The Tamil Nadu Factor: Perspectives of Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka

The US Pivot/Rebalance to Asia and the Japanese Response: Implications for India’s ‘Look East’ Policy

Chair person: Professor Sreemati ChakrabartiExternal Discussion: Professor K P Vijaylakshmi and Professor Lalima VarmaInternal Discussion: Dr R N Das and Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav

ASEAN and Conflict management in the South China Sea (SCS)

Chair: Professor Baladas GhoshalExternal Discussants: Dr Vijay Sakhuja and Professor Ganganath JhaInternal Discussants: Cdr S S Parmar and Ms M S Pratibha

The Importance of Nuclear Security: An Asian Perspectives

Chairperson: Professor R RajaramanExternal Discussants: Shri Amandeep Singh Gill and Dr Sitakanta MishraInternal Discussants: Dr Ashok K Behuria and Shri Kapil Patil

China’s Tryst with IORA: What Does it Mean for India?

Chairperson: V Admiral Anup Singh (Retd)External Discussants: Shri Jayadev Ranade and Professor Baladas GhoshalInternal Discussants: Cdr Abhijit Singh and Ruchita Beri

Culture as a factor in India’s Neighbourhood Policy: Can the States Play Role

Reforms to United States Higher Defence Organization: Lessons for India

Coping with a Rising China: An Analysis of the Indian Official Discourse 1996 – 2012

Chair: Lt Gen Y M Bammi (Retd)External Discussants: Lt Gen Y M Bammi (Retd) and Ambassador S K BhutaniInternal Discussants: Group Captain Naval Jagota and Mr Avinash Godbole

Changing Patterns in Nepal-China Relations

Chair: Maj Gen Ashok K Mehta (Retd)External Discussants: Capt (IN) Alok Bansal and Dr Abanti BhattacharyaInternal Discussants: Dr Nihar Nayak and Dr Prashant Kumar Singh

Rebooting Democracy: An Analysis of Nepal’s Second CA Elections