Southeast Asia Research Programme (SEARP)

Southeast Asia Research Programme (SEARP)

Building bridges and reviving linkages…

The Southeast Asia Research Programme (SEARP) at the Institute of Peace and Conflict studies (IPCS) 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 discussions, dialogues and research work, the Programme seeks to achieve its goal of creating avenues for collaboration and fostering understanding between India and ASEAN. More importantly, the Programme emphasises on training the next generation of scholars; besides building capacity within India to focus on Southeast Asia as an academic field of study.
	Research and Publications The Programme aims to promote research on political, social, economic, and security issues related to Southeast Asia. As a part of its activities, the Programme publishes Commentaries, Interviews, Issue Briefs, Special Reports and Research Papers. Click here for recent publications.
	Discussions / Conferences / Workshops The Programme organises discussions, conferences and workshops; the proceedings of these discussions are published as conference/seminar reports and are widely disseminated.
	Capacity Building on Southeast Asia As a part of capacity building on issues relating to Southeast Asia, the Programme provides Internships, holds Colloquies (exclusive discussion series for young and emerging scholars) and encourages them to publish their findings.
	Task Forces In 2013, the Programme is likely to form an Exclusive Task Force on “Moving East: An Agenda for the Third Decade” comprising of intellectuals, scholars and former bureaucrats (from New Delhi and the sub-regions of India), to provide alternative inputs.
	Inside Southeast Asia: Annual Review The Programme organizes an annual dialogue at the national level to discuss current issues, dynamics and challenges in countries of Southeast Asia. Findings of these dialogues are then published as IPCS Special Reports. This programme has been supported by the SAEA Group, Singapore.
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