Herat Security Dialogue-XIII

25-26 May, 2026
Berlin, Germany
Agenda (Tentative)

Sunday, May 24, 2026

Through Day  

Guests’ arrival

19:00-21:00   

Private Dinner

 

1st Day, Monday, May 25, 2026

08:30-09:00   

Participants Registration

 

09:00-09:30

Opening Session

• Recitation of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari's Persian Poetry
• Vatan Eai Eishgh To Iftakharam Song
• Introductory Remarks by Chairman of AISS Advisory Board, Dr Spanta
• Keynote Speech (TBC)

 

09:30-11:00

Panel I: Terrorism in the Age of “Wokism”, AI, and Great Power Competition

Moderator: (TBC)

Speakers:

• Speaker I (TBC)
• Speaker II (TBC)
• Speaker III (TBC)

Open Discussion

 

11:00-11:30   

Tea Break

 

11:30-12:00

Special Conversation

Moderator: (TBC)

• Speaker: (TBC)

 

12:00-13:00   

Panel II: From Kabul to the World: The Backlash Against Women’s Equality

Moderator: (TBC)

Speakers:

• Speaker I (TBC)
• Speaker II (TBC)
• Speaker III (TBC)

Open Discussion

 

13:00-14:00

Lunch

 

14:00-15:30

Panel III: Sharing Burdens: Rethinking Aid and Migration in North–South Cooperation

Moderator: (TBC)

Speakers:

• Speaker I (TBC)
• Speaker II (TBC)
• Speaker III (TBC)

Open Discussion

 

15:30-16:00   

Tear Break

 

16:00-17:30

Panel IV: From Revelation to Algorithm: Post-Secularism, AI, and the New Dynamics of Islamism

Moderator: (TBC)

Speakers:

• Speaker I (TBC)
• Speaker II (TBC)
• Speaker III (TBC)

Open Discussion

 

19:00-21:00

Cultural Evening

 

2nd Day, Tuesday, May 26, 2026

08:30-09:00   

Participant Arriving at Conference Venue

 

09:00-09:30

Special Conversation

Moderator: (TBC)

• Speaker: (TBC)

 

09:30 –11:00

Panel V: Mediated Mobilities: How Diaspora and Independent Media Shape Domestic Politics?

Moderator: (TBC)

Speakers:

• Speaker I (TBC)
• Speaker II (TBC)
• Speaker III (TBC)

Open Discussion

 

11:00-11:30   

Tea Break

 

11:30 -12:30

Panel VI: Reimagining Khorasan: Afghanistan and Pakistan in a Civilizational Framework

Moderator: (TBC)

Speakers:

• Speaker I (TBC)
• Speaker II (TBC)
• Speaker III (TBC)

Open Discussion

 

12:30 -14:00

Panel VII: From Great Game to Great Gain: Turning Power Competition into Collaboration on Afghanistan

Moderator: (TBC)

Speakers:

• Speaker I (TBC)
• Speaker II (TBC)
• Speaker III (TBC)

Open Discussion

 

14:00 -14:30

Lunch

 

14:30 -16:00

Panel VIII: A Constitution in Waiting: Democratic Modalities for a Transitional Government

Moderator: (TBC)

Speakers:

• Speaker I (TBC)
• Speaker II (TBC)
• Speaker III (TBC)

Open Discussion

 

16:00 -16:10

Note of Thanks by DG of AISS