Summer 2004
In late March and early April, Adam Ward, Senior Fellow for East Asia Security and Editor, Strategic Comments, spent ten days in China and South Korea. In Beijing, he and IISS Director Dr John Chipman held a number of meetings in connection with preparations for the 3rd annual IISS Asia Security Conference. These included discussions with Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the head of the Chinese delegation to the Six Party Talks set up to address North Korea's nuclear activities. Adam Ward then delivered a presentation on the outlook for diplomatic efforts towards North Korea at an international conference organised by Renmin University.
In Seoul, again in connection with the Shangri-La Dialogue, Adam Ward held meetings at the Blue House with Kwon Chin Ho, Senior Advisor to the President for National Security as well as Admiral Yoon Kwang Woong, Advisor to the President for National Defence. Copies of the IISS Strategic Dossier North Korea's Weapon's Programmes: A Net Assessment were presented to both. He subsequently received a briefing on conventional military developments on the Peninsula from General Shin II Soon, Deputy Commander of the US-Korea Combined Forces Command.
Adam Ward spoke on the subject of North Korea at the conference 'Proliferation Challenges Post Iraq', held at Arundel House on 6-7 May. Between 10-15 May he was based at the IISS-US office in Washington. He and John Chipman held a series of meetings at the Pentagon , National Security Council, and State Department in connection with the Shangri-La Dialogue. On 13 May, at the invitation of the Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute, Adam Ward delivered a presentation entitled 'Political and economic prospects for China: implications for security and non-proliferation policy'.
Spring 2004
On 11–13 December 2003, Senior Fellow for East Asian Security and Editor of Strategic Comments Adam Ward was in Berlin to take part in the 4th Europe-Northeast Asia Forum, convened by the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik. He spoke on the subject ‘The future of Pax Americana in Asia'. On 5 February, he gave a presentation entitled ‘The impact of domestic politics on China's foreign and security policy’ at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. On 19 February, he spoke to students at Oxford University on North Korea's nuclear activity. His article ‘China as a regional power’ will appear in the forthcoming issue of Aspenia.
Winter 2003
On 12 August 2003, Adam Ward, Senior Fellow for East Asian Security and Editor of Strategic Comments, gave the opening address to a three-day international workshop on Northeast Asia convened by Shell at its London headquarters. His topic was ‘Asia's security geography’. He attended the second IISS Global Strategic Review in Leesburg VA on 12–14 September and subsequently held meetings at the US State Department.
He was in Rome on 19–22 September 2003 to chair a discussion between European officials and analysts concerning responses to international terrorism and proliferation challenges. This discussion formed part of a conference organised by the Aspen Institute Italia in collaboration with the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and the Centro Militare di Studi Strategici (CeMiSS) with the aim of reviewing and assessing the European Union security strategy paper unveiled by Javier Solana in June.
On 29 September 2003, Adam Ward held a one-day workshop at Arundel House bringing together some 35 American and European analysts to discuss China's evolving foreign and security policy posture. On 3–5 October, he was in Geneva to address the second IISS-DCAF ‘Young Faces’ conference, giving a keynote presentation entitled ‘Current security challenges and the international response’. He delivered a lecture on 8 October to the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom entitled ‘The North Korean nuclear crisis: origins and prospects’.
On 17 October 2003, he received a delegation from China's Central Party School – the organization charged with training Communist Party officials for senior positions in provincial and central administrations – led by its Vice-President, Wang Weiguang. On 20 October, he hosted a visit to the IISS by a six-member senior delegation from the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, a leading Chinese think-tank on foreign affairs. On 15–21 November, Adam Ward was in Beijing to speak on China's relations with the United States and the European Union at a conference sponsored by General Xiong Guangkai, Deputy Chief of Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, under the auspices of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS).
Autumn 2003
On 30 May–1 June 2003, Senior Fellow for East Asian Security and Editor of Strategic Comments Adam Ward participated in the IISS Asia Security Conference: ‘The Shangri-La Dialogue’ in Singapore. On 26–27 June, he was in Paris to take part in the ‘Second European-American Dialogue on China’, co-sponsored by the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI) and the China Policy Programme of the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University. His article ‘China and America: trouble ahead?’ will be published in the Autumn 2003 issue of Survival.
Summer 2003
In late February 2003 Adam Ward Senior Fellow for East Asian Security and Editor of Strategic Comments traveled to Washington DC for a series of meetings to discuss regional security issues with US officials and brief them on the Institute’s Asiarelated research activities, particularly with regard to the North Korean nuclear crisis.At the State Department’s East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau, he met with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Donald Keyser, as well as with US Special Envoy for Negotiations with North Korea Ambassador Jack Pritchard. At the National Security Council, he met with Director for Asia, Dr Michael Green. Together with Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Security and Editor of the Adelphi Papers Dr Tim Huxley, he visited a variety of Washington DC and New York-based research institutions to explore possible opportunities for collaboration.
In late March, Adam Ward and Director of Studies Dr Gary Samore travelled to Japan and South Korea as part of their efforts to raise awareness of the IISS Korean Security Programme and to pursue fund-raising opportunities. In Tokyo, they had a series of excellent meetings, including with Senior Vice-Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Vice-Foreign Minister Yukio Takeuchi and Deputy Foreign Minister Hitoshi Tanaka. At the Blue House in Seoul, they discussed the North Korean crisis with National Security Advisor Ra Jong Yil and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Ban Ki Moon.
In addition to his editorial responsibilities on Strategic Comments, Adam Ward contributed a chapter to Strategic Survey 2002/3, published in May. On 9–11 May, he took part in a conference at Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, entitled ‘Japan in the 21st Century’. On 20 May, he was a speaker at a briefing on China for some 50 members of the House of Commons and House of Lords, organised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. His presentation dealt with military dimensions of Chinese foreign policy.
Winter 2002
On 9 September 2002, Adam Ward, Senior Fellow for East Asian Security and Editor of Strategic Comments, gave a lecture to the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) in London entitled ‘Strategic Issues in East Asia and the Pacific’. The opening lecture in a series spanning a week, the presentation assessed both the impact of 11 September on regional security dynamics and the outlook for more embedded policy challenges, particularly on the Korean Peninsula and in the Taiwan Straits. On 15 October, he travelled to Brussels to contribute to a closed, one-day ‘High-Level Seminar’ at the European Parliament on the EU's future relations with North Korea, convened shortly after the landmark visit to Pyongyang by US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs James Kelly. The meeting involved officials and diplomats from across individual European foreign affairs ministries, representatives from relevant EU institutions and a number of members of the European Parliament. The North Korean delegation was led by Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon, who was briefed by Adam Ward on the Institute’s past activities and future work plans regarding the Korean Peninsula. Since October, Adam Ward and Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation Dr Gary Samore have been acting as special consultants to a forthcoming interactive BBC television programme on US national security decision-making in times of international crises.
