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
India’s Economic Engagement of Africa: Partnering Africa
Chair: Arvind GuptaDiscussants: Dilip Lahiri and Shipra Tripathi Historically, the principal tenet of India’s policy towards Africa has been support for the struggle for decolonization and racial discrimination in South… Continue reading India’s Economic Engagement of Africa: Partnering Africa
Interaction with a Delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of Swedish Parliament
A delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Swedish Parliament visited IDSA on January 12, 2009. Ms. Carina Hägg of the Social Democratic Party of Sweden led the… Continue reading Interaction with a Delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of Swedish Parliament
An Exploratory Framework for India’s relationship with ‘New Nepal’
Chair: P. StobdanDiscussants: Ashok Mehta and Sangeeta Thapliyal The paper, An Exploratory Framework for India’s Relationship with New Nepal, was presented by Dr. Nihar Nayak. Professor P. Stobdan was the… Continue reading An Exploratory Framework for India’s relationship with ‘New Nepal’
National Seminar on Defence Industry
Concept Note India has a large defence industrial base, mainly under state control, with limited but a growing private sector contribution. The public sector enterprises consist of 39 Ordnance Factories… Continue reading National Seminar on Defence Industry
Training for BSF Officers (DIG level)
Defence Doctrine in the Indo-Pak Context
On 12 February 2009, the Military Affairs Cluster organised a Round Table to discuss Defence Doctrines. The aim was to reflect on implications of inter-relatedness of conventional and nuclear doctrines… Continue reading Defence Doctrine in the Indo-Pak Context
Bioterrorism led by Professor Dean Wilkening
IDSA organized a round table on the subject of bioterrorism on February 6, 2009. The main speaker at the event was Prof. Dean Wilkening, Director, Science Programme at Center for… Continue reading Bioterrorism led by Professor Dean Wilkening
11th Asian Security Conference: The Changing Face of Conflict and Strategy in Asia
Concept Note The Asian Security Conference (ASC) is a major calendar event of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. Since 1999, when the conference was first… Continue reading 11th Asian Security Conference: The Changing Face of Conflict and Strategy in Asia
Terror Financing in Bangladesh
Chair: Arvind GuptaDiscussants: Bhaskar Roy and Sanjay Bharadwaj “Terror Financing in Bangladesh” by Dr. Anand Kumar outlined key factors that contribute to terror financing in Bangladesh. Dr. Kumar’s primary argument… Continue reading Terror Financing in Bangladesh
