Staff Reporter :
Security experts and researchers have laid emphasis on formulation of a guideline with a view to strengthening relations between the civil and military authorities apparently to tackle current militancy issue.
In democratic system, the gap between the civil and military bureaucracy must be narrowed to keep an effective role in the national development. At the same time, it needs clear dominance of elected political leaders on the armed forces, they further said.
They expressed the above opinions at a seminar titled “Civil-Military Relations [CMR] in Democracy: An Effective Framework”, jointly organised by the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies [BIISS] and the Armed Forces Division [AFD] on Wednesday at BIISS auditorium in the city.
Prime Minister’s Security Adviser Major General Tarique Ahmed Siddique attended the inaugural function as the chief guest while PM’s international affairs adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi was the chief guest at the closing session. Director General of BIISS Major General A K M Abdur Rahman delivered the address of welcome.
Major General A K M Abdur Rahman in his welcome address mentioned the importance of understanding the nature of CMR in South Asian countries, identifying the challenges as well as possible solutions and developing an effective framework of CMR in national development and democracy.
In his vote of thanks, Chairman of Board of Governors of BIISS Ambassador Munshi Faiz Ahmed also mentioned the necessity of strengthening CMR in attaining economic development and democracy.
Commandant, National Defense College Lt Gen Chowdhury
Hasan Sarwardy delivered the presentation on the role of armed forces to improve CMR in a democratic environment.
A written script of eminent Professor Swaran Singh, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, was presented on experience of CMR from Indian perspective.
Professor of International Relations Department at Dhaka University Rasheduzzaman explored effective framework for CMR in democracy.
Dr MM Jayawardena, Dean, Management, Social Sciences and Humanities, Kotewala Defense University, Sri Lanka explained the experience of CMR from Sri Lankan perspective.
President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry [MCCI] Nasim Manzoor highlighted the significance of CMR in economic development of Bangladesh.
In the closing session, two other articles were also presented by former Chief of General Staff of Nepal Lt Gen [retd] Nepal Bhushan Chand and Senior Secretary of Economic Relations Division [ERD] Mohammd Mejbahuddin.
Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force, ambassadors of US and Japan, among others, were present on the occasion.
Prominent academicians of different public and private universities, senior researchers from various renowned research institutes, officials from different ministries, former ambassadors, renowned persons of different civil and military institutions and media participated in the open discussion and raised their valuable opinions, observations, questions and suggestions.
Security experts and researchers have laid emphasis on formulation of a guideline with a view to strengthening relations between the civil and military authorities apparently to tackle current militancy issue.
In democratic system, the gap between the civil and military bureaucracy must be narrowed to keep an effective role in the national development. At the same time, it needs clear dominance of elected political leaders on the armed forces, they further said.
They expressed the above opinions at a seminar titled “Civil-Military Relations [CMR] in Democracy: An Effective Framework”, jointly organised by the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies [BIISS] and the Armed Forces Division [AFD] on Wednesday at BIISS auditorium in the city.
Prime Minister’s Security Adviser Major General Tarique Ahmed Siddique attended the inaugural function as the chief guest while PM’s international affairs adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi was the chief guest at the closing session. Director General of BIISS Major General A K M Abdur Rahman delivered the address of welcome.
Major General A K M Abdur Rahman in his welcome address mentioned the importance of understanding the nature of CMR in South Asian countries, identifying the challenges as well as possible solutions and developing an effective framework of CMR in national development and democracy.
In his vote of thanks, Chairman of Board of Governors of BIISS Ambassador Munshi Faiz Ahmed also mentioned the necessity of strengthening CMR in attaining economic development and democracy.
Commandant, National Defense College Lt Gen Chowdhury
Hasan Sarwardy delivered the presentation on the role of armed forces to improve CMR in a democratic environment.
A written script of eminent Professor Swaran Singh, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, was presented on experience of CMR from Indian perspective.
Professor of International Relations Department at Dhaka University Rasheduzzaman explored effective framework for CMR in democracy.
Dr MM Jayawardena, Dean, Management, Social Sciences and Humanities, Kotewala Defense University, Sri Lanka explained the experience of CMR from Sri Lankan perspective.
President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry [MCCI] Nasim Manzoor highlighted the significance of CMR in economic development of Bangladesh.
In the closing session, two other articles were also presented by former Chief of General Staff of Nepal Lt Gen [retd] Nepal Bhushan Chand and Senior Secretary of Economic Relations Division [ERD] Mohammd Mejbahuddin.
Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force, ambassadors of US and Japan, among others, were present on the occasion.
Prominent academicians of different public and private universities, senior researchers from various renowned research institutes, officials from different ministries, former ambassadors, renowned persons of different civil and military institutions and media participated in the open discussion and raised their valuable opinions, observations, questions and suggestions.
