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Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) will hold a Discussion Session: “In Conversation with H.E. Dan Mozena, US Ambassador to Bangladesh” on May 21, 2012 at La Vita Hall, Hotel Lakeshore, Gulshan-2, Dhaka.

In the Session, the ambassador H.E. Dan Mozena will share his opinion on ‘US Policy towards Bangladesh’. The Discussion Session will be moderated by BIPSS President Major General Muniruzzaman.

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Bangladesh Institute of peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) held a Roundtable on “Climate Change, a global challenge that requires a global response”  On 9^th May, 2012, at Ikebana Hall, Hotel Lakeshore, Gulshan-2, Dhaka, Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, UK Climate and Energy Security Envoy, presented the Keynote Paper on the theme. The Roundtable was presided over by BIPSS President, Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.)

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LinkTV of USA recently interviewed BIPSS President Maj Gen(retd) Muniruzzman on climate change and security. The President highlighted the implications of climate change for Bangladesh in the near future as well as security implications on regional and global level in the interview. Watch Video.

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 Interview at  Link TV on Bangladesh: An Uncertain Future?.  Watch Video..

BIPSS hosted a lecture on the 7th of March as part of its joint project with KAS. The lecture was delivered on "Climate Change & Gender Vulnerability" by renowned climate change advocate Mrs Hasna J Moudud, Senior Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center. Leading professionals from a variety of backgrounds attended the lecture.

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Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) Was Held a National Conference on Climate Change and Non-Traditional Security Threats jointly with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)on 11-12 April, 2012. The objective of the Conference is to explore the relationship between climate change and non-traditional security threats particularly focusing on human dimension of security ramifications of climate change in Bangladesh including food, water, livelihood, human health, and gender dimension.

The inauguration of the conference will take place at 10 am at La-Vita Hall, Hotel Lakeshore, Dhaka. Professor Dr. Alauddin Ahamed, Hon’ble Advisor to the Prime Minister on Education, Social Development & Political Affairs, Govt. of the people’s Republic of Bangladesh will kindly grace the occasion as Chief Guest.

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Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS), in association with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) has launched a major research project on Water Scarcity in Bangladesh and South Asia: Examining dynamics of conflict and cooperation. Bangladesh is facing serious threats of water stress, with implications for regional security and development. The proposed project will fill knowledge gaps related to water security and promote information-sharing on water between Bangladesh, India and Nepal.The project is supported by the Norwegian government . President BIPSS and Advisor BIPSS will be attending on the first meeting of this project in Oslo, Norway. President BIPSS will also address the meeting about the water scarcity situation in  Bangladesh and South Asia.

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BIPSS Issue Brief January 2012 edition has just been published. The Issue Brief focuses on cyber security, discusses different types of cyber attacks and looks into the question if threats from cyber space are an emerging threat landscape.
If the whole world is connected via internet, cyber attacks are never just a national threat. Computer viruses, worms and botnets usually affect computers worldwide. So every government and every company who is using electronic data processing has to find a way to secure data, to protect private and confidential data against unauthorized access, to control and limit access to electronic devices and administration, and to fend off attacks on their computer systems. So when it comes to cyber security, governments and companies should keep in mind what damage their sensitive data could create if it falls into wrong hands. Cyber espionage and cyber attacks on elementary infrastructure are only two of the different topics that are discussed in the Issue Brief.

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President BIPSS, Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.) spoke at roundtable organized by the South Asia Network of Climate Change and Security at Male, the Maldives on the 1^stof December 2011 on an invitation of the President’s Office of the Government of the Maldives to discuss opportunities and challenges related to climate change and security in South Asia. The network deliberated on decentralised water diplomacy, diverse causal factors of climate related migration, rural and urban food security, in particular to ensure climate sensitive food production, equitable distribution and sustainable consumption. President BIPSS is  the cofounder of the network that was launched at Dhaka in 2009. The roundtable was organized in collaboration with the President’s Office of the Government of the Maldives and International Alert (an international peace building organization).

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President BIPSS Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.) spoke at the Conference on “Climate Change, Conflict and Migration” with special focus on the water dimension of climate security held in The Hague, Netherlands on 21^st September 2011. The Conference was arranged by Alliance for UN University of Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica and the Institute for Social Studies (ISS), The Hague and supported by the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In his presentation in the Conference, General Munir focused on climate change, migration, water security and conflicts from a human security perspective. BIPSS Presidentl also spoke at a special lecture event at the Clingendael Institute for International Relations in The Hague.

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Bangladesh Institute of Peace & Security Studies (BIPSS) has recently initiated a joint project with Konrad Adanauer Stiftung, Germany on “Climate Change and Non -Traditional Security Threats”. The project explores Climate Change Impact and Human Security Condition in Bangladesh in the fields of - Food Security, Water Security, Livelihood Conditions etc. The project will follow a rigorous research methodology including field Survey, lecture series, expert level meetings and workshops and end with submission of results in a national conference.

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President BIPSS Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.) spoke at the US Air Force University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He was invited to speak at the US Air Force Minerva Energy and Environmental Security Symposium in September, 2011.   The Symposium was the culmination of research and study sponsored by US Secretary of Defense through the Minerva initiative. In his presentation, General Munir focused on the complex and emerging  security risks from international energy and environmental security connections.

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President BIPSS Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.) is invited by German Federal Office, to attend the conference“Climate Diplomacy in Perspective:From Early Warning to Early Action”. The conference will take place in Berlin between October 10 and October 11. President BIPSS Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.) will give an important speech on “Impacts of Climate Change: Conflict Drivers and Coastal Stability”. The presentation will focus on the key risks for peace and stability emanating from climate impact on coastal stability. He will also discuss the nature of conflict drivers influenced by climate change using Bangladesh as case example. Other participants in the conference are senior-level decision makers from other international think tanks, national governments and international organizations as well as senior experts from universities. Over 60 Countries were represented in the Conference at high policy level 

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Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) successfully organized the 2nd Yunnan-Bangladesh Cooperation Dialogue, a track 1.5 dialogue process, jointly with Yunnan Development Research Center (YDRC) of the Provincial Government of Yunnan from 04-06 January, 2012 in Dhaka, Bangladesh at Lakeshore Hotel and Apartments, Gulshan 2.. A high level delegation from the Yunnan Government represented the Chinese side at the Dialogue. The Dialogue was the second in a series of dialogue being held between the two countries. The first one held in Kunming, China in 2009. The objective of the dialogue was to strengthen the bilateral interaction and foster pragmatic cooperation in all-around way between the two countries.

The dialogue covered a broad spectrum of issues of mutual interest including trade and economic cooperation, Bangladesh-China connectivity bilateral, sub-regional and regional Cooperation. Senior experts of both country delegations presented papers on those issues highlighting the respective country perspective. The dialogue was concluded with the Dhaka Declaration 2012, in order to build an atmosphere of understanding and cooperation between the two countries.

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The latest  Alliance  special feature, guest edited by Alejandro Litovsky of the Earth Security Initiative and Dana Lanza of Confluence Philanthropy, argues that philanthropists and impact investors must begin to think about how to respond to the crisis of ecological limits that humanity faces which boosting the resilience of oceans, rivers, forests and fertile soils.

This issue of Alliance features interviews with Major General Muniruzzaman of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies on the security impacts of climate change.

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President BIPSS Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.) spoke, on an invitation by the Center for South Asian Studies, at Regional Environmental Issues: Water and Disaster Management Conference held on February 11-12, 2012 in Kathmandu, Nepal. In the conference, General Muniruzzaman presented on the theme: “Climate Change and Regional Security: Water and Disaster Management in South Asia”. In the presentation he highlighted the key threats for regional security emanating from climate change induced vulnerabilities in the South Asian Region, elucidating many examples from South Asian countries particularly from Bangladesh Nepal, Pakistan and India. He emphasised on the water and disaster security risks in South Asia including fresh water shortage, Himalayan glacier melting and hydro- conflict, water induced food insecurities, water born diseases, impacts of natural disasters, disaster driven migration and disaster as threat critical infrastructure in South Asia. He offered at the end of the presentation a regional cooperation framework to effectively address regional security concerns associated with water security and natural disasters.

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Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in co-operation with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a conference from October 27th -28th 2011 at Oslo, Norway on "The legacy of war time rape:mapping key concepts and issues". BIPSS took part in the conference as part of the “International network for interdisciplinary research on children born of war (INIRC)” network.The report published can be read from following link.

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President BIPSS Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.) was invited by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation and German Government to attend and speak at “International Conference on Climate and Conflict: International Prevention and Response Strategies” held on February 27-28, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium.  In the conference, General Muniruzzaman gave a presentation on the theme: “Climate Change and Strategic Military Planning: Role of the Military” in which he highlighted threat landscape of the climate change induced vulnerabilities, emphasizing on the role of the military in terms of strategic military planning associated with climate change.

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President BIPSS Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.) was invited to attend and speak in a Global Futures Forum Regional Conference “The Impact of Identity Politics on Violent Extremism: Regional Perspectives” sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the Centre of Excellence for National Security at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies held on October 23 - 25, 2011in Singapore.

In the conference, General Muniruzzaman spoke on the theme: “Identity Politics: the Pathway to Growing Extremism” in which he highlighted the emerging strategic trends in identity politics and the new faces of political extremism shaped by the changing socio-economic and cultural structures threatening identity security in a significant manner. He, using examples from South Asia particularly from Bangladesh, explained how new dimensions of radicalization are emerging even beyond the traditional religious frontier and urged for an integrated and comprehensive effort to address the repercussions of the extremist developments in terms of identity politics.

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President BIPSS Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.) spoke, on an invitation by the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE), at 12th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Environment and Security held on January 18-20, 2012 in Washington, DC.  The conference brought together over 1,000 attendees from the scientific, business, academic and environmental communities, as well as international, federal, and regional government officials.

In the conference, General Muniruzzaman along with along with other international experts on climate change provided significant insights on the connections between environment and security issues, their common underlying scientific threads, and the policy and governance needed to address security risks posed by a rapidly changing environment.

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President BIPSS Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.) was invited by the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) of George Mason University, USA to speak on “Climate Change and National Security”. The event hosted by TraCCC took place on 20^th January, 2012 at George Mason University Campus in Arlington, Virginia. In his presentation, Major General Muniruzzaman, elucidating the case of Bangladesh as an example, highlighted the key threats for national security of both human and hard dimensions emanating from climate change induced vulnerabilities. To portray the national security problems of Bangladesh caused by changing climatic conditions, he analysed the impacts of environmental challenges, global warming and sea level rise affecting food, water, health, and energy security of the country. He also depicted Bangladesh’s vulnerabilities to natural disasters and the concern of resultant environmental migration in the country.

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President BIPSS Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd.) is invited by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government to attend and speak at a conference on “A Climate and Resource Security Dialogue for the 21st Century” to be held on 22nd-23rd March, 2012 Lancaster House in London. In the conference, General Muniruzzaman along with many internationally distinguished climate change specialists will present his valuable insights and recommendations to fight effectively climate change induced threats and insecurities, suggesting key options for the policy makers to design a sustainable policy framework for the 21^st Century.

President BIPSS Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd) has been invited to become a part of a special body called the ‘Bellagio Forum’ which is being created to establish World Security University under the aegis of the United Nations. The current concept of setting up such an institution came to light in the aftermath of the 12th UN Congress held in Salvador, Brazil in 2010. This new university will focus on a multidisciplinary approach towards the study of security which will also encompass Public Security, Human Rights, Media and Security, Criminal Justice, Social Communication among others. The Bellagio Forum which will form the nucleus of this new institution will have its inaugural meeting at the Rockefeller Center in Bellagio, Italy in April 2011. The forum will bring together noted security experts from around the world.   

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BIPPS Journal-“Peace and Security Review”Vol-4,No-8,Second Quarter2011

The latest edition of Peace and Security Review (Second  Quarter, 2011) has been published. 

Transnational Security Dynamics and Exigencies:
Crime-Terror-Drug Nexus in South Asia and Beyond

Bangladesh’s National Defence: A Debatable Dialectic

IOR-ARC Successes and Failures: South Asian Perspectives

Impact of Climate Change and Environmental Security in
Bangladesh: The Non-Traditional Security Linkages

The Nature of Complex Emergencies: Impact of Earthquakes,
Pakistan’s Case Study

 

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Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) , in association with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, has launched a major new research project on the security impact of climate change on Bangladesh and its regional  neighborhood, specifically India, Nepal and the Maldives. The seminal project will examine the latest scientifically acceptable prognostications of climate change affecting Bangladesh, focusing on asset losses - especially loss of land and livelihood to rising sea levels, saline intrusions, periodic surge flooding, environmental damage, and the extent and intensity of resultant internal displacement and potential migration.

The project's findings and recommendations will be launched at an international conference at the conclusion of the study.

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To Build trust among multinational participants to encourage wider network and strategic communication, COUNCIL FOR ASIAN TRANSNATIONAL THREAT RESEARCH (CATR) was founded in response to the request of multinational representatives attending a 2005 counter-terrorism conference sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), the Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter Terrorism (SEARCCT), and the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA).BIPSS is one of the members of this consortium. President BIPSS is a member of CATR board. The latest copy of CATR publication

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