China’s National Interest

Chair: Amd. R. RajagopalanExternal Discussant: Prof. Swaran Singh and Prof. Abanti Bhattacharya The paper argues that China’s national interest, and the strategies that China follows to achieve these, are intricately… Continue reading China’s National Interest

National Strategy Lecture – United Nations and India’s National Strategy

Chair: Lt Gen Satish C. Nambiar After Lt Gen Satish Nambiar welcomed Ambassador Muchkund Dubey by recalling their past association, Ambassador Dubey began his INSP lecture. He started by stating… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – United Nations and India’s National Strategy

Evolution of Sri Lanka’s Counter Insurgency Strategy 2002-2009

Chairperson: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch, SM, VSM (Retd)Discussants: Shri N Manoharan & Shri M R Narayan Swamy Hemantha Dayaratne’s paper focuses on the Sri Lanka’s counterinsurgency campaign against the… Continue reading Evolution of Sri Lanka’s Counter Insurgency Strategy 2002-2009

Insider Threat: The New Nuclear Danger

Chairperson: Ambassador Arundhati GhoseDiscussants: Dr Sitakanta Mishra and Dr Aditi Malhotra Dr Reshmi Kazi introduced the paper by saying that the danger of insider threats is emerging as the new… Continue reading Insider Threat: The New Nuclear Danger

Interaction with Secretary National Security Council of Armenia Mr. Artur Baghdasaryan

On March 3, 2011, the Secretary of Armenia’s National Security Council H.E. Mr. Artur Baghdasaryan addressed a select group of scholars at the Institute and participated in the roundtable discussion… Continue reading Interaction with Secretary National Security Council of Armenia Mr. Artur Baghdasaryan

Popular Uprisings in the Arab world

Event Report This discussion was organized against the backdrop of the recent Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia and the 18 day long protest in Egypt that overthrew the Hosni Mubarak regime… Continue reading Popular Uprisings in the Arab world

Counter Insurgency Operations in North East India: Operations without a Policy

The Terrorism and Internal Security Cluster of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyes (IDSA) organised a debate on the “Counter Insurgency Operations in North East India: Operations without a… Continue reading Counter Insurgency Operations in North East India: Operations without a Policy

Playing ‘catch up’: Japan’s foreign policy towards India – a case of delayed realism

Chairperson: Dr Rajaram PandaDiscussants: Professor K V Kesavan and Professor Srabani Roy Choudhury The author tried to demonstrate Japan’s approach to India using the three characteristics that she perceived to… Continue reading Playing ‘catch up’: Japan’s foreign policy towards India – a case of delayed realism

The European Union and Global Governance

Chair: Dr. Uttam Kumar SinhaSpeakers: Mr. Ernst Stetter, Ms. Zita Gurmai, Mr. Jeses Caldera Sanchez-Capitan. Ms. Zita Gurmai of the European Parliament, Mr. Jeses Caldera of the Spanish Parliament and… Continue reading The European Union and Global Governance

Nuclear Energy in China & India: A Comparative Study

Chairperson: Dr G BalachandranDiscussants: Prof Swaran Singh and Dr R Ramachandran Dr Ch Viyyanna Sastry in his present paper aimed to analyse and compare the nuclear energy development programmes in… Continue reading Nuclear Energy in China & India: A Comparative Study