The Indian Navy’s Growing Maritime Reach: An Unfinished Agenda

Chair: Vice Admiral (Retd) Anup SinghExternal Discussant: Cmde (Retd) Rajeev Sawhney and Cdr Gurpreet KhuranaInternal Discussant: Cmde Ajay Chhabra The paper argues that as the pre-eminent maritime force in the… Continue reading The Indian Navy’s Growing Maritime Reach: An Unfinished Agenda

IDSA Scholars Interactions with Congressional Staff

On July 1, 2014, a group of senior Congressional Staff visited IDSA for a briefing and interaction with scholars. The discussion covered a wide range of issues pertaining to India-US… Continue reading IDSA Scholars Interactions with Congressional Staff

Talk by Rakhee Kalita Moral on “The Woman Rebel and the State: From Combat to Community”

The Internal Security Centre at IDSA organized a talk by Dr. Rakhee Kalita Moral on “The Woman Rebel and the State: From Combat to Community” on September 15, 2014. Brig.… Continue reading Talk by Rakhee Kalita Moral on “The Woman Rebel and the State: From Combat to Community”

Enhancing Energy Security in Rural Tanzania: Examples of Successful Community Engagement in Rural Electrification from South Asian Countries

Chair: Prof. Rajen HarsheExternal Discussants: Ms. Lidya Powell and Mr. Nitya NandaInternal Discussants: Ms. Ruchita Beri and Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik Presentation: Tanzania is one of the fastest growing economies… Continue reading Enhancing Energy Security in Rural Tanzania: Examples of Successful Community Engagement in Rural Electrification from South Asian Countries

Talk by David Brewster on “Bay of Bengal as a Coherent Strategic Space”

A talk by Dr David Brewster on ‘Bay of Bengal as a Coherent Strategic Space’, was organized by the Centre for SoutheastAsia & Oceania at IDSA on October 15. The… Continue reading Talk by David Brewster on “Bay of Bengal as a Coherent Strategic Space”

Talk by Amb. Virendra Gupta on “India-Africa Relations”

A talk by Shri Virendra Gupta, former High Commissioner of India to South Africa, on “India- Africa relations” was organized by the Africa, LAC and UN Centre on October 16,… Continue reading Talk by Amb. Virendra Gupta on “India-Africa Relations”

Visit of National Resilience Institute of the Republic of Indonesia (NRI-RI) Members to IDSA

A 29-member delegation from National Resilience Institute of the Republic of Indonesia (NRI-RI) visited IDSA and interacted with scholars on ‘India’s Strategic Neighbourhood’. The delegation led by Dr. H.M Said… Continue reading Visit of National Resilience Institute of the Republic of Indonesia (NRI-RI) Members to IDSA

India-China Riparian Relations: Towards Rationality

Chair: Prof. Brahma ChellaneyExternal Discussants: Mr. Sanjay Gupta and Mr. Joydeep GuptaInternal Discussants: Ms. Shebonti Ray Dadwal and Dr. Jagannath Prasad Panda Key points of presentation: India and China have long been… Continue reading India-China Riparian Relations: Towards Rationality

Dharma and Artha

Chairperson: Prof. Charan Das WadhvaExternal Discussants: Amb. H. H. S. Viswanathan, Dr. Deepshikha ShahiInternal Discussants: Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, Saurabh Mishra Major Arguments of the Paper: One of the fundamental aims… Continue reading Dharma and Artha

China’s Military Reforms: People’s Liberation Army’s Adaptation to Joint Operations

Chairperson: Lt. Gen. J.S. Bajwa (Retd.)External Discussants: Commander Lalit Kapur, Gp. Capt. Ravinder Singh ChhatwalInternal Discussant: Col. Vivek Chadha (Retd.) China embarked on its ‘four modernizations’ drive in the late… Continue reading China’s Military Reforms: People’s Liberation Army’s Adaptation to Joint Operations