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Build civil-military relations

Gen Smith tells BUSS lecture

Staff Correspondent
I director of Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies (APCSS) Lt Gen (retd) Ed Smith yesterday stressed the need for continual education of civil and military leaders together in order to build trust between them and ensure that they respect each other by removingsuspicion.
The parties concerned must also be able to identify a way leading to a common participator)' engagement, he said while delivering a lecture on 'Some thoughts on civil-military relations' at the > auditorium of Bangladesh Institute of International & Strategic Studies (BUSS) in the city.
Talking about the role of military in the process of governance, good governance and development activities, the former US army officer said the civil administration and armed forces are part of the same team.
He said the elected representatives will formulate policies, but they can be implemented both by the civil and armed
forces. In an emergency situation such as disaster, he said, the military could play a crucial role.
Terming civil-military relations rarely easy but essential to democratic governance. Smith said the relations are founded on agreed roles and responsibilities and require a steady level of cooperation based on mutual respect, transparency and continuing education of civil and military leaders together.
BUSS Director General Maj Gen Abu Bela! Muhammad Shafiul Huq chaired the function attended by civil and military experts, practitioners and BUSS faculty members.
Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador Mohammad Zamir said. "One side must talk to each other and there must be an internal arrangement where they can sit down and remove miscommunication. Exercising interaction and interfaith between civil and military leaders in a constructive manner is necessary to help each other. Because both sides have their limita-
tions and are suspicious of each other."
He said the armed forces are part of the country, including the present government. and that he firmly believes there should be common participatory engagement at all levels.
Smith identified 10 security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region, which includes managing the regional commons in a way that reduces the prospect of conflict, limiting socio-economic gaps, understanding the reinforcing impacts pf increasing energy requirements and decreasing environmental resilience and recognising the need for security sector development and developing the capacity to do it.
Maj Gen (retd) Imamuzzaman, Dr Dalem Chandra Barman of Dhaka University. Brig Gen (retd) Shahedul Anam Khan, editor, defence and strategic affairs of The Daily Star, former ambassador Afsarul Kader and journalist Jaglul Haider Chowdhury also took part in the discussion.