Chair: G. BalachandranDiscussants: Shakti Sinha, K. C. Singh and Rahul Bhonsle Afghanistan today appears to be teetering on the brink of failure and unending chaos. Despite the military endeavour by… Continue reading US Counter Insurgency Approach in Afghanistan Under Obama Administration: Does It Portend ‘Change’?
Chair: Arvind GuptaDiscussants: Anuradha Reddy and Sunil Kumar After the Cold War, India’s foreign relations have become multi-directional and diversified. Growing realisation that international defence cooperation can supplement diplomatic initiatives… Continue reading Benefits of India’s Defence Cooperation Initiatives towards the Foreign Policy Goals
Chair: V. K. MisraDiscussants: Amit Cowshish and Sujeet Samaddar India’s security comes with a huge price tag. In 2009-10, the defence budget reached Rs. 1,41,703 crores, representing nearly one-seventh of… Continue reading Rationale for Performance Oriented Defence Budgeting
Chair: Rajiv SikriDiscussants: Arun Sahgal and K. P. Vijayalakshmi The debate on strategic autonomy makes a conceptual contribution about how India as an emerging power seeks to forge a partnership… Continue reading India’s Strategic Autonomy Dilemma and the Rapprochement with the United States
Chair: Prakash SinghDiscussants: G. D. Bakshi and Arun Sahgal In her presentation titled ‘A Scenario-Building Method on India’s North East’, Dr. Namrata Goswami projected the vision of a peaceful and… Continue reading A Scenario-Building Method on India’s North East: Time Horizon 2015
Chair: Kanwal SibalDiscussants: K. C. Singh and Christopher S Raj The presentation of Professor Steven Hoffman began by examining the question “Is diplomatic style important and what impact does it… Continue reading The Indo-US Relationship: Is Diplomatic Style Important?
Chair: Vinod PatneyDiscussants: R. K. Pruthi and Rahul K Bhonsle The paper argued that the futuristic battlefield is going to depend substantially on deployment of standoff weapons and virtual technology.… Continue reading Military Robots
Chair: C Uday BhaskarDiscussants: Kalim Bahadur and Siddharth Varadarajan In 1947 Swat was a princely state that was ruled by Miangul Abdul Haq Jehanzeb, the Wali of Swat, who was… Continue reading Accomodation with Militants in Swat: Implications For Regional Security
Chair: R RajagopalanDiscussants: Luther Rangreji and Purnamita Dasgupta Climate change has the potential to create conditions for changing foreign policy in a globalised world. It dares to test whether the… Continue reading Climate Change and Foreign Policy: The UK Approach
Chair: B S MalikDiscussants: V Raghuraman and Sanjay Verma Though the case for incorporating renewable energy into national energy policies has been around for decades, the growing debate on climate… Continue reading Can Renewables Enhance Energy Security?
India and Pakistan were again on the verge of a military confrontation following revelation of Pakistan’s complicity in the Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008. Pakistan reluctance to act against… Continue reading Low Intensity Conflict under Nuclear Conditions: Analysing the India-Pakistan Theatre
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: M. S Chowdhury Discussants: Rahul Bhonsle and Chandar S Sundaram “Trends in thinking about warfare” presented at the IDSA Fellow Seminar on… Continue reading Trends in Thinking about Warfare
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Rajaram PandaDiscussants: Vijay Sakhuja The paper discusses the overall coastal security arrangement in Maharashtra. The first part of the paper deals with… Continue reading Coastal Security Arrangement in Maharashtra: An Assessment
Chair: Ranjit GuptaDiscussants: Y. M. Bammi and C. S. Kuppuswamy During the 1980s, when Myanmar was the largest opium producer in the world, the basic goal behind Myanmar-Bangladesh bilateral relationship… Continue reading Myanmar’s Relations with Bangladesh since 1988
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: K Raghunath Discussants: Divyabh Manchanda, Arun Sahgal and Arun Mohanty The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) represents a major development in the strategic… Continue reading The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Afghanistan
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: S K BhutaniDiscussants: Arun Sahgal and M. V. Rappai Since China underwent a series of reforms back in the 1970s, the world… Continue reading Dragon’s Digital Eyes beyond the Himalayas: Online Chinese Nationalism towards Pakistan And India
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Arun BhagatDiscussants: S Y Thapliyal and Bibhu Prasad Routray In India, the word terrorism came to be officially used for the first… Continue reading A new wave of Terrorism in India
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: V P DuttDiscussants: Sreemati Chakravarti and Srikant Kondapalli The presentation began on the assertive note that the Communist regime in China is… Continue reading Evaluating the “Hybrid” Character of China’s Communist Regime
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Santosh KumarDiscussants: G Balachandran and Jayshree Sengupta The objective of this paper is to analyse the economic relations between India and United… Continue reading Locating Priorities in India-US Strategic Economic Engagement
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Kalim BahadurDiscussants: Ashok Behuria and Anwar Alam Pakistan has witnessed a significant shift in the politics of religion. Islam in the initial… Continue reading ‘New’ Radicals and ‘Old’ Islamists: Understanding the Politics of Religious Radicalization in Pakistan and its Implications
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Kalyan K MitraDiscussants: J N Roy and G D Bakshi The menace of Left Wing Extremism (LWE), commonly termed as Naxalism and… Continue reading Impact of Modernisation of Police Forces Scheme on Combat Capability of the Police Forces in Naxalism-Affected States
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: R RajagopalanDiscussants: G Balachandran and R R Subramanian
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: A K DovalDiscussants: J N Roy and G D Bakshi A Communist party, according to classical understanding, requires ‘three magic weapons’ to… Continue reading Maoists’ Tactical United Front (TUF) and Urban Movement
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Amb. Arjun AsraniDiscussants: Dr. Vijay Sakhuja and Dr. Chintamani Mahapatra In recent years, piracy and terrorism on high seas are posing serious… Continue reading Piracy, Maritime Terror and Policy Response
Chair: Brahma ChellaneyDiscussants: R R Subramanian and Sitakanta Mishra The main focus of this paper is the security of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal and for this purpose the secrecy of nuclear… Continue reading Thinking about Pakistan’s Nuclear Security in Peacetime, Crisis and War
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Arvind GuptaDiscussants: Subodh Malakar and Patrick Hoenig During the last one year Somalia has captured global attention, due to the surge in… Continue reading Piracy in Somalia: Need to Address the Root Cause
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Rajaram PandaDiscussants: J N Roy and K Srinivasan The paper analyzes the ongoing insurgency in the North East and argues that the… Continue reading Changing Nature of Insurgency in Northeast and Role of Bangladesh
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Rajaram PandaDiscussants: J Madan Mohan and Sitakanta Mishra The tremendous transformation in the strategic and security environment of Japan in the last… Continue reading Will Japan go Nuclear?
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Rajiv SikriDiscussants: Srikanth Kondapalli and Rajeswari Rajagopalan The objective of this is paper is to understand the China’s strategic perception of India.… Continue reading Understanding Chinese Perceptions of India
Chair: Shantanu ChowdhuryDiscussants: Gulshan Sachdeva and Peter Garretson The paper attempts to analyse the role of European Union in the Afghan-Pak region. Strategy in Af-Pak region has been widely debated… Continue reading Evaluating EU’s role in the Af-Pak Region
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 Chair: K V RajanDiscussants: Ashok Mehta and Siddarth Varadarajan
Chair: Vinod Kumar MisraDiscussants: V. K Chopra and G Balachandran The aim of this paper is to analyse the reasons behind the poor performance of the ordnance factories (OFs) and… Continue reading Revitalising the Ordnance Factories
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: K SanthanamDiscussants: Gurmeet Kanwal and Manpreet Sethi
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: K C SinghDiscussants: Ravi Sawhney and B R Muthukuma This paper is an attempt to assess options before India as insecurity and… Continue reading The Afghan Maze and India’s Options
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: N S Sisodia Discussants: Shishir Upadhyaya and Vijay Sakhuja
Chairperson: Aditya SinghDiscussants: R. Dahiya and Gaurav Kampani Aim and Scope Implications of Pakistani nuclear use for India’s nuclear and conventional doctrine. This paper revisits the ‘Sundarji doctrine’ to assess… Continue reading Limitation in Nuclear War: Doctrinal Implication for India of Pakistani Nuclear Use
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Jasjit Singh Discussants: V. Siddhartha and Subodh Kumar
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chairperson: Saeed NaqviDiscussants: Gulshan Dietl and Anwar Alam The uneasy relationship between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Iran is one of the… Continue reading GCC – Iran Relations and its Strategic Implications for the Region
Chairperson: Ramesh V PhadkeDiscussants: Chintamani Mahapatra and Shishir Upadhyaya
Amb. Rajagopalan chaired the session while Mr. Mukul Sanwal and Mr. V. Raghuraman were external discussants and Avinash Godbole and Antoine Levesques were internal discussants. Dr. Uttam Sinha highlighted the… Continue reading Copenhagen Summit: Climate Change Debate
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chairperson: V. G. PatankarDiscussants: I. P. Khosla and Swaran Singh
Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chairperson: Ramesh PhadkeDiscussants: Swadesh Rana and Swaran Singh
Chair: Dr. Rajaram PandaExternal Discussants: Dr. P.K. Ghosh Senior Fellow, CAPS and Prof. Chintamani Mahapatra, JNU Presentation The paper’s core question “What factors influence why states make the decision to… Continue reading To Develop or not to Develop?: The Political Dimension of BMD Procurement in Japan and India
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Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chairperson: Ramesh V Phadke Discussants: Kalim Bahadur and Alok Bansal
Chairperson: Amitabh MatooDiscussants: Mohan Guruswamy and Ashok Mehta
Chairperson: I. P. KhoslaDiscussants: Ravi Sawhney and Srinath Raghavan Dr. Shanthie D’Souza’s presentation noted that the Obama administration’s Af-Pak strategy has brought the importance of the region to the forefront… Continue reading India’s role in Afghanistan & Af-Pak Strategy
The paper presenter’s aim was to create a new discourse that treats Tibet as a regional, if not a global, commons that has wide-ranging implications for all of South Asia… Continue reading Climate Change, Environmental Degradation, Tibet and Implications for South Asian Security
During the Cold War, there was a complete focus on the military competition because these two things projected as power and increase security of the states. Given the evolving nature… Continue reading Indo-Africa Narcotics Ties
Chairperson: Ramesh V. PhadkeDiscussants: Srikant Kondapalli and P. K. Ghosh The research objective of this paper is to develop and explore a broader range of plausible scenarios for East Asia… Continue reading Mapping East Asian Futures 2030
Chairperson: Dr. Arvind GuptaDiscussants: Alok Bansal and General Barmer Dr. Sreeradha Datta, notes that Bangladesh’s maritime boundary dispute with India and Myanmar is becoming increasingly salient in their bilateral relations.… Continue reading Navigating Through Troubled Waters: Bangladesh’s Experience with India and Myanmar
Colonel Deepak Sharma treated the subject from the larger point of view of national security. He argued that space assets constitute a sub-set in the broader structure of national security,… Continue reading Space Assets and India’s Capability (Specific to Satellite Communication for Defence Forces up to 2020 and Beyond)
Chairperson: Ashok MehataDiscussants: Arun Sahgal and N.P. SinghInternal Discussants: Rumel Dahiya and S. Kalayanaraman Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok Mehta stated at the very outset that India fought its last conventional… Continue reading Sustaining Motivation in Sub-Conventional Warfare
Ms. Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Research Fellow, presented her paper titled “Energy Related Border Trade Measures: Can it lead to trade war?” on 12 March 2010. Dr. Arvind Gupta chaired the… Continue reading Energy Related Border Adjustment Measures: Will it Lead to Trade War?
In his paper “The Obama Doctrine: Deciphering Obama’s Nuclear Policy and What it bodes for India,” A. Vinod Kumar examined President Obama’s nuclear policies and critically assessed its implications for… Continue reading The Obama Doctrine: Deciphering Obama’s Nuclear Policy and What it bodes for India
Dr. Udai Bhanu Singh, in his paper, pointed out that the United States has been critical of the military regime in Myanmar. The US approach towards Myanmar was essentially based… Continue reading Recent Trends in Myanmar-US Relations: Implications for Myanmar’s Political System
Dr. Cherian Samuel notes that cyber security is a significant domain for policy makers in India to formulate a hands-on approach, as there is clear evidence over the past decade… Continue reading Prospects for India-US Cyber-Security Cooperation
Chair: Prof. Amitabh MattooExternal Discussants: Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Hari Prasad and Dr. Suba ChandranInternal Discussants: Dr. Namrata Goswami and Col. (Retd.) Ali Ahmed Dr. Arpita Anant’s paper notes that traditionally… Continue reading Transformation of Conflict: An Analysis of “Op Sadbhavana” in Jammu and Kashmir
Chairperson: Prof. V. P. DuttExternal Discussants: Amb. Rajiv Sikri & Amb. T.C.A. RangachariInternal Discussants: Brig. (Retd.) Rumel Dahiya and Dr. Shamshad Ahmed Khan Dr. Rajaram Panda presented his paper titled… Continue reading India and Japan: Exploring Strategic Potentials
Chairperson: Brig. (Retd.) Rumel Dahiya, SMDiscussants: J N Roy and W ChandrakanthInternal Discussants: Dr. Rajiv Nayan and Dr. Nihar Nayak According to Dr. P.V. Ramana, in order to succeed in… Continue reading Maoist Mass Organisations and Mass Movement
Chairperson: Ramesh V PhadkeDiscussants: Mahendra Ved and Adil Mehdi
Chair: Dr. Thomas MathewExternal Discussants: Ambassador S. K. Bhutani and Brig. (Retd.) Gurmeet KanwalInternal Discussants: Prof. P. Stobdan and Brig. Raj Shukla At the very outset of his presentation, Dr.… Continue reading India’s Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Era
Chairperson: Shri Ajit K DovalExternal Discussants: E N Ram Mohan and J N RoyInternal Discussants: Brig(retd.) Ramel Dahiya and Dr. Smruti S Pattanaik Stating that that they are around 10-20… Continue reading Illegal Bangladeshi Migration to India: Impact on Internal Security
Dr. Nihar Nayak began by offering some basic facts about the Madhesi movement. Although there exist a number of versions about what the word ‘Madhes’ stands for, the most popular… Continue reading Madhesi Movement in Nepal: Implications for India
Chairperson: Prof. Kalim BahadurDiscussants: Brig.(retd.) Rahul Bhonsle and Prof. Anwar Alam On June 4, 2010 Mr. Alok Mukhopadhyay, an Associate Fellow at IDSA presented his paper titled: “Radical Islam in… Continue reading Radical Islam in the West & South Asia post-26/11: An Exploratory Study
Chairperson: Prof. Satish KumarDiscussants: Shri A. K. Verma and Prof. Savita Pande Paper Summary The creation of Pakistan was a unique human-political experiment, in which an effort was made to… Continue reading From Islamization to Talibanization: Pakistan’s drift towards ‘Lebanonisation’
Chairperson: Shri Rajiv SikriDiscussants: Amb. Veena Sikri and Prof. Partho S Ghose
Chairperson: Ambassador R Rajagopalan Discussants: Shri R Ramachandran and Dr V Siddhartha
Senior Research Associate Ruchita Beri presented a Fellows Paper on “Emerging Security Scenario in the Western Indian Ocean Region” on Friday, July 2, 2010. Commodore (Retd.) C. Uday Bhaskar chaired… Continue reading Emerging Strategic Scenario in the Western Indian Ocean Region
Chairperson: Admiral (Retd.) P S DasDiscussants: Cmde Ashok Sawhney and Cdr Shishir Upadhyaya Paper Summary India’s forward presence in the eastern Indian Ocean is enabled by the Andaman and Nicobar… Continue reading Securing Andaman and Nicobar islands
Chairperson: Shri R BanerjiDiscussants: Prof. Kalim Bahadur and Prof. Savita Pande The paper titled “Foreign Policy Trends in Pakistan” concerns itself with the context set by 9/11, though its key… Continue reading Foreign Policy Trends in Pakistan
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Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Shri K SanthanamDiscussants: Dr. R R Subramanyan & Shri S K Gupta
Elaborating on his approach to the paper Mr. Xavier disavowed both, a reductionist/particularistic and an overly generalist/homogenizing prism to assessment of India’s foreign policy. He proceeded to identify a number… Continue reading The Institutional Origins and Strategic Determinants of India’s Africa policy
Chairperson: Satish ChandraDiscussants: B. G. Verghese and D.K. Mehta In an attempt to question whether the Indus Water Treaty holds any tangible ground in today’s day and age, this paper… Continue reading 50 years of Indus Water Treaty: Will it Survive?
Chairperson: Ambassador C DasguptaDiscussants: Professor Sujit Dutta and Dr. Srinath Raghavan The presenter identified the more aggressive stance taken recently by China in staking territorial claims over the North Eastern… Continue reading China’s Territorial Claim on Arunachal Pradesh Hostile Intentions and Local Fears
Chairperson: Shri Amiya Kumar GhoshDiscussants: Shri T P Velayudhan and Shri K K Y Mahinderkar The infrastructure development in border areas is very important to bolster troop mobility and logistics… Continue reading Project Management in Border Roads Organisation and related Management Concerns
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Prof. R P Kaushik Discussants: Prof. Sanjey Pandey and Brig (retd) Arund Sahgal
Chairperson: Maj Gen (retd) D. Banerjee, AVSM Discussants: Col. Vivek Chadha and Shri Anit Mukherji Ali Ahmed introduced the paper by saying that he is going to bring the practise… Continue reading The Utility of Force in the India-Pakistan Context
Chairperson: Shri Rajiv SikriDiscussants: Cdr. (Retd) M. R. Khan and Prof. Gulshan Dietl Mr Mahan Abedin, visiting fellow, introduced his paper by highlighting the significance of studying the foreign policy… Continue reading The Domestic Determinants of Iran’s Foreign Policy: The Illusion of Consensus
Col P. K. Gautam (Retd) Research Fellow presented his paper, Chinese Oil and Gas Pipelines and Sea Routes, on 29th October 2010. Dr. Arvind Gupta Chaired the session. Mr. V.… Continue reading Chinese Oil and Gas Pipelines and Sea Routes
Summary As the title suggests, the paper examines one of the significant aspects of Indian foreign policy which was greatly influenced by Nehru’s ideas on internationalism. The purpose of the… Continue reading The Indian Advocacy of Internationalism in the Nehru Years
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Prof. Sujit Dutta Discussants: Shri A Karnatak & Dr. Bhupendra Kr. Singh
Chairperson: Air Marshall Inamdar Discussants: External-Prof. Ramakrishnan (JNU) Internal- Brig (retd) Rumel Dahiya & Ms. Princy Marin George India has huge interests in both Iran and… Continue reading GCC-Iran Rivalry and Challenges for India in the Gulf
Chair: Prof. V P DuttDiscussant: Prof. Sumit Ganguly and Amb. Suresh Bhutani The paper argued that the role of parliament in Sino-Indian relations can be assessed under following heads: debates… Continue reading Indian Parliament and Sino-Indian Relations
Chair: Mr. Rana BanerjiDiscussants: Professor Anwar Alam and Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva Presentation The principle theme of the paper is that “the idea of national reconciliation and integration per se as… Continue reading Is Reintegration and Reconciliation a Way Forward in Afghanistan?
Dr. Panda’s paper treats the rise of multilateralism in the context of the decline of US power. It locates itself in the larger debate on multilateralism and the rise of… Continue reading China’s ‘New Multilateralism’ and the Rise of BRIC: Realist Interpretation of a ‘Multi-Polar’ World Order
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Venue: Room No. 5, IDSA Chairperson: Shri Dhirendra SinghDiscussants: Ms. Sushobha Barve & Shri Iftikhar Gilani
Chairperson: Shri V K MisraDiscussants: Shri Amit Kumar Singh and Shri Rahul Gangal This paper revolved around two key questions: Why does India need higher FDI in defence industry? And… Continue reading A case for Increasing FDI CAP up to 100 per cent in India’s Defence Industry
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Amb. TCA RagachariDiscussants: Prof. Chintamani Mahapatra and Prof. Manmohini Kaul
Chairperson: Ambassador ShashankDiscussants: Ambassador Rajeev Bhatia and Professor S N Malakar Ms. Beri’s paper focuses on the upcoming referendum that brings forth the complexities of energy politics in Sudan. The… Continue reading Sudan in Transition: Implications for India
Chairperson: Shri P R ChariDiscussants: Dr B M Gandhi and Dr Moushumi Basu The paper describes the existing procedures and systems of international export controls of materials, equipments and technology… Continue reading International Procedures and Systems of Export Controls of Materials, Equipments and Technology related to Biological Weapons
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Prof. V P DuttDiscussants: Prof Madhu Bhalla and Prof Swaran Singh In sharp contrast to its… Continue reading China’s Military Diplomacy: Investigating PLA’s Participation in UN Peace Keeping Operations
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Brig (Retd) Gurmeet KanwalDiscussants: Professor K P Vijay Lakshmi and Brig (Retd) Rahul Bhonsle
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Prof. V P DuttDiscussants: Amb. K V Rajan and Amb. T C A Rangachari
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Moderator: Dr Arpita AnantDiscussants: Shri Prakash Singh and Shri J N Roy
Chairperson: Shri Naveen Verma, National Security CouncilDiscussants: Professor Chintamani Mahapatra and Shri K Srinivasan The paper focuses on how United States manages its borders through the concept of “smart borders”,… Continue reading Managing India’s Borders: Lessons from the US Experience
Chairperson: Ambassador I P KhoslaDiscussants: Ambassador Dalip Mehta and Professor Mathew Joseph C Dr. Medha Bisht’s paper focused on Bhutan’s Policy shift over a period of time. In the process… Continue reading The Making of Foreign Policy in Bhutan
Chair: Amd. R. RajagopalanExternal Discussant: Prof. Swaran Singh and Prof. Abanti Bhattacharya The paper argues that China’s national interest, and the strategies that China follows to achieve these, are intricately… Continue reading China’s National Interest
Chairperson: Dr G BalachandranDiscussants: Capt (IN) Alok Bansal and Dr Harinder Sekhon Dr Priyanka Singh’s present study focuses primarily on the prevailing dynamics and complexities of US aid to Pakistan,… Continue reading US Aid to Pakistan: Changing Rules of Engagement and Regional Implications
