Chairperson: Lt Gen HS Lidder (Retd)External Discussants: Vice Adm Anup Singh (Retd), Lt Gen Prakash Menon (Retd) and Professor Rajesh RajagopalanInternal Discussant: Col PK Gautam (Retd) This paper primarily made… Continue reading Military Change in India: An Appraisal of the Evolving Strategy Towards Pakistan
Talk by Lt Gen SA Hasnain (Retd), on “Kashmir 2014: A Review and Prognosis”
The Internal Security Centre at IDSA conducted a talk by Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) on 06 January 2014 on the topic “Kashmir 2014: A Review and a Prognosis”.… Continue reading Talk by Lt Gen SA Hasnain (Retd), on “Kashmir 2014: A Review and Prognosis”
Domestic Politics of Bangladesh and India – Bangladesh Relations
This paper primarily made an attempt to discuss the effect of domestic politics of Bangladesh on India-Bangladesh Relations. It delved into some of the historical processes that resulted in the… Continue reading Domestic Politics of Bangladesh and India – Bangladesh Relations
Prospects of Cross Line of Control (LoC) Travel and Trade
Chair: Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Kapil KakExternal Discussants: Professor Riyaz Punjabi and Professor K WarikooInternal Discussants: Dr Smruti S Pattanaik and Col (Retd)Vivek Chadha Dr Priyanka Singh, in her presentation,… Continue reading Prospects of Cross Line of Control (LoC) Travel and Trade
From Looks to Action: Thailand-India Strategic Convergence and Defence Cooperation
Chairperson: Prof Charan D WadhvaExternal Discussants: Prof S D Muni and Prof Ganganath JhaInternal Discussants: Cdr S S Parmar and Dr Udai Bhanu Singh Prof. Wadhwa initiated the event by… Continue reading From Looks to Action: Thailand-India Strategic Convergence and Defence Cooperation
Arms Trade Offset: Global Trend and ‘Best’ Practices
Chairperson: Shri V. K. MisraDiscussants: Shri A. K. Ghosh and Shri Amit Cowshish Dr Laxman Kumar Behera’s presentation on “Arms Trade Offset: Global Trend and ‘Best’ Practices” was broadly divided… Continue reading Arms Trade Offset: Global Trend and ‘Best’ Practices
Visit of Young Parliamentarians from African Countries to IDSA
Facilitated by the Ministry of External Affairs, a nine member delegation of young parliamentarians from Algeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, South Sudan and Uganda visited the Institute for Defence Studies… Continue reading Visit of Young Parliamentarians from African Countries to IDSA
Talk by Michael Liebig on “Relevance of Kautilya’s Arthasastra for Modern Political Science”
The Military Affairs Centre at IDSA organised a talk by Michael Liebig, Visiting Fellow at IDSA on 14th February 2014 on the topic “Relevance of Kautilya’s Arthasastra for Modern India.”… Continue reading Talk by Michael Liebig on “Relevance of Kautilya’s Arthasastra for Modern Political Science”
Emerging contours of Iran-China Relations: An Overview
Chairperson: Amb Ishrat AzizExternal Discussants: Prof A K Pasha and Prof Qamar AghaInternal Discussants: Col Rajeev Agrawal and Dr Prashant Kumar Singh The paper holistically examines the nature, scope and… Continue reading Emerging contours of Iran-China Relations: An Overview
Egypt’s Faltering Transition: Domestic and Regional Dynamics and Challenges for India
Chairperson: Ambassador Arundhati GhoseExternal Discussants: Shri Sanjay Singh and Professor Gulshan DietlInternal Discussants: Dr P K Pradhan and Ms Ruchita Beri The paper is an attempt to analytically examine the… Continue reading Egypt’s Faltering Transition: Domestic and Regional Dynamics and Challenges for India
