Speakers

Deputy Secretary-General of the National Security Council of Taiwan

Senior Defence Analyst at RAND

Associate Fellow at Chatham House

Director of Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Moderator

Freelance NATO/EU reporter for NPR and DW
Security threats have long become multi-domain and all-encompassing, and so should be our defence strategies. From the Nordic-Baltic region to Taiwan, nations have adopted integrated defence concepts. Total defence and overall defence, whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches, or resilience building more broadly—the name may vary from country to country, and so may the implementations. Yet, total defence is critical to protecting against hybrid, information, irregular, or cognitive warfare, as well as any other security crises, attacks, and incursions that fall short of direct military aggression. What should the governments do to ensure that the nation is prepared for crises? Is there a total defence model that can be adopted from one country into another? How similar are the total defence needs in Europe and in Asia-Pacific?