IPCS in the past few years has undertaken vital projects on security issues, dedicated to the study of peace and security funded by philanthropic organizations like the Ford Foundation, Rockfeller Foundation, Alton Jones Foundation, Ploughshares Foundation, Japan Foundation, and Konrad Adenaeur Foundation to name a few. A list of some of the projects taken up by the Institute over the last few years include:

UN and the New Threats: Rethinking Security The project is supported by the UN Foundation to facilitate the task of the UN High Level Panel. As a part of the project, a three day international conference was organized in July 2004 at Taj Palace, New Delhi. The proceedings of the conference are in the process of publication. (click here for the executive summary)

Bioterrorism and Biodefence IPCS was awarded a project by the Ministry of External Affairs on Biodefense and Bioterrorism to examine the Bioweapons threat from terrorists and the role of the government, the private sector and the civil defense management in countering this threat. A one day seminar was conducted by IPCS on Bioterrorism and Biodefense in July 2004. The papers are in the process of being published in the form of a book. (click here to read the seminar report)

Emerging Global Developments and Counter-Terrorism The project was carried out in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. As a part of the project, a three day China-India-Germany trilateral dialogue was organized by the IPCS at Manesar in February 2004. The presentations made and the conclusions arrived at are under publication and will culminate in the form of a book.

Fostering the discourse on WMD in South Asia The project, supported by the Ploughshares Fund, aims at encouraging an alternative discourse on and relating to weapons of mass destruction through wider distribution of IPCS publications and by providing for capacity building among younger scholars.

Developing a new module on WMD issues This is an ongoing project supported by the Nuclear Threat Initiative. The grant relates to the developing of a new web module for comprehensive coverage of issues relating to weapons of mass destruction.

Nuclear Stability in Southern Asia The IPCS, in collaboration with Konrad Adeneur Foundation organized a one-day international conference which was attended by experts in the field of nuclear proliferation to assess the threats of a nuclear showdown in the sub-continent. The papers presented in the conference have been published in the form of a book. The project was completed in 2002.

India's Energy Concerns The IPCS, along with ASSOCHAM, conducted a one-day conference on India's Energy Concerns. Experts in the field of Coal, Gas, Hydro, and Nuclear energies were invited to present papers on their respective fields. The conference highlighted the importance of energy security in the overall framework of national security. The papers presented in the seminar have been published as a monograph. The project was completed in 2003.

Missing Boundaries: Refugees, Migrants, Stateless and Internally Displaced Persons in South Asia The IPCS, in collaboration with the Japan Foundation, Asia Centre, New Delhi, organized a two-day regional conference in 2002 on the issue of displacement in South Asia including refugees, both environmental and forcibly displaced economic migrants, stateless persons and internally displaced persons. The papers presented at the conference have been published inn the form of a book. The project was completed in 2002.

Indian Perspective to the Kashmir Conflict The IPCS undertook a project funded by the International Crisis group to provide an Indian Perspective to the Kashmir conflict with historical overviews and to discuss the strategies adopted by India, internally and externally. The study, has been published by the ICG as "Kashmir: The View From New Delhi, Asia Report N?69". The project was completed in 2003.

Limited War between India and Pakistan under the Nuclear Shadow The IPCS won a Solicited Grant from the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) for research on the subject of Limited War. PR Chari, Stephen Cohen and Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema are the Principal Investigators. The study will culminate in a book.

Biological Weapons: Conflicting Political and Economic Interests The IPCS, supported by the Ministry of External Affairs, undertook a study on biological weapons reflecting the conflicting political and economic dimensions. The study culminated in a conference and the papers presented have been published in the form of a book. The project was completed in 2002.

Terrorism and its Repercussions on International Politics The IPCS, in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), organized a two day conference at Manesar in December 2002 on the subject of terrorism. The lead papers and the conference document have been published as a book. (Email to obtain a hard copy of the Book Review) The project was completed in 2003. The project was completed in 2003.

Alternative Approaches to Different Aspects of Security in India The IPCS, in collaboration with the Ford Foundation, has undertaken a three-year project to study different aspects of security in India and has commissioned a four-part study on: Non-military challenges to security; Challenges to national integration; India's security problematique; and Governance and security. The study is in its advanced stages.

Indo-US Relations The IPCS undertook a study of the issues pertinent to Indo-US relations with the intention of drawing up a report on the lines of the Council for Foreign Relations and several other such reports published in the United States, however, with an Indo-centric orientation. The report, based on the inputs from eminent experts in the area, is online. The project was completed in 2002.

Verification of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention On behalf of the Ministry of External Affairs, the Institute organized a one-day conference in 2002 on the problems and promises of verification of biological and toxin weapons. This conference was of added significance as it came just prior to the reopening of the BTWC Convention for ratification at Geneva. The outcome of the seminar has been published in the form of a book. (Email to obtain a hardcopy) The project was completed in 2002.

Human Security in South Asia The IPCS, in collaboration with the Japan Foundation Asia Centre, New Delhi, and the Bangladesh Institute for International and Strategic Studies (BIISS), Dhaka, organized a South Asian conference in 2001 titled "Regional Conference on Human Security in South Asia: Evolving a Theoretical Perspective on Human Security," the end product of which has been published. (Book Review) The project was completed in 2002.

Comprehensive and Co-operative Security in South Asia Along with the Institute for Cooperation and Research in International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, the IPCS undertook a project to identify the possibilities for building cooperative security in South Asia. The Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA) funded this project, which culminated in a book titled Security in South Asia. The project was completed in 1999.

A New Paradigm of National Security for South Asia In collaboration with the Ford Foundation, the Institute undertook a two-year project to explore alternative paradigms of national security in South Asia, which culminated in a book titled Perspectives on National Security in South Asia: In Search of a New Paradigm. The project was completed in 1999.