Chair: G BalachandranDiscussants: K C Singh & R R Subramanian The India-United States civil nuclear cooperation agreement, announced through the July 18, 2005 joint statement, besides opening the doors for… Continue reading India and the Non-Proliferation Regime: Looking Beyond the Nuclear Deal
The United National Front in Afghan Politics: An Explorative Study
Chair: P StobdanDiscussant: Kalim Bahadur There remains an element of ambiguity as to when the United National Front formally came into being. It is generally believed to have been formed… Continue reading The United National Front in Afghan Politics: An Explorative Study
Geopolitics of Climate Change and India’s Position
Chair: R RajagopalanDiscussants: Ashutosh Varshney & Sunil Chauhan Climate change and security as a subject of enquiry is now being pursued by the IDSA in a comprehensive manner. Scholars from… Continue reading Geopolitics of Climate Change and India’s Position
Storming of Lal Masjid in Pakistan: An Analysis
Chair: S K BhutaniDiscussants: Ved Marwah & Sudhir Sharma Conversion of a religious place by terrorists into a heavily fortified safe sanctuary over a protracted period of time is a… Continue reading Storming of Lal Masjid in Pakistan: An Analysis
Global Strategic Trends: Global Perspectives
A strategic affairs workshop “Global Strategic Trends out to 2040” was held at The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) organized jointly by IDSA and DCDC (Developments, Concepts and… Continue reading Global Strategic Trends: Global Perspectives
IBSA Dialogue Forum: Problems and Prospects
India will be hosting the third IBSA Summit on October 15, 2008 at New Delhi. Inaugurated in June 2003, the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Trilateral Dialogue Forum is a unique model… Continue reading IBSA Dialogue Forum: Problems and Prospects
Interaction with RCDS Delegation
IDSA organised a strategic affairs workshop for members of the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) UK, on September 29, 2008. The RCDS group consisted of 13 officers from the… Continue reading Interaction with RCDS Delegation
Does India Need a Federal Agency to Deal Effectively with Terrorism and Inter-State Crimes?
The spate of terror attacks in various towns and cities across the country and the subsequent debate on combating such acts of terror have brought to fore the need for… Continue reading Does India Need a Federal Agency to Deal Effectively with Terrorism and Inter-State Crimes?
Annual International Conference on “Changing Political Context in South Asia: Prospect of Regional Security and Cooperation”
Programme November 05, 2008 (Day one) 0830 hrs : Registration 0900-0930 hrs : Inaugural Session Keynote Address by Hon’ble Vice President of India, Shri Hamid Ansari Special Address by External… Continue reading Annual International Conference on “Changing Political Context in South Asia: Prospect of Regional Security and Cooperation”
Looking “East” through India’s North East: Identifying Policy “Challenges” and Outlining the “Responses”
Chair: Sujit DuttaDiscussants: Bhagat Oinam and Archana Upadhyay The “Look East” policy was envisioned by the Narasimha Rao government in 1991 to outline a focused foreign policy approach towards South… Continue reading Looking “East” through India’s North East: Identifying Policy “Challenges” and Outlining the “Responses”
