Chairperson: Brigadier R .Dahiya (Retd), Advisor, Military Affairs Cluster, (IDSA)Discussants: Prof Anirudh Deshpande (University of Delhi) and Sqn Ldr RTS Chhina (Retd), Secretary Armed Forces Historical Research, USI of India.… Continue reading Renaissance of Military History, War and International Studies in India
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Professor Partho GhoshDiscussants: Professor Kalim Bahadur & Professor Savita Pande
Chairperson: Narendra Sisodia (DG, IDSA)Discussants: P.S. Das, Vice Admiral (retd.), Dhirendra Singh (IAS), Prof. Rajesh Rajgopalan (JNU) This paper examines civil-military relations in India and argues that it has an… Continue reading The Absent Dialogue: Civil-Military Relations and Military Effectiveness in India
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Chair: Lt. Gen. Satish NambiarDiscussant: Admiral Raja Menon and Sheelkant Sharma The paper presented was of a conceptual nature which adopted the offence-defence theory to analyze the character of missile… Continue reading Offensive Defence: Managing deterrence and arms race in a ballistic missile defence environment
Chairperson: Dr. Arvind GuptaDiscussants: Brig. (Retd.) Rahul Bhonsle, Col. Navneet Kumar, Dr. Rajiv Anantaram, Dr. Jabin Jacob Namrata Goswami’s paper focused on four alternative scenarios in 2031 with regard to… Continue reading China’s Territorial Claim on the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh: Alternative Scenarios 2031
Chairperson: Lt Gen Satish Nambiar (Retd)Discussants: Commodore M R Khan (Retd) and Shri Gulshan Luthra Dr. P.K. Pradhan’s paper focused on the topic of India’s defence diplomacy in the Gulf,… Continue reading India’s Defence Diplomacy in the Gulf
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Discussants: Ambassador Arun Banerjee and Dr P K Ghosh
Chairperson: Dr Arvind GuptaDiscussants: Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney (Retd) and Prof Kalim Bahadur Dr Pattanaik’s paper critiqued India’s existing policy towards Afghanistan and offered some recommendations for Indian policy makers… Continue reading India’s Afghan Policy: Beyond Bilateralism
Chair: Amb (retd) R. RajagopalanDiscussants: Prof. K. R. Sharma and Mr. M. V. Rappai The core argument of Dr. Das’s paper was that the Sino-Pakistani strategic axis has gained salience… Continue reading Pakistan as a Factor in Sino –Indian Relations
Commander SS Parmar started his presentation by delineating the scope of the study, which was to study the menace of piracy off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf… Continue reading Sea Piracy and India’s Future Role
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Professor Charan D WadhvaDiscussants: Brig Vinod Anand (Retd), Cdr Kamlesh Agnihotri and Shri C S Kuupuswamy
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Lt Gen (retd) V G Patankar, PVSM, YSMDiscussants: Shri Iftikhar Gilani and Dr Amit Prakash
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell
Chairperson: Shri N S SisodiaDiscussants: Shri V K Misra, Shri Amit Cowshish and Shri Ranjan Kumar Ghose Laxman Kumar Behera’s paper examines the structural and procedural weaknesses afflicting India’s defence… Continue reading Reforming India’s Defence Acquisition Structure and Procedures
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Event: Fellows Seminar Chairperson: Ambassador Arundhati GhoseDiscussants: Professor Jeffrey Legro and Dr. Manpreet Sethi The paper is an attempt to explore US nuclear weapons policy and practice in the shadow… Continue reading US Nuclear Weapons Policy and Practice in the Shadow of 9/11
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
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Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Ambassador I P KhoslaDiscussants: Maj Gen Ashok Mehta (Retd) and Dr N Manoharan
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: Dr Manoj JoshiDiscussants: Air Marshal (Retd) S G Inamdar, Lt Gen (Retd) Satish Nambiar and Vice Admiral (retd) PS Das The event began with the welcome address of Dr.… Continue reading Integration/Jointness in the Indian Military: The Role of Civil-Military Relations
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Professor T K OommenDiscussants: Mr Bharat Wariavwalla and Professor Biswajit Das
Chairperson: Ambassador R RajagopalanDiscussants: Ambassador J C Sharma & Professor Sreemati Chakrabarti Dr. JP Panda’s fellow paper titled, ‘Competing Realities in China-India Multilateral Discourse: Regional, Cross-Regional and Global Underpinnings’ focused… Continue reading Competing Realities in China-India Multilateral Discourse: Regional, Cross-Regional and Global Underpinnings
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Lt Gen (Retd) Satish NambiarDiscussants: Maj Gen (Retd) Ashok Mehta & Professor Sangeeta Thapliyal
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
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chair: Ambassador K V RajanDiscussant: Ms Akanshaya Shah
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell
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
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chair: Shri Amit CowshishDiscussants: Brig Ashok Sharma and Col P Chandok
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chair: Ambassador I P KhoslaDiscussants: Ambassador Veena Sikri and Dr Nitya Nanda
Chairperson: Dr Ashok BehuriaDiscussants: Shri Rana Banerji and Professor Kalim Bahadur Topic:Internal security threats to PakistanDiscussants: Prof. Kalim Bahadur, Mr Rana BanerjiChair: Dr. Ashok Behuria The paper focused on the… Continue reading Internal Security Threats to Pakistan
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Ambassador I P KhoslaDiscussants: Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay, Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal,SM (Retd) and Wing Cdr… Continue reading Theaterised Joint Logistics: A Calliberated Approach Towards Initiation
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
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Ambassador I P KhoslaDiscussants: Shri Aditya Batra and Professor A C Sinha
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chair: Cmde (Retd) C Uday BhaskarDiscussant : Shri Rana Banerji and Dr D Suba Chandran
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
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Chairperson: Brig Rumel Dahiya, SM (Retd)Discussants: Shri Balesh Kumar, Special Director, Enforcement Directorate, Maj-General Umong Sethi (Retd) and Shri Raghuraman, CEO, NATGRID
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
Chair: Vice Admiral (retd) PS DasDiscussants: Shri Amit Cowshish, Air Marshal M. Matheswaran and Lt Gen (retd) JP Singh
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
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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
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Maj Gen Ashok K Mehta (Retd)Disscussants: Professor Sangeeta Thapliyal, Mr Bishnu Prasad Lamsal and Dr Rajiv… Continue reading Politics and Perceptions of Indian Aid to Nepal
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Amb. R RajagopalanDiscussant: Dr Pramit Pal Chaudhuri
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
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Shri Vinod MisraDiscussant: Shri Deba R Mohanty
1030 to 1300 hrs Chairperson: Dr. Manoj K JoshiDiscussant: Shri Amit Cowshish and Maj General B K Sharma (Retd)
Chairperson: Ambassador I P KhoslaDiscussants: Shri K Srinivasan, Shri Anil Kamboj and Dr Joyeeta Bhattacharjee
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
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chair: Shri Amit Cowshish External Discussant: Col P Chandok and Col S Bhatia
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
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Ambassador Rajiv BhatiaDiscussants: Shri Ravi Bangar and Shri Manish Chand
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Shri Rajiv SikriDiscussants: Dr Suresh K Goel, Dr Nitya Nanda and Prof. Rekha Saxena
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
Chairperson: Lt Gen Y M Bammi (Retd) Discussants: Dr Nisha Taneja and Dr Ram Upendra Das
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: Brig Rumel Dahiya, SM (Retd)External Discussants: Shri Saeed Naqvi, Professor Ashwini Mahapatra and Col Ravinder GurungInternal Discussants: Dr Ashok K Behuria and Dr P. K. Pradhan
Chairperson: Venu RajamonyExternal Discussants: Srikanth Kondapalli and Indrani BagchiInternal Discussants: Shruti Pandalai amd Bijoy Das
Chair: Shebonti Ray DadwalExternal Discussant: Commodore Sujeet Samaddar and Dr B MohantyInternal Discussant: Cdr S S Parmar
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Ambassador Arundhati GhoseExternal Discussants: Professor Madhu Bhalla amd Professor Swaran SinghInternal Discussants: Dr Rajiv Nayan and… Continue reading North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities and Alliance Game with China
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell
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
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Brig Mandip SinghExternal Discussants: Ambassador S K Bhutani and Shri M V RappaiInternal Discussants: Dr G… Continue reading Hegemony – Exploring Chinese Conceptions
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Dr Chitralekha DhamijaExternal Discussants: Mr Subimal Bhattacharjee and Mr Kunal MajumderInternal Discussants: Ms Shruti Pandalai and… Continue reading Social Media – New Web Tool for Communication or an Easy Weapon for Pseudo War
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Shri P R ChariExternal Discussant: Maj Gen B K Sharma (Retd) and Brig Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd)Internal… Continue reading British Reform to Higher Defence Organization: Lessons for India
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell Chairperson: Shri Kiran Karnik External Discussants: Brig Abhimanyu Ghosh and Col S Burman Internal Discussants: Lt Col… Continue reading Cyber warfare in the Asian context
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: Professor Swaran Singh and Professor Stephen F BurgessInternal Discussants: Lt Col Sanjiv Tomar and Shri S Samuel C Rajiv
1030 to 1300 hrs
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell
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
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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: Prof. Christopher S. Raj External Discussants: Prof. Chintamani Mahapatra and Prof. Sreeram ChauliaInternal Discussants: Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya and Sanjeev Srivastava
Open to all Members; others pl. contact 1030 to 1300 hrs Conference Cell
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 person: Professor Sreemati ChakrabartiExternal Discussion: Professor K P Vijaylakshmi and Professor Lalima VarmaInternal Discussion: Dr R N Das and Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav
