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China & its Internal Periphery
1 March 2013

Organised by the IPCS in collaboration with the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi and Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

Venue: University of Delhi
Papers are invited. Click here for more

Asia Pacific 2013: Looking Beyond Southeast Asia
4 March 2013
Organised by the IPCS in collaboration with the Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College, Chennai

Session-I: Recent Developments in Southeast Asia and East Asia
Session-II: American and Chinese Strategies
Session-III: From Asia Pacific to Indo Pacific
 
Venue: Stella Maris College, Chennai. All are Welcome 
China & its External Periphery
8 April 2013
Organised by the IPCS in collaboration with the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi and Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru University
Papers are invited. Click here for more
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RECENT EVENTS/VISITS
Panel: Dr SS Bloeria, Prof.Siddiq Wahid, Tashi Morup, Dr.Kavita Suri, Nawang Rigzin Jora & Hassan Khan
Seventh Annual Conference
Panel: Amb Salman Haidar, PR Chari, D Suba Chandran, Tomislav Delinic
Second Annual Conference
 
IPCS Experts in Media
Bibhu Prasad Routray, Visiting Fellow, "India needs to engage with Maldives, not detach itself", The New Indian Express, 03 February 2013
PR Chari, Research Professor, "Pivoting towards Asia:Australian and American style", The Tribune, 28 January 2013
Rana Banerji, Distinguished Fellow, "Has the inscrutable Gen Kayani thrown a googly?", Daily News & Analysis, 28 January 2013
D Suba Chandran, Director, "Winding roads, binding accidents", Rising Kashmir, 26 January 2013
D Suba Chandran, Director, "Talking to the Taliban: Who is fooling Whom", The Tribune, 22 January 2013
Bibhu Prasad Routray,Visiting Fellow, "Achievements against Naxals: Real and the imagined", The New Indian Express, 20 January 2013
Rana Banerji, Distinguished Fellow, "Pakistan Army: New promotions to three star rank", Daily News & Analysis, 15 January 2013
IPCS TASK FORCES
Trans Himalayan Trade & Development 2020: Looking Beyond Nathu La

IPCS Task Force Report: July 2012

The IPCS task force has been constituted with an objective to present a roadmap on ways to increase the potential of economic engagement between India and China and their neighbours including Nepal, Myanmar and others in the region.

The primary aim of the Task Force is to bring attention to the prerequisites of a strategy for inclusive growth through maximum focus on the bordering regions. In view of the opening of the border trade via Nathu La in Sikkim in 2006, it recommends that the pace of reforms in the bordering regions for better connectivity and trade opportunities be accelerated. For more, Click Here

 
India's Nuclear Doctrine

This project aimed to review the India?s nuclear doctrine (as officialised on 4 January 2003), and through a constructive critique, attempt an alternative blueprint to suit the new developments in the security and political environment within and outside India over the last decade. Towards achieving this, the Nuclear Security Programme (NSP) at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) constituted a task force of experts from the Indian strategic community - academia, bureaucracy, military and scientific.This process culminated in a draft document of what the team believed the doctrine should look like, given the new realities of India?s internal and external security environment. The task forcerefined the document into its current formover the course of five meetings. The alternative blueprint of India?s nuclear doctrine was finalised in March 2012. For more, Click Here

Programmes
Nuclear Security Programme (NSP)

Since its inception, the IPCS has been working on various issues related to disarmament, especially Nuclear Disarmament. We are the only research institute in South Asia that focuses on all aspects of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), including  Chemical, Biological and Radiological weapons.

 
Southeast Asia Research Programme (SEARP)

The Southeast Asia Research Programme (SEARP) at the Institute of Peace and Conflict studies (IPCS), New Delhi, India aims to promote research on Southeast Asia in India, map the existing nature and dynamics of India - Southeast Asia relations, and highlight current political, economic and security developments of mutual concern. Through a combination of discussion-based events and research work, this programme seeks to achieve its goal of creating avenues for collaboration and fostering understanding between India and the ASEAN.

China Research Programme
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The China Research Programme of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies is aimed at achieving a comprehensive understanding of the contemporary socio-economic and political changes taking place in China. The primary focus is to enhance the understanding on internal developments within China.

 
Centre for Internal And Regional Security (IReS)
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The Centre for Internal and Regional Security (IReS) aims to facilitate dialogue on traditional and non-traditional security challenges facing the region by engaging the academia, policy-makers, international organisations and young scholars.

Programme on Armed Conflicts in South Asia (ACSA)

The Programme on Armed Conflicts in South Asia is part of the Centre for Internal and Regional Security at the Institute. The activities of the programme are three dimensional, namely the Armed Conflicts Annual, Early Warning and Conflict Alert, and Peace Audit and Ceasefire Monitor. 

 
Track-II Dialogues
India-Pakistan-China Nuclear Trilateral

Over the last two years, the Institute is engaged in several bilateral dialogues with Pakistan. Each of these dialogues have been on a particular set of issues, hence remain extremely focused. These include Terrorism, J&K, Afghanistan, Sharing the Indus Waters, Trade, Nuclear Stability etc. For more, Click Here

 
COSATT Regional Dialogue

The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) set up the Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks (COSATT) in January 2008. The objective was to bring together some of the leading think tanks in South Asia with an aim of developing peace and cooperation in the region. For more, Click Here

India-US Bilateral

The Institute, along with the Brookings Institution and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) have organized dialogues on issues relating to Global security, the governance of biological threat reduction and China. For more, Click Here

 
India-NATO Dialogue

The India-NATO Dialogue is a collaborative effort of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), United Service Institution of India (USI) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS). This informal Track 2 dialogue, held in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011, has functioned as a communication bridge between India and NATO. For more, Click Here

Nuclear Asia:
Deterrence, Disarmament, Safety and Security
Papers are invited for a Young Scholars Workshop in Chennai, 5 March 2013 (Click here for more information)
China & its Peripheries:
Internal & External

01 March and 08 April 2013
Papers are Invited(Click here for more)
Articles on India Pakistan issues,World issues
Iran and Nuclear Weapons: A New Agenda
Manish explores the the options before the international community to rein in Iran's nuclear programme

Iran and Nuclear Weapons: New Negotiations, Old Issues?
Shubhra Chaturvedi assesses the 'optimism' surrounding the February talks between Iran and the P5+1

IPCS Discussion: The Evolving Situation in the East and South China Seas
Rana Divyank Chaudhary reports on the discussion led by Professors Kanti Bajpai and Huang Jing on the US Pivot, Chinese Interests and Beyond

Book Review: Addressing the Psychosocial Paradigms of Terrorism
Dr. Ashok Bhan reviews "Countering Terrorism - Psychosocial Strategies" edited by Updesh Kumar and Manas K. Mandal

India’s Northeast: Islamist Militancy in Assam?
Bibhu Prasad Routray analyses the truth in the assertion of the presence of fundamentalist-backed militancy

J&K after Afzal Guru: Immediate Excuse and Inherent Problems
D Suba Chandran discusses the actual reasons behind the recent protests in the Kashmir valley

North Korea: Third Nuclear Test
Rajaram Panda discusses international responses to, and strategic implications of, the recent test

Gwadar: Can India Checkmate China?
Vijay Sakhuja posits Chabahar as the Indian alternative to balance the threat of Chinese presence in Gwadar

Nuclear Weapons: Can They Be Made Strategically Obsolete?
Debak Das reflects on whether nuclear disarmament can be pursued given the large asymmetries in conventional arms

South China Sea: Revival of the Cold War and Balance of Power?
Anu Krishnan analyses recent developments to understand the larger implications of the dispute

Issue/Policy Briefs & Reports
India, China and the Nathu La: Realizing the Potential of a Border Trade
Bhim B Subba
Issue Brief 205
India, China and the Nathu La: Understanding Beijing’s Larger Strategy towards the Region
Teshu Singh
Issue Brief 204
India, China and the Nathu La: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Namrata Hasija
Issue Brief 203
India, China and the Nathu La: Converting Symbolism into Reality
Pema Wangchuk
Issue Brief 202
Elections in South Korea: Assessing Park's Victory
Rajaram Panda
Issue Brief 201
China’s 18th Party Congress: Trends and Analysis
Jayadeva Ranade
Issue Brief 200
Contemporary China: CCP, Army and the 18th Central Committee
Jayadeva Ranade
Issue Brief 199
INSIDE Myanmar: Reforms, Reconciliation, Social & Ethnic Divide
Conference Report 44
China & Japan: Tensions in East China Sea
Teshu Singh
Issue Brief 198
Analyzing Failure: Pakistan and the Failed States Index
Lidia Leoni
Special Report 137
IPCS Quarterlies
The IPCS Quarterlies are a compilation of the recent publications that provide wide-ranging commentaries on the season's most outstanding issues.
South Asia Plus
October-December 2012
July-September 2012
Inaugural Issue: April - June 2012
Inside China
October-December 2012
July-September 2012
April-June 2012
Special Issue: Nathu La
January-March 2012
October-December 2011
July-September 2011
April-June 2011
April-June 2012Nuclear South Asia
October-December 2012
July-September 2012
April-June 2012
January-March 2012
October-December 2011
July-September 2011
April-June 2011
January-March 2011
Southeast Asia
April-June 2012
January-March 2012
October-December 2011
July-September 2011
April-June 2011

Latest book from IPCS
Military Confidence-Building and India-China Relations
Fighting Distrust

Dipankar Banerjee and Jabin T Jacob (Eds.)
New Delhi: Pentagon Press, India
China's Discursive Nationalism: Contending in Softer Realms
Bhavna Singh
New Delhi: Pentagon Press, India
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