Subject : Chinese Engagement in Africa Speaker: Prof. Ian Taylor, University of St. Andrews, ScotlandChair: Dr. Arvind Gupta, DG, IDSA Introducing the subject, Ms. Ruchita Beri, Senior Research Associate, IDSA… Continue reading Talk by Ian Taylor on “China-Africa Relations”
Effectiveness of Quality Assurance (QA) in Army Procurements
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
Net Security Provider: India’s Out of Area Contingency Operations
The Indian military as a net security provider in the global system has had vast experience of conducting operations beyond borders – be it anti-piracy operations off the coast of… Continue reading Net Security Provider: India’s Out of Area Contingency Operations
Equipment and Force Structure Requirements to Meet External Threats 2032
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
Before the Cut: The Global Politics of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
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
The Evolution of Chinese Military Doctrine
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
Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Lecture by General Bikram Singh on “Challenges for the Indian Army in the 21st Century”
On January 23, 2013, as part of its ‘Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series, IDSA organized a lecture by General Bikram Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC, Chief of the Army… Continue reading Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Lecture by General Bikram Singh on “Challenges for the Indian Army in the 21st Century”
Interaction with the Chanakya Institute for Public Leadership
The Director General of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and Dr. S Kalyanaraman, Research Fellow, IDSA, interacted with thirteen students from the Chanakya Institute for Public Leadership,… Continue reading Interaction with the Chanakya Institute for Public Leadership
The State of Sri Lankan Tamil Politics in the Post LTTE Period
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
Bangladesh: The Islamist Challenge
In last one month, Bangladesh witnessed widespread violence as well as attacks on minorities that caused more than 80 deaths. IDSA organized a roundtable on the 17th of April to… Continue reading Bangladesh: The Islamist Challenge
