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SUMMARY:India’s Transforming Air Posture: An Emerging 21st-Century Heavyweight
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Benjamin S. Lambeth \nThe Indian Air Force (IAF) is currently the world’s fourth-largest air arm\, operating more than 1\,300 aircraft out of some 60 bases nationwide. Until the early 1990s\, it was almost entirely a support entity for the Indian Army and\, as such\, was imbued with a narrow tactical mindset and mission orientation. Today\, in marked contrast\, it has acquired independent strategic missions\, including that of nuclear deterrence and retaliation\, and it is a diversified force with aspirations to global reach and status. It also is a full-spectrum combat air arm with a precision conventional strike capability\, fielding not only fourth-generation multirole fighters\, but also force-extending tankers\, a recently-acquired Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) capability\, intertheater airlifters\, remotely-piloted aircraft with multispectral sensors\, and the beginnings of a military space surveillance capability. In both content and vector\, the institutional “flight plan” now being followed by the IAF’s leadership shows remarkable parallels to the USAF’s transformation that began after Vietnam and that has continued ever since. \nThe IAF is mainly a fighter force\, with the Russian-designed and indigenously-produced Su-30MKI multirole combat aircraft its current pride of inventory. A service in which fighter pilots have traditionally ruled the roost\, it projects a deeply-ingrained “can-do” attitude. Among the main features of its operational culture are strong traditions\, an educated and technically literate officer corps\, an ability to absorb and operate high-technology equipment quickly\, and able aircrews trained to Western standards of proficiency and inculcated in the manner of the British Royal Air Force\, of which the IAF was an offshoot. With respect to doctrine and concepts of operations\, the IAF now stands at the forefront of air power thought worldwide\, with its leaders increasingly convinced that any future conflict involving India will be “air-led” and that its chances for success will hinge heavily on what the IAF can contribute to the joint fight. High-profile international training exchanges have become an especially welcome focus of IAF activity over the past decade. The service first opened up to the outside world of military aviation in a major way in 2003 when it invited a detachment of French Air Force fighters to Gwalior to take part in an air-to-air exercise called Garuda. A year later\, Exercise Cope India 2004 involving six USAF F-15Cs from Elmendorf AFB\, Alaska was held at Gwalior. That evolution represented the IAF fighter community’s first opportunity to interact closely with American airmen since an earlier exercise in 1963 brought a small detachment of F-100s to India from the USAF’s Pacific Air Forces. \nThe IAF’s participation in the USAF’s Red Flag exercise in August 2008 was by far its most elaborate involvement in such international events since that practice first began on a regular basis. In addition to its sought-after value of offering training for IAF aircrews in a complex operating environment\, an important collateral goal of the effort was to test the IAF’s capability for deployment and force sustainment on a global scale. \nUntil recently\, India’s relations with the United States were distant at best. For decades\, the Indian government had serious political problems with its American counterpart\, mainly because of Washington’s close ties with Pakistan going back to the early Cold War years. The long-standing American inclination to favor Pakistan geopolitically created a major disincentive against the pursuit of cooperative bilateral ties with India by the United States\, as did the predominant American image of India for years as merely half of the annoying “India-Pakistan problem.” Today\, both countries live in a changed world of increasingly shared security concerns\, with a rapidly developing China and an unstable Pakistan\, as well as radical Islamist extremism and its associated threats of international terrorism\, ever more worrisome as both present and more long-term challenges. In this new context\, mutual understanding and a mutual willingness on the part of the two countries to pursue a more cooperative relationship have improved substantially as New Delhi’s former insistence on strict nonalignment has given way to closer interaction with the West. In light of these considerations\, the USAF was well-advised in its recent decision to engage the IAF as its next candidate for participation in bilateral Operator Engagement Talks. These and other talks should be pursued with determination at all levels\, from the respective service chiefs on down the rank hierarchy\, wherever there may be value-added to be gained from such interaction. To be sure\, American leaders must understand and accept that the improving U.S.-Indian relationship has little chance of growing\, at least in the near term\, into anything approximating a more formal alignment of shared security interests. Short of that\, however\, closer institutional ties between the USAF and IAF are worth pursuing in any event simply because the IAF has become a world-class air force in the service of a vibrant democracy that has every likelihood of being a significant player in 21st-century regional and global security affairs.
URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/indias-transforming-air-posture-an-emerging-21st-century-heavyweight
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20110208T053000
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SUMMARY:Roundtable interaction with Mr. Peter Luff\, MP\, Minister for Defence Equipment\, Support and Technology\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Mr. Peter Luff\, MP\, Minister for Defence Equipment\, Support and Technology\, United Kingdom\, delivered a special address at IDSA on February 8\, 2011 on the potential of the Indo-UK strategic partnership.  The session was chaired by Ambassador K.P. Fabian and a distinguished audience attended the proceedings.  \nAmbassador Fabian welcomed the honoured guest and stated that Mr. Luff had supported efforts in the UK Parliament to promote greater knowledge of and friendship with India and actively campaigned to promote Indo-UK relations.  Mr. Luff had founded the Indo-UK Conservative Parliamentary Friendship Group.  As Chairman of the Trade and Select Committee he published the report series “Waking up to India” which analysed the potential of the Indo- UK economic relationship (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmberr/209/20…). He had highlighted the benefits of close indo-UK cooperation to Mr. David Cameron and other Party dignitaries\, who had visited India even before forming the Government.  \nMr. Luff described the India-UK partnership and its full potential in the defence and economic spheres (text of speech). He recalled his efforts to promote the business relationship and emphasized the shared understanding about world problems such as international terrorism\, the reform of global multilateral institutions and on defence and security issues.  He spoke also of shared interests and a strong Indo-UK partnership for the future.  He spoke about the relationship between the three armed forces\, adding that the defence industrial base was a strong driver of the relationship.  In the future\, science and technology would be a very strong driver too\, after an agreement between the premiere R & D organizations of both countries was concluded. Referring to the UK’s Strategic Defence and Security Review\, he spoke of Britain’s commitment to maintain its technological and manufacturing lead in the world. Mr. Luff concluded by reiterating that India-UK partnership must be elevated to a higher pedestal\, and hoped that it would come to resemble the UK-US special relationship. \nIn the extended Q & A session Mr. Luff answered several questions on technology transfer\, joint technological collaborations\, and defence industry interactions\, stating that he wished to create further opportunities for mutually beneficial interaction.  He also answered questions on the issue of military downsizing\, resources crunch\, weapons systems and their strategic use\, and piracy. He emphasized that the UK manufacturing base was strong and there were plenty of opportunities to cooperate bilaterally and with other partners in many areas. There was also a discussion on India’s defence offsets policy. \nIn conclusion Ambassador K.P. Fabian thanked Mr. Luff for sharing his thoughts on the future directions of the Indo-UK partnership\, and hoped that the horizons for cooperation would keep expanding.  Mr. Luff had been a true friend of India and IDSA was honored to have him here.  Mr. Luff also expressed his happiness at having visited IDSA on his way to attend Aero India 2011 in Bangalore. \nPrepared by Pratik Jakhar\, Intern at IDSA National Strategy Project.
URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/roundtable-interaction-with-mr-peter-luff-mp-minister-for-defence-equipment-support-and-technology-united-kingdom
CATEGORIES:ROUND TABLES / WORKSHOPS,EVENT REPORT
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SUMMARY:India's Counterinsurgency strategy 2020
DESCRIPTION:Venue:  Boardroom\, IDSA CampusSpeaker: Vasundhara Sirnate \nClick here for abstract
URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/indias-counterinsurgency-strategy-2020
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SUMMARY:Central Asian Energy Pipelines – Final Destination?
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Room No. 005\, IDSASpeakers: Mr. Rajeev Lala and Mr. Rai Mahimapat Ray  \nSpeakers\nMr. Rai Mahimapat Ray is a Junior Research Fellow at the School of International Studies\, JNU. His doctoral thesis is on “Central Asia-China Energy Cooperation\, 1997-2008”. He is also currently engaged as a guest Teacher in Jamia Milia Islamia\, Delhi\, where he lectures undergraduate and postgraduate students on Political Theory\, Indian Government and Politics\, Comparative Constitutions and International Politics. \nMr. Rajeev Lala is a doctoral research scholar at the Centre for European Studies in the School of International Studies at JNU. He also works as a security analyst with Control Risks. He is working on his PhD thesis titled ‘The Politics of Energy in European Union – Central Asia Relations\, 1999-2010’. \nSynopsis\nCentral Asia today is seen as the final frontier for oil and gas reserves\, with various powers seeking to extend sway and extract energy resources in a region\, closed till the collapse of USSR. Central Asian energy Resources and the future of the same require more than a mere two-dimensional analysis\, as the politics played out today will directly influence the energy security of Europe\, China\, Russia and India in the near future. Mr Ray and Mr Lala shall seek to analyse the various synergies available to each suitor as well as trying to delineate how central Asian energy resources would flow out considering that China has shown both clarity of purpose as well as drive in extending its reach in the area.
URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/central-asian-energy-pipelines-final-destination
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20110222T053000
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SUMMARY:India and Her Neighborhood
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Room No. 104 (Board Room)\, IDSA\nA delegation of US Congressional Staffers will visit IDSA for interaction.
URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/india-and-her-neighborhood
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20110223T053000
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SUMMARY:Strategy Making in the United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Main Speaker: Mr. Vincent Devine\, Head of UK MOD’s Strategy UnitVenue: IDSA Boardroom
URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/strategy-making-in-the-united-kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20110228T053000
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SUMMARY:Civil and Military Infrastructure Building in Tibet by China: Security Implications for India
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Committee Room No. 005 (Ground Floor)\, IDSA \nProgramme\nTea: 1045 hrs \nOpening Remarks (1100 hrs): Brigadier Rumel Dahiya \nChair (1102- 1107 hrs): Professor V. P. Dutt \nSpeakers (1107-1247 hrs): \n\nAir Vice Marshal BS Dhanoa\nProfessor Srikanth Kondapalli\nMr. Jaidev Ranade          \nLt Col Akshay Mankotia\nDr. Jagannath Panda\n\nQ&A (1247-1307 hrs) \nConcluding Remarks by Chair (1307-1317 hrs)   \nVote of Thanks (1317-1319 hrs): Dr. R.N. Das
URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/civil-and-military-infrastructure-building-in-tibet-by-china-security-implications-for-india
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