Chair: Dr. Gulshan DietlExternal Discussants: Ms. Lidya Powell and Mr. Ragunatha MishraInternal Discussants: Dr. Smriti Pattnaik and Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha In the 21st century a nation’s economy thrives on… Continue reading India’s Decision Making on Cross Border Natural Gas Pipelines (1989-2012)
India in Global Governance: Engaging the Counter-Terrorism Regime
Chair: Mr. G. K. PillaiExternal Discussants: Dr. Suresh K. Goel and Dr. Rana BanerjiInternal Discussants: Dr. Vinod Kumar and Dr. Saurabh Mishra Presentation The paper focuses on the counter-terrorism regime… Continue reading India in Global Governance: Engaging the Counter-Terrorism Regime
Iran Sanctions and India
Chair: Prof. Girijesh PantExternal Discussants: Prof. Gulshan Dietl, Nidhi VermaInternal Discussants: Dr. G. Balachandran, Shebonti Ray Dadwal The paper examined the sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council (UNSC), the… Continue reading Iran Sanctions and India
Compressing politics on COIN: Implications for counterinsurgency theory with reference to India’s Northeast
Chair: Prof. Rajesh Rajagopalan Discussants: Brig. Narender Kumar, Col. Pradeep Singh Chhonkar, Col. Vikrant S. Deshpande Mr. Walterman elaborated on his paper about the theoretical debates of Counterinsurgency (COIN) and… Continue reading Compressing politics on COIN: Implications for counterinsurgency theory with reference to India’s Northeast
India’s Foreign Policy Options in the Asia-Pacific: A Critical Evaluation
The IDSA Fellows Seminar by Dr S. Kalyanaraman, Research Fellow, IDSA, on the topic “India’s Foreign Policy Options in the Asia-Pacific: A Critical Evaluation” was held on Friday, June 10, 2016. It was chaired by Sudhir… Continue reading India’s Foreign Policy Options in the Asia-Pacific: A Critical Evaluation
Understanding National Security Implications of Climate Risks
Special Guest Speaker: Sir David King, the UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative on Climate Change Background The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) along with other international partners, including the… Continue reading Understanding National Security Implications of Climate Risks
Why China Trumps India in the Oil Industry in Angola and Nigeria?
Chairperson: Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev (Retd.)External Discussants: Prof. Alka Acharya and Prof. Girijesh PantInternal Discussant: Ms. Ruchita Beri The competition between China and India in Africa has been an important and… Continue reading Why China Trumps India in the Oil Industry in Angola and Nigeria?
Launch of two books on Arthashastra
Books Subrata K. Mitra and Michael Liebig, Kautilya’s Artha??stra: An Intellectual Portrait-Classical Roots of Modern Politics in India, Baden-Baden, Germany, Nomos, 2016. Michael Liebig and Saurabh Mishra (eds.), The Artha??stra… Continue reading Launch of two books on Arthashastra
A Strategic Perspective on the US National Security Strategy 2017: Report on an IDSA Panel Discussion
The Trump administration released its National Security Strategy (NSS) document on December 18, 2017. The document was released in the very first year of President Trump’s tenure, cataloguing the themes… Continue reading A Strategic Perspective on the US National Security Strategy 2017: Report on an IDSA Panel Discussion
The Nitisara or the Elements of Polity by Kamandaka: Continuity and Change from Kautilya’s Arthashastra
Chairperson: Amb A. N. D. Haksar (Retd)External Discussants: Prof. Jayati Srivastava, Dr. Medha Bisht, Dr. Saurabh MishraInternal Discussants: Gp. Capt. K. K. Khera, Col. Vikrant Deshpande Major Arguments of the… Continue reading The Nitisara or the Elements of Polity by Kamandaka: Continuity and Change from Kautilya’s Arthashastra
