1. Group A “Balancing Hard Power and Soft Power” SYNDICATE DISCUSSIONS
COLOMBO DEFENCE SEMINAR 2017
SYNDICATE DISCUSSIONS
Group A
“Balancing Hard Power and Soft Power”

2. SYNDICATE DISCUSSIONS
Group A - “Saffron”
Expert Panel
Ms. Sashikala Premawardhane Director General (Actg), Ocean Affairs, Strategic Security, Climate Change and Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Rear Admiral NPS Attygalle RSP USP ndu psc Commander, Western Naval Area (Sri Lanka Navy)
Foreign Participants
Australia - Captain (Navy) Sheldon Williams
Greece - Colonel Konstantinos Kolokotronis
Maldives - Brigadier General Zakariyya Mansoor
Malaysia - Colonel Adi Ridzwan bin Abdullah
Nigeria - Commodore EO Ferreira
Pakistan - Colonel Asghar Ali Jatoi
Qatar - Brigadier Ahmad Hamad Umair Al Shahwani
Qatar - Brigadier General Juma Saeed Juma Al-Kubaisi
Spain - Lieutenant Colonel Angel Eloy Canales López
Thailand - Captain (Navy) Sittichai Tangjai
Ukraine - Colonel Oleh Hulak
UK - Group Captain Frazer Nicholson
Zambia Lieutenant Colonel Amos Maybin Muyanga
Zimbabwe Group Captain Stanley Goreraza
Local Participants
Brigadier D A P N Dematanpitiya psc
Brigadier P M L Chandrasiri WWV RWP RSP
Colonel A K G K U Gnanaratne psc
Colonel R A D S Shantha Ranaweera RWP RSP USP psc
Lieutenant Colonel M P K Madurapperuma RSP USP psc

3. Group Captain Frazer Nicholson

4. Hard Power
Soft Power
Governance

5. Sequence/ Synchro
Legitimacy / Context
Listening/Understand 2nd Order reflect
Perspective
Narrative
Factors

6. 2nd Order Effects
Perspective
Narrative
Factors

7. “All hands on deck”

8. Thank you