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session by sharing his thoughts on
countering asymmetry with multilateral
symmetry. David Des Roches, Associate
Professor at the Near East South Asia
Center for Strategic Studies, will then
hold forth on ‘Modern Asymmetric
Warfare at Sea and in the Gulf’ while
Rear Admiral Takeshi Yoshioka, Director
General, C4I Department, Maritime Staff
Office, will share Japan’s Vision and talk
about the efforts of the Japan Maritime
Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) for a free
and open Indo-Pacific. Dr. Steven Wright,
Associate Dean and Associate Professor
– HBKU, will then speak about ‘The
Interrelationship of Resilience in the Gulf
ASYMMETRIC THREATS IN and a Maritime Security Complex.”

FOCUS AT MIDDLE EAST “AS THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY
FOR SECURITY IN THE GULF,
NAVAL COMMANDERS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE

CONFERENCE VARIOUS CHALLENGES TO
ACTORS IN THE MARITIME
A panel comprising world-renowned (pilot) Fahad Al-Sulaifi of the Qatar Armed DOMAIN ARE WELL
experts from different regions will Forces Strategic Studies Center will dis- UNDERSTOOD AND WHERE
discuss the biggest challenge to the cuss the role of artificial intelligence in POSSIBLE MITIGATED,” Dr.
maritime domain – asymmetric threats- combating the threat. Andreas Krieg, MENC Conference
at the Middle East Naval Commanders Director.
Conference (MENC), which will take Providing an Indian perspective at the “MENC 2022 WILL ADDRESS
place tomorrow as part of the ongoing conference would be Vice Admiral
DIMDEX 2022. Ajendra Singh, Flag Officer Commanding- THESE CHALLENGES IN
in-Chief, Western Naval Command, Indian AN EFFORT TO ACHIEVE
The day-long conference, which will have Navy. Dr. Rory David Miller, Professor of A HIGHER DEGREE OF
two sessions, assumes critical importance Government at Georgetown University in RESILIENCE OF CRITICAL
as it is being organised in the backdrop of Qatar, will end the first session by sharing
myriad modern-day naval security chal- his thoughts on ‘Overcoming Smallness: MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE
lenges and the region’s complex maritime Gulf State Approaches to the Maritime AND WATERWAYS AROUND
environment. The conference theme Domain.’ THE ARABIAN GULF AND
– ‘Resilience in the Maritime Domain –
Confronting Asymmetric Threats,’ will Admiral Jacques Fayard, Joint CONNECTED WATERWAYS.”
see icons in the field delve into one of the Commander of the French forces in the
most pressing challenges for naval forces Indian Ocean, will kick off the second Staff Brigadier (Sea) Abdulbaqi Saleh
around the world in an attempt to find Al-Ansari, Chairman of DIMDEX, is
global and locally applicable solutions. confident that the knowledge gleaned
from high-level panel discussions at the
After the opening address by Dr. Andreas conference would provide answers to
Krieg, MENC Conference Director, Staff key naval security challenges and help
Major General (sea) Abdulla Bin Hassan further strengthen Qatar’s defence infra-
Al- Sulaiti, Commander Qatar Emiri Naval structure. “The value that MENC adds to
Forces, will welcome conference partici- DIMDEX is incalculable. The conference
pants as well as other attendees, before will provide attendees a golden opportu-
introducing the topic and laying the nity to listen to some of the best minds
framework for the discussions to follow. from across the world in the field of mari-
Charles Cooper, Commander, U.S. Naval time defence and security as they discuss
Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet, issues that are relevant to not just the
will talk about ‘Combined Maritime Forces regional security complex of the Arabian
Flexibility in the maritime domain – Facing Gulf but also the entire global maritime
asymmetric threats’ while Staff Brigadier domain.”
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