New Zealand delegation in Delhi and Kuala Lumpur talks
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NEW: Young leader Pia McKay travelled with the delegation. Read her reflections on the workings of Track II.
Asia:NZ led a delegation to Track II meetings in Delhi and Kuala Lumpur in December 2009.
The New Zealanders arrived in Delhi on 6 December and held an inaugural meeting with the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, a world-recognised Indian think-tank. Brian Lynch, Director of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, gives his views on the two-day discussions. The papers presented by the delegation in Delhi included:
Dr Richard Grant, Asia:NZ, The Global Economy and Crisis (PDF)Mr Brian Lynch, New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Perspectives on the Pacific (PDF)
Professor Xiaoming Huang, Victoria University of Wellington, China and Regional Security (PDF)
Dr Mark Rolls, Waikato University, First and Foremost: Twelve Months of the Obama Administration’s Policy in Asia (PDF)
- Dr David Capie, Victoria University of Wellington, Grand Designs? The Promise and Pitfalls of Asia’s New Multilateralism (PDF)
The delegation then moved on to Kuala Lumpur to attend the second meeting of the ASEAN/Australia/New Zealand Track II dialogue, organised by the Institute of Strategic and International Studies of Malaysia on behalf of ASEAN ISIS. Read our commentary on the 2009 dialogue. The first was held in December 2008, and a report can be viewed here. The discussions in Malaysia covered:
humanitarian assistance;trade relations between ASEAN and Australia and New Zealand;
security cooperation, and
cooperation and community building in the region.
The team from New Zealand included: Dr Richard Grant, executive director of the Foundation; Brian Lynch, director of the NZIIA; Professor Xiaoming Huang and Dr David Capie from Victoria University of Wellington, and Dr Mark Rolls from Waikato University. One of Asia:NZ's young leaders, Pia McKay, joined the delegation for both the Indian and Malaysian legs and has since sent us on her reflections on the trip.
Images of the Indian and New Zealand delegations at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Delhi.
