emerging Challenges to Human Security” Mr. Samier Ahsan, Research Scholar at the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence at James Madison University, USA, “Jihad as an Effective Ideological Strategy for Sustainable and Peaceful Development”. Barrister Tania Amir, Secretary General, SAARC Law, “Human Security and Sovereignty in the Light of Bangladesh Constitution” Professor Sandra S. Rahman, Department of Economics and Business Admin, Framingham State College, USA, "The Globalization of Knowledge Creation and the Increasing Consequence of Shared Information." Discussants: Ambassador Harun-Ur-Rashid, Frm. Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Professor Shelley Feldman, Professor, Department of Sociology, Cornell University, USA Tea Break: 4:30 PM—4:45 PM 4: 45 PM—6: 15 PM ---Roundtable Plenary Session: Rethinking Political Development in South Asia: “What is to be Done?” Moderator: Professor Zillur R. Khan, Chair, RC 37, International Political Science Association Chief Guest: Mr. Hossain Taufique Imam: Advisor to the Prime Minister, The People’s Republic of Bangladesh Participating Policy Practitioners and Analysts: Dr. Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir M.P, Former Minister and Current Chair, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Bangladesh Dr. Hussain Zillur Rahman, Former Advisor, Caretaker Government, Bangladesh Hasanul Huq Inu M.P, Chair, Parlimentary Committee on Post and Tele Communication, Bangladesh Mr. Enam Ahmed Choudhury, Former Chair with the rank of State Minister, Privatization Board, Government of Bangladesh Barrister M. Amir-Ul Islam, Frm. Cabinet Member, Government of Bangladesh

    Mr. Mahfuz Anam, Edior, The Daily Star, Bangladesh

8: 00 PM: Dinner-Reception at Ambassador and Mrs. Rashed Ahmed Choudhury’s in Honor of Participants