Dr. Marco Antonio Vieira, a Brazilian academician, currently Visiting Lecturer at Kings College London, visited IDSA on Monday, December 8, 2008 for a round table on “Brazilian foreign policy and… Continue reading Brazilian Foreign policy and IBSA
India – Iran relations: Converging Interests or Drifting Equations
Chair: Ranjit GuptaDiscussants: Ishrat Aziz and Anwar Alam The West Asian region is currently in a state of flux. Iraq is far from being stabilized and questions are being raised… Continue reading India – Iran relations: Converging Interests or Drifting Equations
Securing the Northern Coast of Gujarat: Challenges and Responses
Chair: Nalin DewanDiscussants: K. C. Pandey, M. L. Batham and J. S. Bhalla The Northern coast of Gujarat (the Kutch and Saurashtra coast adjoining the Gulf of Kutch) is fast… Continue reading Securing the Northern Coast of Gujarat: Challenges and Responses
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”
Exploring India – Kazakhstan Transport Linkages
A Roundtable was held on December 11, 2008 against the backdrop of increasing demand for transport connectivity between India and Central Asia. Among the many points discussed the following stand… Continue reading Exploring India – Kazakhstan Transport Linkages
China in Asia: Strategic Goals & Emerging Patterns in its Periphery Policy
Chair: V. P. DuttDiscussants: Madhu Bhalla and G. V. C. Naidu The paper broadly argued that the extraordinary growth of the Chinese economy is generating political and economic waves across… Continue reading China in Asia: Strategic Goals & Emerging Patterns in its Periphery Policy
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His Excellency Mr. Lulzim Basha, the Foreign Minister of Albania
His Excellency Mr. Lulzim Basha, the Foreign Minister of Albania led a high-level delegation to the IDSA on December 18, 2008 for an interaction with scholars on Indo-Albanian relations and… Continue reading His Excellency Mr. Lulzim Basha, the Foreign Minister of Albania
A Critical Evaluation of Andhra Pradesh’s Response to the Naxal Challenge
Chair: G. D BakshiDiscussants: D. K. Karthikeyan and J. N. Roy Andhra Pradesh has been dealing with the Naxalite challenge for a long time and the way in which it… Continue reading A Critical Evaluation of Andhra Pradesh’s Response to the Naxal Challenge
Tibet: Connectivity, Capabilities and Consequences
Chair: Arvind GuptaDiscussants: Ravi Sawhney and Rahul K Bhonsle Since 1951, China had fueled massive economic investment in Tibet. In recent decades, infrastructure assumed the salience in China’s Tibet strategy,… Continue reading Tibet: Connectivity, Capabilities and Consequences
