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IPCS Experts in Media
Jayadeva Ranade, Distinguished Fellow, "Is China Adopting a New Maritime Security Policy?", DNA, 17 June 2013
Roomana Hukil, Research Officer, "Geopolitical Ramifications on the Brahmaputra Front", Defence and Security Alert, June 2013
P R Chari, Research Professor, "Deciphering Inscrutability: The Depsang Intrusion", China Studies Centre, IIT-M, 13 June 2013
Nayantara Shaunik, Research Officer, "Globalization, Democracy and Capitalism in the 21st Century", The Book Review, Vol. 37, No. 6, 6 June 2013
D Suba Chandran, Director, "Chhattisgarh Massacre: Local Battles and the Larger War", The Tribune, 5 June 2013
Rana Divyank Chaudhary, Research Intern, "Japan & the US Pivot - Who rides the Tiger?", Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2013
Jayadeva Ranade, Distinguished Fellow, "Dragon will talk Turkey", Hindustan Times, 20 May 2013
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) aims to promote research on Southeast Asia 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 (CRP) 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, as well as to enhance the understanding of Chinese foreign policy.

Centre for Internal And Regional Security (IReS)

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.

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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.

Recent Projects
Emerging Security Architecture in Southeast & East Asia

In collaboration with Stella Maris College, Chennai and the SAEA Group Research, Singapore, the Institute organized an International Conference - "The Asia Pacific 2013: Looking Beyond South East Asia".
Papers were presented by experts on contemporary dynamics shaping the Asia-Pacific region:

The American Pivot and Rebalancing, PR Chari, Issue Brief #210
Beijing’s Strategies towards South China Sea, Jayadeva Ranade, Issue Brief #211
Japan and ASEAN, Rajaram Panda, Issue Brief #212
Growing Tensions in South China Sea, Sonika Gupta, Issue Brief #213
 
China and its Peripheries

The China Research programme in collaboration with the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi and the Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University undertook a project on China’s relation with its external and internal peripheries. Please find below the papers published as part of this project:

Strategic Significance of Tibet, Abanti Bhattacharya, Issue Brief #220
Beijing, Xinjiang & Han-Uyghur Schism, Debasish Chaudhuri, Issue Brief #219
Beijing and India-Sri Lanka Relations, N Manoharan, Issue Brief #217
Beijing and the BCIM, Ravi Bhoothalingam, Issue Brief #216
Beijing’s Myanmar Strategy, Ranjit Gupta, Issue Brief #215
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

Write For IPCS
Articles on India Pakistan issues,World issues
Social Media and Our Responsibility: Individual and Collective
D. Suba Chandran assesses the socio-political impact of this revolutionary phenomenon

Mr RG - This is not the Real Change
Shujaat Bukhari on the political challenges facing the UPA vis-a-vis Kashmir

IPCS Discussion: 15 Years After India and Pakistan's Nuclear Tests
Somya Chhabra reports on the discussion on the nuclear tests of both countries and their international and domestic ramifications

The Guwahati Initiative: Northeast as the Centre of Regional Universe
D. Suba Chandran posits a model to reorient India’s Lookeast Policy with the Northeast as its focal point

North Korea: The Renewed Dialogue Offer
Rajaram Panda decodes Pyongyang's recent offer for talks vis-a-vis the US

RIP: B. Raman (1936-2013)
Rana Banerji pays tribute to B. Raman, a doyen of India's strategic security community

Pakistan Elections 2013: Will the Provincial Governments and Sharif be at Loggerheads?
Anu Krishnan on whether the challenges in provinces other than Punjab will be dealt effectively with the PML-N at the centre

Pakistan Elections 2013: Karachi, MQM’s Decline, PTI’s Ascendency?
Portia B Conrad decodes the voting pattern in Karachi in the aftermath of Pakistan's elections

China and Latin America: Quest for Energy Security
Teshu Singh decodes the strategic implications behind Xi Jinping's tour of the LAC

India-Bhutan: A Model of Friendship?
Kunkhen Dorji examines the role of China in India-Bhutan relations

Issue/Policy Briefs & Reports
Social Media: Sri Lanka's New War Zone
J Jeganaathan
Issue Brief 226
Contemporary Myanmar: Challenges to Political Process and Reconciliation
Sonu Trivedi
Research Paper 28
Governance and Domestic Politics in Indonesia: Contemporary Challenges & Achievements
Navrekha Sharma
Issue Brief 225
Cracks in Muslim Democracy Model: Radicalization in Contemporary Indonesia
Vibhanshu Shekhar
Issue Brief 224
Towards a New Asian Security Architecture?: India and Japan
Rajaram Panda
Issue Brief 223
Rudderless & Drowning in Tears: The Rohingyas of Myanmar
Roomana Hukil & Nayantara Shaunik
Issue Brief 222
Challenging the Reconciliation Process: Myanmar’s Ethnic Divide and Conflicts
CS Kuppuswamy
Issue Brief 221
China and its Peripheries: Strategic Significance of Tibet
Abanti Bhattacharya
Issue Brief 220
China and its Peripheries: Beijing, Xinjiang & Han-Uyghur Schism
Debasish Chaudhuri
Issue Brief 219
Indian Perspectives: A New Security Architecture for the Gulf
Ranjit Gupta
Issue Brief 218
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
April-June 2013
January-March 2013
October-December 2012
July-September 2012
Inaugural Issue: April - June 2012
Inside China
April-June 2013
January-March 2013
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
Nuclear South Asia
April-June 2013
January-March 2013
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 2013
January-March 2013
October-December 2012
July-September 2012
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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IPCS TASK FORCES
Trans Himalayan Trade & Development 2020: Looking Beyond Nathu La
India's Nuclear Doctrine


 
 

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