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Strategic Nuclear Dialogue | March 01, 2016 to March 02, 2016 | Conference |
To build upon previous cooperation between the institutions, KCL and IDSA will each hold one part of a two-event strategic nuclear dialogue. Up to eight institutional staff and related researchers will travel to the other country, with participants being a mix of both current and young practitioners. The host institutions--KCL and IDSA--will also secure support from their national governments. Day 1 (1st March 2016)10:00 – 10:15 Welcome remarks 10:15 – 10:30 Keynote address and discussion 10:30 – 11:45 Asian Strategic Security LandscapeChair: P K Singh 11:45 – 12:00 Tea/ Coffee break 12:00 – 13:30 Opportunities for the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit meeting; Improving national implementation of nuclear security measuresChair: Rajiv Nayan 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch 14:30 – 15:45 Strengthening export control governanceChair: Indian participant 15:45- 16:00 Coffee/Tea session 16:00– 17:00 Non-proliferation, Export Control and intangiblesChair: Ian Stewart Day 2 (2nd March 2016)10:00 – 11:15 Emerging technical challengesChair: G Balachandran 11:15 – 12:30 Developing the India-UK strategic partnership: future opportunities and take awaysChair: Jayant Prasad 12:30 – 13:00 Closing Remarks 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch |
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Talk by Jia Haitao on China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Initiative and India | February 12, 2016 | 1430 hrs | Other |
Venue: Room no. 105, IDSA Prof. Jia Haitao is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Jinan University, Guangzhou. Prof. Jia is also the Director of Chindian Studies at the Jinan University, Guangzhou. |
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Talk by T V Paul on Accommodating Rising Powers | January 28, 2016 | 1500 hrs | Other |
Venue: Boardroom # 104, First Floor, IDSA About the SpeakerT V Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the department of political science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada and 56th President of the International Studies Association (2016-2017). |
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International Conference on India’s Role in Global Nuclear Governance | February 24, 2016 to February 26, 2016 | Conference |
IDSA-PRIO ConferenceConcept NoteThis conference brings together scholars working on global nuclear governance in India and abroad to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the emerging nuclear governance architecture. It focuses on how India can play a more proactive role as a driver of new ideas on the subject. In assessing India’s role in global nuclear governance, we seek to include both nuclear security issues and non-proliferation frameworks. The convergence will expose whether it is possible to envision a holistic nuclear governance and non-proliferation architecture. While preparing for the next Nuclear Security Summit, scheduled for 31 March – 1 April 2016, it is pertinent to review and discuss the roadmap and the Indian involvement for a robust nuclear security regime. This conference explores the possibility of developing a more comprehensive alternative to the fragmented nuclear security mechanisms today. Understanding global nuclear governance requires an investigation of a number of safety, security and safeguards mechanisms. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and multilateral export control regimes such as the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), Container Security Initiative (CSI) and UN Security Council Resolution 1540 are some prominent instruments of global nuclear governance. Nuclear Safety is an indispensable need for operation of any programme of nuclear science. Nuclear safety is an integral part of both domestic and global nuclear governance. A network of institutions such as the International Atomic Energy Agency and World Association of Nuclear Operators are in the forefront of global nuclear governance. These institutions supported development and implementation of regulatory mechanisms for nuclear safety. Several best practices for nuclear safety were devised in these institutions. The Fukushima incidents underlined the need for paying more attention to nuclear safety. The international community discussed the gap in the measures and mechanisms for nuclear safety. India has had a long association with nuclear safety even when it had some reservations on the need for nuclear security and the structure of safeguards. The United States President, Barack Obama, pushed nuclear security at the centre of global security governance in general and global nuclear governance in particular. The Nuclear Security Summit Process, initiated at the behest of the American President, galvanised global public opinion for nuclear security to counter nuclear and radiological terrorism. The two conventions for nuclear security had more members than before, yet ratification of the Amendment of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials could not take place because of the absence of the required number. The support for different instruments of nuclear security increased after the first Nuclear Security Summit in 2010. India has been an active partner of the summit process. After the beginning of the summit process, the establishment of the Global Centre of Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) is the most notable of all the initiatives taken by India. The NPT is also a key instrument for global nuclear governance. A key problem with the NPT is that only the five permanent members of the UN Security Council are recognized as ‘nuclear weapon states’. Three states—India, Pakistan and Israel—have never signed the NPT. Although India, which is a nuclear weapon country, is not a signatory to the NPT, it is supportive of global nuclear disarmament. At the same time, India also has an ambitious programme for civilian uses of nuclear energy to meet its growing energy needs. India is currently considering thorium as a future substitute for fuelling its nuclear reactors. The conference has the following themes:
ProgrammeDay 1 (February 24, 2016)0930-1000: Registration Opening Address by Shri Amandeep Singh Gill, Joint Secretary, Disarmament & International Security Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs 1030-1045 Tea/Coffee break 1045-1300 Session-1: Understanding Global Nuclear Governance
1300 Luncheon Address by Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State, Prime Minister Office 1330-1415 Lunch 1415-1615 Session-2: Challenges and Opportunities for Global Nuclear Governance
1615-1630 Tea/Coffee break 1630-1830 Session-3: Global Nuclear Governance and India
Day-2 (February 25, 2016)1000-1200 Session-4: Multilateral Export Control Regimes and India
1200-1215 Tea/Coffee Break 1215-1315 Session-5: The Way Forward Panel Discussion
1315-1400 Lunch Focus: Nuclear Security and India1400-1430 Opening Session: Nuclear Security 1430-1630 Session-1: Nuclear Security, the Summit Process and Global Nuclear GovernanceConsidering nuclear terrorism a serious international security issue, the Nuclear Security Summits intend to raise awareness among governments and civil society and galvanise them into securing vulnerable nuclear material from falling into the hands of Non state actors and pre-vent proliferation of nuclear weapons. The three Nuclear Summits held at Washington(2010), Seoul (2012) and the Hague (2014) have generated a lot of positive momentum and have achieved tangible improvements in the security of nuclear materials and encouraged the development of stronger international institutions that support nuclear security. The International Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and International convention on the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism besides the landmark UNSC resolution 1540 found more members. India has enthusiastically participated in the summits and contributed to global nuclear governance. The session will review the nuclear security scenario. It will also review the contribution of the summit process to nuclear security and global nuclear governance.
1630-1645 Tea/Coffee Break 1645-1830 Session-2: The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit and After: Setting the agendaThe upcoming nuclear security summit in Washington could be the last of the four and there is a marked urgency to institutionalise a permanent mechanism to address global nuclear security concerns. How successfully have states followed up on pledges of the previous summits and which institution will lead the agenda beyond Washington (2016)? It is expected that the IAEA’s role at the helm of the non-proliferation regime is only slated to be-come all the more indispensable thereafter. India continues to contribute towards a comprehensive nuclear security architecture that will strengthen nuclear governance and increase the confidence of the nuclear security regime. Should the summit process be restructured? Does the international community need a new institution? Should the world have a new regime? Or should we adapt the existing mechanisms for new challenges and requirements? The session will discuss ideas for the 2016 summit and how to steer activities after-wards in different international organisations and forums. Chair: K.L. Ramakumar
Day-3 (February 26, 2016)1000-1200 Session-3: Existing Nuclear Security Institutions: Coordination and IntegrationThe Nuclear Security Summits witnessed the resolve by states to establish Centres of Excellence (COE) across the globe that will provide world-class research, training and education on various nuclear security topics. The GCNEP (Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership) that is coming up in India is slated to provide the ideal platform to strengthen the various dimensions of nuclear security in India. Some of the other COE’s include EU Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence (CBRN CoEs),Pakistan’s Centre of Excellence for Nuclear Security (PCENS), Middle East Scientific Institute for Security (MESIS) and Japan’s Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security (ISCN).The smooth interface among the above and IAEA is deemed crucial. The session will discuss how to enhance coordination among different international, multilateral, regional, and national bodies working for nuclear security. It will also discuss whether the international community can integrate their efforts.
1200-1215 Tea/Coffee Break 1215-1330 Session-4: Role of Civil Society in Nuclear SecurityRole of civil society is pivotal in any regime. Who are the various actors among the civil society and how have they transformed the discourse on nuclear security? Some Intergovernmental organisations have made the discourse on nuclear security richer and relevant and are helping chalk out the agenda and strengthening the existing global nuclear security architecture. The Fissile Material Working Group--a coalition of non-governmental organisations—has spearheaded the campaign for nuclear security. This can play a different kind of role in organizing the global expert community and undertaking new tasks after the end of the possible summit process. The session will discuss the future role for international, regional and national non-governmental organisations.
1330-1430 Lunch 1430-1530 Wrap up and the future agendaChair: Jayant Prasad |
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Talk by Devesh Kapur on China's Role in the Asian & Global Financial Architecture | January 27, 2016 | 1530-1645 hrs | Other |
Venue: Board Room, IDSA About the SpeakerProf. Devesh Kapur, Director, Center for the Advanced Study of India & Professor of Political Science, Madan Lal Sobti Chair for the Study of Contemporary India, University of Pennsylvania |
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Talk by Chishin Chang on China’s Strategy towards Indian Ocean: Where is Xi Jinping Leading China to? | January 21, 2016 | 1500 - 1630 hrs | Other |
Dr. Chishin Chang is Assistant Research Fellow at the Center for Asia Policy, National Tsing Hua University. |
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Delhi Dialogue VII on ASEAN-India: Shaping the Post-2015 Agenda | March 11, 2015 to March 12, 2015 | 1030 to 1300 hrs | Conference |
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME12 March, 2015, ThursdayVenue: Auditorium, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi ACADEMIC SESSION (0930-1730 hours): 0900-0930 hours - Registration 0930-0935 hours - Welcome Address by Brig. Rumel Dahiya (Retd), Dy. Director General, IDSA 0945-0955 hours - Brief on Partners and Associates of Delhi Dialogue VII 0955-1135 hours Session 1: Geopolitical IssuesModerator: [ASEAN] Mr. Mediyatama Suryodiningrat, Editor in Chief, The Jakarta Post
1135-1150 hours - Tea/Coffee 1150-1320 hours Session 2: Socio-Cultural Issues
1320-1410 hours - Lunch 1410-1550 hours Session 3: Economic Issues
Moderator: [India] Amb. Shyam Saran, Chairman, RIS and NSAB
1550-1600 hours Tea 1600-1730 hours Session 4: The Way Forward
Moderator: [ASEAN] Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimura, Executive Director-ERIA.
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Delhi Dialogue VIII: ASEAN-India Relations: A New Paradigm | February 17, 2016 to February 19, 2016 | Conference |
Concept NoteDelhi Dialogue is an annual Track 1.5 forum for discussing politico-security, economic and socio-cultural issues between ASEAN and India. Since 2009 when the conference was first held, Delhi Dialogue has emerged as an important forum at which political leaders, policy makers, researchers, academicians, business leaders and media persons converge for brainstorming on a range of issues pertaining to ASEAN-India relations. The ASEAN-India relationship is one of the cornerstones of India’s foreign policy and Act East policy, which has deepened across the three pillars of politico-security, economic and socio-cultural cooperation. The recently concluded 13th ASEAN-India Summit and 10th East Asia Summit in November 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have defined a dynamic trajectory for ASEAN-India relations. The formalization of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) would also need a new approach towards India’s engagement with ASEAN. Keeping this context in mind and as India moves towards completing 25 years of its dialogue relationship with the ASEAN region, Delhi Dialogue VIII is appropriately themed “ASEAN-India Relations: A New Paradigm”. The key themes of ASEAN-India relationship today will be highlighted in the Inaugural Session and its two panel discussions (with Indian and South East Asian leaders participating) relating to Connectivity and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Delhi Dialogue VIII will also provide a larger canvas for the business leaders and the business community of both sides to share their vision for a more robust economic engagement between ASEAN and India. Day 1: 17 February 2016 -Business SessionPlenary Session I: Co-Manufacturing: Creating Manufacturing Value Chains (FICCI) There is a renewed focus on the manufacturing sector in India, especially with introduction of the “Make in India” initiative. India and ASEAN have immense potential in terms of creating regional value chains that act as a driver for regional economic integration. The ASEAN-India FTA which was initially limited to trade in goods has been expanded to include the agreement on trade in services and investment with effect from 1 July 2015. Manufacturers and businesses, both in India and ASEAN, are yet to fully capitalize on the existence of this Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement. This session would discuss the nuances of co-manufacturing within India and ASEAN, with particular focus on identification of goods, services and FDI sectors with complementarities between India and ASEAN. It would also identify barriers to co-manufacturing and suggest ways to surmount them. Plenary Session II: What Do Mega Trade Blocs-RCEP and TPP Mean for ASEAN and India? (CII) Ongoing negotiations for regional trading agreements involving ASEAN member states including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has the potential to alter the regional trade architecture. Responding to the emergent institutional architectures require greater strategic planning and implementation. This Session would examine how the FTA between ASEAN and India would be impacted under the broader RCEP and TPP frameworks and offer a blueprint of how Indian and ASEAN Trade and Commerce entities should calibrate their market strategy and manage internal reforms in order to be able to take maximum benefit from these emerging trade blocs. Plenary Session III: Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy for Realizing India ASEAN Economic Integration (ASSOCHAM) At the 13th ASEAN-India Summit on 21 November, Prime Minister, Shri. Narendra Modi, had invited ASEAN member states to participate in the launch and also to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) of 122 solar-rich countries. In the backdrop of the launch of this alliance on 30 November in Paris, amidst global climate change concerns, the need for developing and using sustainable energy is acutely felt. This session would explore the potential of co-production of renewable energy (wind power, solar power, biomass, hydropower, biofuels, etc.) and use of clean technology, a broad base of processes, practices and tools, in any industry that supports a sustainable business approach, including but not limited to pollution control, resource reduction and management, end of life strategy, waste reduction, energy efficiency, carbon mitigation and profitability. Plenary Session IV: Promoting Cross Border Trade with ASEAN: Capitalising on Comparative Advantage (ICC) Both India and ASEAN have sectors with significant competitive edge including energy, transport and logistics from the view of ASEAN’s investment into India and engineering services, education and tourism services for Indian investment in ASEAN. The establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community is another milestone in the regional economic integration agenda of ASEAN. The Session would cover several aspects of ASEAN-India trade and investment relations, identify new frontiers in trade and investment, and discuss the way ahead for enhanced trade and investment cooperation between ASEAN and India. Plenary Session V: ASEAN-India Cooperation in Start-ups (AIAI) India and ASEAN are seen as new growth areas for start-ups. ASEAN is one of the most diverse and competitive regions in the world with countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand attracting multinationals. ASEAN has become a launch pad for start-ups, the region now accounts for 38% of Asia’s market for initial public offerings. Indian start-ups are growing rapidly and India is home to more than 5,000 start-ups across all verticals of the industry involving technology companies and other sectors. The session aims to frame the broad contours of an ASEAN-India ecosystem to facilitate the convergence of technology, integration across diverse fields, distributed architecture and people willing to back an idea. The discussions in this session would deliberate upon Start-up Funding; Understanding the Market for a Start-up / Branding and Marketing; ASEAN-India Digital Future; Role of State and Regional Governments and Policies and Initiatives for encouraging start-ups. Day 2: 18 February 2016 -Ministerial SessionThe Ministerial Session will be attended by EAM, Foreign Ministers of ASEAN countries and Chief Ministers of North Eastern States of India. It will include speeches and two panel discussions; viz. (i) Connectivity: Creating Pathways to a Shared Future; and (ii) ASEAN Economic Community and India: Building Regional Value Chains. Panel Discussion I: Connectivity: Creating Pathways to a Shared Future Connectivity is the focal point in the ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership. With completion of the Motor Vehicle Agreement negotiation, implementation of India -Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway has progressed further, thereby bringing the two regions much closer to each other with the North Eastern region as the pivot. The panel comprising Heads of Delegation from ASEAN countries and the Chief Ministers of North Eastern States of India would deliberate upon:
Panel Discussion II: ASEAN Economic Community and India: Integrating Regional Value Chains and Production Networks To integrate ASEAN and India fully into the global economy, enhanced participation in global supply networks as well as stronger value chains between them is crucial. To effectively utilize the mega regional trade agreement such as RCEP, a connected ASEAN with India in terms of value chains therefore holds utmost significance. This Session will be attended by senior leaders of ASEAN member states and India, who would attempt to identify the challenges for ASEAN and India in integrating with regional and global value chains for creating sustainable production activities, technology intensive manufacturing and knowledge intensive services. The session would also examine how to create value chains by nurturing physical, institutional and people-to-people connectivity and the ways ASEAN member states, especially the CLMV countries, would benefit from the integration of India into South East Asian value chains. Vote of Thanks by Mr Jayant Prasad, DG, IDSA Day 3: 19th February 2016 -Academic SessionThe Academic Session will focus on themes ranging from ASEAN-India and the Security of the Asia-Pacific, including the threat from extremism; the Ocean Economy Dynamics; Reinvigorating the Civilisational Links; and the Way Forward for ASEAN-India Relations.
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Talk by Arzan Tarapore on "Indian Way of War" | January 14, 2016 | 1100 hrs | Other |
Venue: Board Room, IDSA About the SpeakerMr. Arzan Tarapore is a PhD scholar at King's College, London and a non-resident Visiting Fellow at ORF studying recent Indian military history. |
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Talk by Andrew J. Nathan on China Policy in the Next U.S. Administration | January 14, 2016 | 1500-1630 hrs | Other |
Abstract of TalkAmerican politicians love to bash China during presidential election campaigns. Meanwhile, think tanks in both the Democratic and Republican camps gear up to offer advice once the election is over. In the policy community there are serious debates over whether, and in what ways, to accommodate or to resist China’s rise. However, core American and Chinese interests will not change with a change of American leadership, so major areas of both friction and cooperation are likely to see little change. About the SpeakerAndrew J. Nathan is Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. His teaching and research interests include Chinese politics and foreign policy, the comparative study of political participation and political culture, and human rights. He is engaged in long-term research and writing on Chinese foreign policy and on sources of political legitimacy in Asia, the latter research based on data from the Asian Barometer Survey, a multi-national collaborative survey research project active in eighteen countries in Asia. Nathan is chair of the steering committee of the Center for the Study of Human Rights and chair of the Morningside Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Columbia. He served as chair of the Department of Political Science, 2003-2006, chair of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2002-2003, and director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, 1991-1995. Off campus, he is co-chair of the board, Human Rights in China, a member of the board of Freedom House, and a member of the Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch, Asia, which he chaired, 1995-2000. He is the regular Asia book reviewer for Foreign Affairs magazine and a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Contemporary China, China Information, and others. He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the Association for Asian Studies, and the American Political Science Association. He does frequent interviews for the print and electronic media, has advised on several film documentaries on China, and has consulted for business and government. Nathan's books include Peking Politics, 1918-1923; Chinese Democracy; Popular Culture in Late Imperial China, co-edited with David Johnson and Evelyn S. Rawski; Human Rights in Contemporary China, with R. Randle Edwards and Louis Henkin; China's Crisis; The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security, with Robert S. Ross; China's Transition; The Tiananmen Papers, co-edited with Perry Link; Negotiating Culture and Human Rights: Beyond Universalism and Relativism, co-edited with Lynda S. Bell and Ilan Peleg; China's New Rulers: The Secret Files, co-authored with Bruce Gilley; Constructing Human Rights in the Age of Globalization, co-edited with Mahmood Monshipouri, Neil Englehart, and Kavita Philip; How East Asians View Democracy, coedited with Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, and Doh Chull Shin; and the second edition of The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress, co-authored with Andrew Scobell. Nathan's articles have appeared in World Politics, Daedalus, The China Quarterly, Journal of Democracy, Asian Survey, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, The London Review of Books, The Asian Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, and elsewhere. His research has been supported by the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Henry Luce Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the Smith Richardson Foundation, and others. He has directed five National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars. Born on April 3, 1943, in New York City, Professor Nathan received his degrees from Harvard University: the B.A. in History, summa cum laude, in 1963; the M.A. in East Asian Regional Studies in 1965; and the Ph.D. in Political Science in 1971. He taught at the University of Michigan in 1970-71 and has been at Columbia University since 1971. |
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