China-Germany-UK Trilateral Security Dialogue Focuses on Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific

On September 17, Grandview Institution (GVI) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) jointly hosted a Sino-German-British Security Dialogue themed "Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific Region and beyond." Representatives from government departments and research institutions in China, Germany, and the UK participated in the dialogue and exchanged views on the regional maritime security situation and paths for cooperation.

The topics of this dialogue covered the situation in the South China Sea and its regional implications, negotiations on a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, maritime governance and regional cooperation, as well as the policy concerns of the UK and Germany regarding the regional security environment. Participating representatives also held discussions on issues such as the security of key maritime passages, maritime crisis management, and confidence-building.

Participants:

——Experts from Germany:

Major General Stephan WILLER, Deputy Political Director, Federal Ministry of Defence

Rear Admiral Ulrich BROSOWSKY, Defence and Naval Attaché, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Anna BARTELS, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Arend WULFF, Head of the Political Department, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Colonel Nico HÜLSHOFF, Deputy Defence Attaché and Army Attaché, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Captain (Navy) Matthias SCHMIDT, Deputy Naval Attaché, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Isabeau KOSING, Policy Advisor, Political Department, Federal Ministry of Defence

Johann FUHRMANN, Chief Representative China, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Thomas YOSHIMURA, Policy Advisor, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

——Experts from UK:

Meia NOUWENS, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Air Commodore Domonic STAMP, Defence Attaché, Embassy of the United Kingdom

Group Captain Gareth PRENDERGAST, Naval and Air Attaché, Embassy of the United Kingdom

Major Chris SAVAGE, Assistant Defence Attaché, Embassy of the United Kingdom

——Experts from China:

Professor FU Kuen-chen, Professor of International Law and former Director of the South China Sea Institute, Xiamen University

LUO Gang, Deputy Director, Division of the Law of the Sea, China Institute for Marine Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resource

Captain (Navy, Ret.) LIU Xiaobo, Director of the Maritime Studies Center, Grandview Institution

MAO Jing, Director of European Research Center, Grandview Institution

YI Wushuang, Research Fellow at the Maritime Studies Center, Grandview Institution

YU Kuangjie, Intern, European Research Center, Grandview Institution