Activities 2022
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Among the numerous activities carried out, members of AthenaLab delivered classes and lectures on various topics at different higher education institutions in the country, such as the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, the University of Chile, the University of the Andes, the University of Development, and Adolfo Ibáñez University, as well as at Georgetown University in the United States.
Additionally, we were invited to present at forums organized by the Public Studies Center (CEP), the Society of Industrial Promotion (Sofofa), the Chilean Institute of Rational Business Administration (Icare), the Foundation for Progress, the National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies (Anepe), the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), and the Institute of Liberty and Development. In the case of CEP, Sofofa, and Icare, our contribution was to provide insights from the field of security to institutions that are just beginning to develop in this area.
In the international arena, in May we developed, together with the Elcano Royal Institute in Madrid, a closed-door seminar on governance and security in Latin America, which featured speakers from across the region, including Senator Ximena Rincón and former constituent assembly member Marcela Cubillos.
In October, we participated in the celebrations of the 125 years of bilateral relations between Chile and Japan, with AthenaLab becoming one of the organizers of a thematic event that included the Embassy of Japan in Chile, the Japanese Charity Society, and former Foreign Minister Heraldo Muñoz.
At the end of the year, AthenaLab was one of the sponsors of the Exponaval, which involved organizing panels on the challenges of being a maritime power in the 21st century. For this reason, we invited naval expert Alessio Patalano from King’s College London and former Chief of the Royal Australian Navy, Vice Admiral (ret.) Michael Noonan, who was integrated as a senior fellow at our research center. SEE MORE ➜
Our offices also became a space to host distinguished visitors, such as the ambassadors of Australia, Canada, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom, the chargé d’affaires of Ukraine, and the director general of the Taiwan Office. Delegates from Brazil, Japan, and Uruguay also came to meet us.
Additionally, we hosted a course from the Allies program, which included training officers from the military and naval academies of the United States, as well as from Tufts University.
Moreover, members of AthenaLab attended important international forums: the “Land Warfare Conference” and the “Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture by Admiral Sir Tony Radakin,” organized by RUSI in London; the “Shangri-La Dialogue” in Singapore; and the “First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference” in London, organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies; “O Poder Naval Brasileiro: da independência ao futuro” by the Brazilian Navy in Rio de Janeiro; “Politique de défense pour l’Amérique latine” by the Institute of High National Defense Studies in Paris; and the “Indo Pacific Sea Power Conference” by the Royal Australian Navy. At this last seminar held in Sydney, the chair of the Advisory Council presented on Chile’s role in the region.
