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IPCS Discussion
A Mid-Term Assessment of Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy
Discussion Report. · 15 Nov, 2019 · #5630 · Commentary
On 11 September
2019, IPCS hosted Dr Amit Gupta, Associate Professor, Department of Strategy
and International Security Studies, USAF Air War College, for a talk on US
foreign policy under President Donald Trump. This is a summary report of the
p ...
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The Strategist
India-China and the Sometime Pickle of Civilisational Connects
Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar. · 14 Nov, 2019 · #5629 · Commentary
The
Peloponnesian War (431- 404 BCE), was a significant event of the ancients as it
reshaped the Hellenic world. A hegemonistic Athens and its trading vassals was
challenged by Sparta backed by the xenophobic Peloponnesian League. In the end,
the ...
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Red Affairs
Debates within the Counter-LWE Policy
Bibhu Prasad Routray. · 28 Oct, 2019 · #5627 · Commentary
On 14 October,
India’s National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, speaking at the inaugural
session of the National Conference of Chiefs of Anti-Terror Squads/Special Task
Force organised by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), seemed to suggest ...
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Left Wing Extremism
Urban Maoism: Concerns and Cautions
Rajat Kumar Kujur. · 15 Oct, 2019 · #5624 · Commentary
On 10 September
2019, the residence of an Associate Professor at Delhi University, Dr Hany
Babu MT, was raided by the Pune police for over six hours in connection with
the Bhima Koregaon violence case. His laptop, cell phones, two booklets pri ...
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Red Affairs
It’s Still a Stalemate in the LWE Hotbed
Bibhu Prasad Routray. · 18 Sep, 2019 · #5622 · Commentary
Weakened
insurgencies tend to negotiate. Such decision may be a tactic to buy time,
defer defeat, protect their leaders and cadres, or simply to salvage whatever
little is possible in a war that these armed movements have no hope of winning.
Bein ...
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IPCS Discussion
Jammu and Kashmir Today
Discussion Report. · 17 Sep, 2019 · #5621 · Commentary
On 21 August 2019, IPCS
hosted Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain, Member, IPCS Governing Council, and
former GOC, 15 Corps, Srinagar, for a talk entitled Jammu and Kashmir Today.
This is a summary of the proceedings.
In light of BJP’s recent
de ...
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IPCS Discussion
India-China Rapprochement After Doklam
Discussion Report. · 16 Sep, 2019 · #5620 · Commentary
On 26 August 2019, IPCS hosted Dr Xie Chao,
Assistant Professor
at the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS), Tsinghua
University, Beijing, and
Visiting Scholar (2018-2020),
Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global ...
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Non-traditional Security
Food Security in South Asia and the Need for Regional Consensus-Building
Shatakshi Singh. · 12 Sep, 2019 · #5618 · Commentary
While food security has been a matter
of national policy focus in South Asian countries for some time, factors such
as climate change merit an urgency to understand the issue as a regional-level
concern. Within this context, three topics are germa ...
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Maritime Matters
Maritime Connectivity to the Russian Far East Necessitates Naval and Arctic Planning
Vijay Sakhuja. · 12 Sep, 2019 · #5617 · Commentary
In September 2019, India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, traveled to Russia where he was the chief guest at the 5th Eastern Economic Forum. During this visit, India and Russia signed multiple agreements on a range of topics. Specifically, New Delh ...
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Modi's Outreach to Bhutan: Perception Management and the Neighbourhood First Policy
Ashutosh Nagda and Angshuman Choudhury. · 11 Sep, 2019 · #5616 · Commentary
Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bhutan in August 2019 as part of the first
phase of foreign state visits after assuming office for a second term. The
visit came less than three months after Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay
Tshering†...
