Chair: Arvind GuptaDiscussants: Anuradha Reddy and Sunil Kumar After the Cold War, India’s foreign relations have become multi-directional and diversified. Growing realisation that international defence cooperation can supplement diplomatic initiatives… Continue reading Benefits of India’s Defence Cooperation Initiatives towards the Foreign Policy Goals
US Counter Insurgency Approach in Afghanistan Under Obama Administration: Does It Portend ‘Change’?
Chair: G. BalachandranDiscussants: Shakti Sinha, K. C. Singh and Rahul Bhonsle Afghanistan today appears to be teetering on the brink of failure and unending chaos. Despite the military endeavour by… Continue reading US Counter Insurgency Approach in Afghanistan Under Obama Administration: Does It Portend ‘Change’?
Mr. Bolat Nurgaliev, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses organised a round table interaction with Bolat Nurgaliev, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on February 27, 2009. During his visit… Continue reading Mr. Bolat Nurgaliev, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
GCC’S New Avatar and Invigorating India’s Interests
Chair: Ishrat AzizDiscussants: A. K. Pasha and Anwar Alam Even with differences among some individual member states and the hostile Gulf environment, GCC countries have still managed to maintain good… Continue reading GCC’S New Avatar and Invigorating India’s Interests
Rationale for Performance Oriented Defence Budgeting
Chair: V. K. MisraDiscussants: Amit Cowshish and Sujeet Samaddar India’s security comes with a huge price tag. In 2009-10, the defence budget reached Rs. 1,41,703 crores, representing nearly one-seventh of… Continue reading Rationale for Performance Oriented Defence Budgeting
India’s Strategic Autonomy Dilemma and the Rapprochement with the United States
Chair: Rajiv SikriDiscussants: Arun Sahgal and K. P. Vijayalakshmi The debate on strategic autonomy makes a conceptual contribution about how India as an emerging power seeks to forge a partnership… Continue reading India’s Strategic Autonomy Dilemma and the Rapprochement with the United States
The Indo-US Relationship: Is Diplomatic Style Important?
Chair: Kanwal SibalDiscussants: K. C. Singh and Christopher S Raj The presentation of Professor Steven Hoffman began by examining the question “Is diplomatic style important and what impact does it… Continue reading The Indo-US Relationship: Is Diplomatic Style Important?
A Scenario-Building Method on India’s North East: Time Horizon 2015
Chair: Prakash SinghDiscussants: G. D. Bakshi and Arun Sahgal In her presentation titled ‘A Scenario-Building Method on India’s North East’, Dr. Namrata Goswami projected the vision of a peaceful and… Continue reading A Scenario-Building Method on India’s North East: Time Horizon 2015
Training module on “defence and security issues’ for IFS probationers
Military Robots
Chair: Vinod PatneyDiscussants: R. K. Pruthi and Rahul K Bhonsle The paper argued that the futuristic battlefield is going to depend substantially on deployment of standoff weapons and virtual technology.… Continue reading Military Robots
