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India and Non-Proliferation: A Debate
David Albright's Reply and Swapna Kona's Response to it. IPCS invites you to the debate

Pact With Hope: A New Era in US-India Relations
Niharika Chibber Joe opines that fears about the U.S.-India nuclear pact spelling doom for the non-proliferation regime is unwarranted.

India-US Civilian Nuclear Deal: Impact on Asian Balance of Power
Sameer Suryakant Patil assess the impact of the Indo-US nuclear deal on South Asian power politics

India and Nuclear Proliferation: A Reply to David Albright
Swapna Kona comments on David Albright's diagnosis of the Indo-US nuclear deal.

Indo-US Nuclear Deal: American Strategic Interests
Swapna Kona attempts to unravel American rationale behind the nuclear deal

Indo-US Nuclear Deal: New Realism
Manish Dabhade analyses the Indo-US nuclear deal using realism as the investigative paradigm.

Nuclear Deal: Part of the US Grand Strategy
Garima Singh analyses how the Indo-US nuclear deal fits into larger American policy in the region

How many Nuclear Warheads does India Need?
Gurmeet Kanwal elucidates his views on the number of nuclear warheads that India needs for credible minimum deterrence

US Strategy towards Iranian Nuclear Program
Beryl Anand details the diplomatic, political and military strategies adopted by Washington to deal with Iran's nuclear program

Missile Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities: An International Law Perspective from 'Osirak'
Adil Hasan Khan analyses why any strike carried out by the US on Iran would come in for criticism by international law experts.

The Indo-US Nuclear Agreement: Advantage US
Garima Singh opines that the Indo-US N-deal will accrue greater long-term benefits to the US in a wide array of decisive areas

Recent Developments in Bangladesh: Implications for Security
Report of IPCS Panel Discussion held at the IPCS Conference Room on 6 January 2006 (Panelists: Matt Rosenstein, Bibhu Prasad Routray & Supriya Singh)

Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Shyam Saran's Visit and After
Garima Singh draws a report card of the Indo-US nuclear deal in the wake of Shyam Saran's visit to Washington

America and India: An Emerging Strategic Partnership
Report of IPCS Seminar held on 14 December 2005 (Speaker: Ram Narayanan, host-coordinator, US-India Friendship.net)

Bush Visits Asia and Challenges China's Growing Profile
Harsh V Pant chronicles the evolving US policy towards China as the East Asian titan increasingly makes its presence felt in world affairs

Indo-US Nuclear Deal: A New Strategic Partnership
Reshmi Kazi opines that the nuclear deal can be exacted only on terms that are acceptable to India

India's Foreign Policy: Post Manmohan Singh's New York Visit
Report of IPCS seminar held on 28 October 2005 (Speaker: C Raja Mohan, Security Analyst & Columnist)

National Safeguards Against Biological Weapons: Are They Effective?
K S Manjunath poses questions about national safeguards against biological weapons and its ramifications to the BWC

Casting the die in favour of US: Iran out of India's Strategic Matrix
Beryl Anand elucidates India's Realist rationale while dealing with Iran and the linkages of this issue to India's strategic cooperation with the US

Will the US Adopt a Pre-emptive Nuclear Policy?
Ajey Lele deliberates upon the Pentagon's 'draft' document that details the likelihood of a pre-emptive nuclear strike by the US against WMD targets across the globe

Russia and China Joint War Games: What Lies Beneath?
Priyanka Singh elaborates on the objectives of the Sino-Russian joint military exercises and its implications for Central Asia, US, Taiwan & India

Indo-US Nuclear Agreement: A Grand Deal or a Faustian Bargain?
Report of IPCS panel discussion held on 5 August, 2005. Panelsits: PR Chari, Arundhati Ghose and G Balachandran

China and the Indo-US Entente
Jabin T Jacob draws upon reactions in the Chinese media and government circles and elaborates on China's perspective about the recent developments in Indo-US ties

PM's US Visit: Embarking On A New Relationship
Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 30 July 2005. Speaker: Dr C Raja Mohan.

Pipeline, Peace And Pressure
Laxman Kumar Behara examines the ramifications of the Indo-US nuclear arrangement on the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline and its wider strategic implications for Asia in the days to come

India-US Defence Agreement: Impact on Indo-Pak Peace Process
Seema Sridhar analyses the Pakistani perspective on the US-India Nuclear Accord and its impact on the peace process

Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Cooperation: Myth or Reality
Arvind Kumar critiques the Indo-US statement on civilian nuclear cooperation and contends that India may have to wait a while before reaping the 'benefits' of this arrangement

Mortgaging Military Manpower For Economic Benefits
Atul Bharadwaj sounds a cautionary note about the prospect of India 'outsourcing' its military manpower to the Americans and being shortchanged in the process

PM's visit to the US: A New Beginning?
Report of the panel discussion, "PM's Visit to the US: A New Beginning?," held on 13 July 2005 at the IPCS conference room

Indo-US Relationship: A US Perspective
Uday Ram offers an American perspective on the opportunities and flaws of the evolving Indo-US relationship

China has America over a Barrel
Jabin T Jacob gives insights on China's plan to extend the 'Great Game' into America's backyard

Indo-US Strategic Cooperation: Constraints, Limitations
P R Chari elucidates the nuances of the Indo-US defence agreement and the constraints it would place on India's strategic interests

Defining India-US Defence Relations
Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee elaborates upon the recently inked Indo-US defence cooperation agreement and its place in the widening web of relations between the two countries

NPT Review Conference
Report of the IPCS Panel Discussion (PR Chari, Munish Puri, Rajesh Rajagopalan and Arundhati Ghose) held on 17 June 2005

United States-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership: Challenges Galore
Shanthie Mariet D'Souza reports on the Afghan President's US visit and delineates his balancing act between domestic compulsions and foreign policy imperatives

Container Security Initiative: Is India Serious About Its Maritime Trade?
Vijay Sakhuja on the urgent need for Indian ports to be CSI compliant for benefits to trade and for security considerations

Iraq in Turmoil: Rising Insurgency, Lowering of Expectations
Harsh V Pant on the factors that encouraged the recent upsurge in the insurgency in Iraq and the dampening of US expectations of a return to normalcy

Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty: Challenges and Dilemmas
Manish discusses the merits of the contradictory approaches to tackle nuclear non-proliferation that evolved during the NPT Review conference

Bolton and the United Nations
Ajey Lele says that the decision to nominate Bolton as the US ambassador to the UN reflects Bush's pursuit of Republican realism

Will ULFA Wilt Under US Heat?
Wasbir Hussain analyses the significance of and possible reasons for the US action of declaring the ULFA a terrorist organization

Issue Briefs, Special Reports, Research Papers
Afghanistan & the International Community: Limitations of Engagement
Aryaman Bhatnagar
Issue Brief 194

Alternative Strategies towards China: Charting India’s Course for the Next Decade
Jabin T Jacob
Issue Brief 162

Pakistan’s Stability: The Global Stakes
PR Chari
Issue Brief 159

The 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit: A Critique
Tanvi Kulkarni
Special Reports 115

Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan: India as Catalyst
Ali Ahmed
Special Reports 111

Shia and Iranian Ascendance: Sunni and American Perceptions
Srinjoy Bose
Research Paper 10

The Long View from Delhi: Defining India's Grand Strategy
Siddharth Ramana , Yogesh Joshi , Pia Malhotra , Bhavna Singh
Conference Reports 28
 
 
 

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