Climate Change and Foreign Policy: The UK Approach

Chair: R RajagopalanDiscussants: Luther Rangreji and Purnamita Dasgupta Climate change has the potential to create conditions for changing foreign policy in a globalised world. It dares to test whether the… Continue reading Climate Change and Foreign Policy: The UK Approach

Accomodation with Militants in Swat: Implications For Regional Security

Chair: C Uday BhaskarDiscussants: Kalim Bahadur and Siddharth Varadarajan In 1947 Swat was a princely state that was ruled by Miangul Abdul Haq Jehanzeb, the Wali of Swat, who was… Continue reading Accomodation with Militants in Swat: Implications For Regional Security

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

Trends in Thinking about Warfare

Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: M. S Chowdhury Discussants: Rahul Bhonsle and Chandar S Sundaram “Trends in thinking about warfare” presented at the IDSA Fellow Seminar on… Continue reading Trends in Thinking about Warfare

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Afghanistan

Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: K Raghunath Discussants: Divyabh Manchanda, Arun Sahgal and Arun Mohanty The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) represents a major development in the strategic… Continue reading The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Afghanistan

Nuclear India – A Decade Later

IDSA Nuclear Issues Workshop/Roundtable Series 2009-10 Venue: IDSA Seminar Room, 1 Development Enclave, Delhi Cantonment Today, nuclear issues are once again gaining prominence. Issues relating to nuclear proliferation would take… Continue reading Nuclear India – A Decade Later

Coastal Security Arrangement in Maharashtra: An Assessment

Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Rajaram PandaDiscussants: Vijay Sakhuja The paper discusses the overall coastal security arrangement in Maharashtra. The first part of the paper deals with… Continue reading Coastal Security Arrangement in Maharashtra: An Assessment

Low Intensity Conflict under Nuclear Conditions: Analysing the India-Pakistan Theatre

India and Pakistan were again on the verge of a military confrontation following revelation of Pakistan’s complicity in the Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008. Pakistan reluctance to act against… Continue reading Low Intensity Conflict under Nuclear Conditions: Analysing the India-Pakistan Theatre

A new wave of Terrorism in India

Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Arun BhagatDiscussants: S Y Thapliyal and Bibhu Prasad Routray In India, the word terrorism came to be officially used for the first… Continue reading A new wave of Terrorism in India

Locating Priorities in India-US Strategic Economic Engagement

Only by Invitation 1030 to 1300 hrs Chair: Santosh KumarDiscussants: G Balachandran and Jayshree Sengupta The objective of this paper is to analyse the economic relations between India and United… Continue reading Locating Priorities in India-US Strategic Economic Engagement