FELLOW'S SEMINAR

Chairperson: Shri Sheo Nandan PandeyDiscussants: Shri Anil Kumar Gautam and Cdr Kamlesh Agnihotri 1996 was a watershed year when agreements specifying the military CBMs were signed between India and China.… Continue reading China’s Planning on Border Infrastructure: Post 1996 CBM Period

Chairperson: Bharat WariavwallaDiscussants: Philippe Laurent, Nicolas Blarel, Krishnappa Venkatshamy and Lion Koenig This paper focuses on the concept of strategic autonomy as a defining element of the French strategic culture… Continue reading The Concept of Autonomy in French Strategic Thought

Chairperson: Shri V K MisraDiscussants: Commodore (Dr) R K Rana and Commodore (Retd) Sujeet Samaddar Deliberations on Mr. Laxman Behera’s paper commenced with Chairperson V K Mishra’s opening remarks. Highlighting… Continue reading India’s Naval Shipbuilding Industry: Key Gaps and Policy Options

Chair: Ambassador (Retd) Ishrat AzizExternal Discussants: Professor Gulshan Dietl, Professor Qamar AghaInternal Discussants: Dr Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Dr Meena Singh Roy Dr Pradhan’s paper addresses India’s relations with Saudi Arabia,… Continue reading India-Saudi Arabia Relations

Chairperson: Shri G K PillaiDiscussants: Maj Gen Dhruv Katoch and Shri Sanjoy Hazarika Dr. Namrata Goswami’s paper defines insurgencies as irregular warfare which engages in non-frontal attacks against the adversary… Continue reading Escalation and De-escalation of Violence in Insurgencies: Insights from Northeast India

Chairperson: Shri Gautam H BambewalaDiscussants: Professor Sreeram Sunder Chaulia and Professor Alka Acharya The fellow paper of Dr. R. N. Das focussed on how the Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) play… Continue reading The CBMs in Sino-Indian Relations: Need for Revamping and Enlarging the Structural and Institutional Mechanisms

Chairperson: Ambassador R RajagopalanDiscussants: Maj Gen (Retd) Ashok Mehta and Dr N Manoharan The paper focused on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s policy towards India and on how it has… Continue reading Mahinda Rajapaksa’s India Policy

Chair: Amb. R RajagopalanDiscussants: Amb. Nalin Suri and Prof. MV Rappai China’s foreign policy is geared towards securing its ‘core interests’ such as maintaining territorial integrity, the preservation of its… Continue reading External Threats and the Formulation of China’s Foreign Policy

Chairperson: Lt Gen Satish Nambiar (Retd)Discussants: Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia and Ambassador H H S Viswanathan Reform and democratisation of the United Nations, particularly the Security Council, has been the focus… Continue reading Understanding Africa’s position on UN Security Council Reforms

Chairperson: Vice Admiral P S Das (Retd)Discussants: Cdr Kamlesh Agnihotri and Dr Krishnendra Meena In order to understand the strategy adopted by China in spreading its maritime influence and implications… Continue reading The Growing Chinese Maritime Influence: Implications for Regional Security

Chairman: Professor Satish KumarDiscussants: Dr. Probal K. Ghosh, Cdr. Abhijit Singh The paper dealt with US efforts to counter Iran’s missile ‘threat’ and ensure security of its allies like Israel… Continue reading In Pursuit of a Shield:US, Missile Defence and the Iran Imperative

Chair: Ambassador Satish ChandraDiscussants: Maj General B K Sharma and Dr Happymon Jacob Interrogating the concept of grand strategy and whether India needs a centrally articulated design for the conduct… Continue reading Does India need a grand strategy?

Chairperson: S KalyanramanDiscussants: Manoj Shrivastava and VS Raghuvanshi Mahendra Prasad began his presentation by focusing on his ongoing research project which attempts to unfurl various aspects of quality assurance (QA)… Continue reading Quality Assurance (QA) in Army Procurements

Chairperson: Shri Vinod MisraDiscussants : Dr Selvamurthy and Shri Amit Cowshish This paper attempts to estimate the self-reliance index of India’s defence production. While estimating the index, it also focuses… Continue reading Estimating Self-Reliance in India’s Defence Production

Chairperson: General Satish Nambiar Discussants: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, Military Secretary, Integrated Headquarters (Army), Ministry of Defence Prof. Rajesh Rajagopalan, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Dr. Namrata… Continue reading Counter-Insurgency Best Practices and their Applicability in the Northeast

Chair: Amb. HHS ViswanathanExternal Discussants: Dr SK MohantyInternal Discussants: Ms Ruchita Beri, Ms. Shebonti Ray Dadwal Major Highlights of the Paper: This paper broadly addresses the significance of the African… Continue reading Reframing Institutions: A Study of the Relevance of Southern African Customs Union

Chair: Dr S KalyanaramanExternal Discussants: Ambassador K P Fabian, Professor Navnita Chadha Behera and Col VMB KrishnanInternal Discussants: Mr. Saurabh Mishra and Ms. Nupur Brahma The central argument of this… Continue reading One Hundred Years of Kautilya’s Arthasastra

Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chair: Dr. Ashok K. BehuriaDiscussants: Prof. Riyaz Punjabi and Dr. D Subachandran, Major Highlights of the Paper:… Continue reading The Afghan War Warrants A Paradigmatic Shift for State-Building

Chairperson: Brig Rumel Dahiya (Retd)External Discussants: Lt Col Sanjay Pande, Lt Col VS Raghuvanshi and Col OP SinghInternal Discussant: Col Venu Gopal Major Highlights of the Paper: This is second… Continue reading Effectiveness of Quality Assurance (QA) in Army Procurements

Chair: Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd), AVSMExternal Discussants: Wg Cdr Vikram Munshi, Wg Cdr Amit GoelInternal Discussants: Wg Cdr Ajey Lele, Cdr SS Parmar Major Highlights of the Paper This… Continue reading Equipment and Force Structure Requirements to Meet External Threats 2032

Chairperson: Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd), AVSM, VM, VSMDiscussants: Shri Gulshan Luthra and Shri Deba R Mohanty About Presentation: The paper, titled “Global Politics of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter”,… Continue reading Before the Cut: The Global Politics of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

Chairperson: Lt Gen Satish Nambiar, PVSM, AVSM, VrC (Retd)External Discussants: Maj Gen (Retd) B K Sharma, Cdr Kamlesh Kumar AgnihotriInternal Discussants: Brig Mandeep Singh, Dr. Jagannath P Panda This paper… Continue reading The Evolution of Chinese Military Doctrine

Chairperson: Professor S D MuniDiscussant: Shri M R Narayan Swamy and Dr N Manoharan Dr. Ashok K Behuria began the presentation by stating that this paper was largely based on… Continue reading The State of Sri Lankan Tamil Politics in the Post LTTE Period

Chairperson: Amb Phunchok StobdanExternal Discussants: Capt Alok Bansal, Dr. D. Subachandran and Dr. Mathew JosephInternal Discussants: Dr. Smruti Pattanaik and Shri Vishal Chandra In her paper titled “Mapping the Role… Continue reading Mapping the Role of External Players in Pakistan occupied Kashmir

Chairman: Lt Gen Y M Bammi (Retd)External Discussants: Ambassador Preet Mohan Singh Malik and Professor Man Mohini KaulInternal Discussants: Shri Vishal Chandra and Dr Rahul Mishra Major Arguments of the… Continue reading Malaysia-India Defence Cooperation: A Need for Paradigm Shift before Strategic Partnership

Chairperson: Amb (retd) R. RajagopalanDiscussants: Dr. GVC Naidu, Amb (retd) J.C. Sharma, S.K. Mohanty, Durgesh K. Rai Highlights of the Paper Dr. Jagannath P. Panda discussed the newly emerging multilateral… Continue reading Factoring RCEP and TPP: China, India and the Politics of Regional Integration and Coexistence

Chairperson: Brig Rumel Dahiya, SM (Retd)External Discussants: Col V M B Krishnan and Group Captain Vinay VittalInternal Discussants: Ms Rukmani Gupta and Dr Saurabh Mishra Major Arguments of the Paper:… Continue reading Comparative Study between Arthasastra and San Shi Liu Ji( The Thirty Six Strategies)

Chair: Dr Ashok BehuriaExternal Discussants: Ambassador H.H.S. Vishwanathan and Dr Medha BishtInternal Discussants: Dr Nihar Nayak and Mr Shyam Hari P Major Arguments of the Paper: The paper generates a… Continue reading Interpretation of Concepts in Kautilya’s Arthasastra

Chair: Ambassador R. RajagopalanExternal Discussants: Ambassador Sheelkanth Sharma and Prof. R. RajaramanInternal Discussants: Dr G Balachandran and A Vinod Kumar The paper examined three issue areas that according to the… Continue reading Iran, IAEA and the Challenges of ‘Politicised Safeguards’ Implementation

Event: Fellows’ seminarChair: Ambassador Rajiv SikriExternal Discussants:  Dr. P R Kumaraswamy, Mr. Ashok SinghInternal Discussant: Mr. S Samuel C Rajiv The paper provides a comprehensive overview of Israel’s history since… Continue reading Threat of Israel’s Regional Isolation and Imperatives for the Future

Chairperson: Brig Rumel Dahiya, SM (Retd)External Discussants: Ambassador Deb Mukherji and Ms Akashnya ShahInternal Discussants: Dr Anand Kumar and Dr Anshuman Behera Mr Post Bhadur Basnet, SAARC Visiting Fellow from… Continue reading Framing of Nationalism in Nepal’s Radical Communist Movement: The India Factor

This paper primarily made an attempt to discuss the effect of domestic politics of Bangladesh on India-Bangladesh Relations. It delved into some of the historical processes that resulted in the… Continue reading Domestic Politics of Bangladesh and India – Bangladesh Relations

Chairperson: Lt Gen HS Lidder (Retd)External Discussants: Vice Adm Anup Singh (Retd), Lt Gen Prakash Menon (Retd) and Professor Rajesh RajagopalanInternal Discussant: Col PK Gautam (Retd) This paper primarily made… Continue reading Military Change in India: An Appraisal of the Evolving Strategy Towards Pakistan

Chair: Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Kapil KakExternal Discussants: Professor Riyaz Punjabi and Professor K WarikooInternal Discussants: Dr Smruti S Pattanaik and Col (Retd)Vivek Chadha Dr Priyanka Singh, in her presentation,… Continue reading Prospects of Cross Line of Control (LoC) Travel and Trade

Chairperson: Shri V. K. MisraDiscussants: Shri A. K. Ghosh and Shri Amit Cowshish Dr Laxman Kumar Behera’s presentation on “Arms Trade Offset: Global Trend and ‘Best’ Practices” was broadly divided… Continue reading Arms Trade Offset: Global Trend and ‘Best’ Practices

Chairperson: Amb Ishrat AzizExternal Discussants: Prof A K Pasha and Prof Qamar AghaInternal Discussants: Col Rajeev Agrawal and Dr Prashant Kumar Singh The paper holistically examines the nature, scope and… Continue reading Emerging contours of Iran-China Relations: An Overview

Chairperson: Prof Charan D WadhvaExternal Discussants: Prof S D Muni and Prof Ganganath JhaInternal Discussants: Cdr S S Parmar and Dr Udai Bhanu Singh Prof. Wadhwa initiated the event by… Continue reading From Looks to Action: Thailand-India Strategic Convergence and Defence Cooperation

Chairperson: R Adm (Retd) K RajamenonExternal Discussants: Professor Baladas Ghoshal, Dr. Vijay SakhujaInternal Discussant: Cmd SS Parmar The paper focusses on the prospects of Maritime Security Cooperation in the Indian… Continue reading Indian Ocean Maritime Security Cooperation: Will India Lead?

Chair: Shri E N Ram MohanExternal Discussants: Dr M Amarjeet Singh and Mr Bidhan S LaishramInternal Discussants: Ms Shruti Pandalai and Ms Gulbin Sultana The paper aims to understand whether… Continue reading The ULFA, the PLA, and the UNLF: Will negotiations Work?

Chairperson: Ambassador Arundhati GhoseExternal Discussants: Shri Sanjay Singh and Professor Gulshan DietlInternal Discussants: Dr P K Pradhan and Ms Ruchita Beri The paper is an attempt to analytically examine the… Continue reading Egypt’s Faltering Transition: Domestic and Regional Dynamics and Challenges for India

Chair: Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal (Retd.)External Discussants: Lt Gen D S Hooda and Maj Gen Umong Sethi (Retd)Internal Discussants: Gp. Capt. Naval Jgota and Col. Vijai Singh Rana While presenting… Continue reading Indian Army: Evolving to Adapt Military Change in CI Operations

Chair: R Adm (Retd) K RajamenonExternal Discussants: R Adm SY Srikhande, Dr. Vijay Sakhuja and Cdr R MishraInternal Discussants: Commodore Ajay Chhabra The author argues that as the world looks… Continue reading Indian Maritime Strategy: Drivers and Imperatives