Chair: A K DovalDiscussants: J N Roy and G D Bakshi A Communist party, according to classical understanding, requires ‘three magic weapons’ to achieve its goal of capturing political power.… Continue reading Maoists’ Tactical United Front (TUF) and Urban Movement

Chair: Rajaram PandaDiscussants: J Madan Mohan and Sitakanta Mishra The tremendous transformation in the strategic and security environment of Japan in the last decade has once again influenced the nuclearization… Continue reading Will Japan go Nuclear?

Chair: Vinod Kumar MisraDiscussants: V. K Chopra and G Balachandran The aim of this paper is to analyse the reasons behind the poor performance of the ordnance factories (OFs) and… Continue reading Revitalising the Ordnance Factories

Chair: Shantanu ChowdhuryDiscussants: Gulshan Sachdeva and Peter Garretson The paper attempts to analyse the role of European Union in the Afghan-Pak region. Strategy in Af-Pak region has been widely debated… Continue reading Evaluating EU’s role in the Af-Pak Region

Amb. Rajagopalan chaired the session while Mr. Mukul Sanwal and Mr. V. Raghuraman were external discussants and Avinash Godbole and Antoine Levesques were internal discussants. Dr. Uttam Sinha highlighted the… Continue reading Copenhagen Summit: Climate Change Debate

Chairperson: Saeed NaqviDiscussants: Gulshan Dietl and Anwar Alam The uneasy relationship between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Iran is one of the main reasons for the continuing conflict in… Continue reading GCC – Iran Relations and its Strategic Implications for the Region

Chair: N S Sisodia Discussants: Shishir Upadhyaya and Vijay Sakhuja

Chairperson: Aditya SinghDiscussants: R. Dahiya and Gaurav Kampani Aim and Scope Implications of Pakistani nuclear use for India’s nuclear and conventional doctrine. This paper revisits the ‘Sundarji doctrine’ to assess… Continue reading Limitation in Nuclear War: Doctrinal Implication for India of Pakistani Nuclear Use