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South Asia by Shreyas Deshmukh The Taliban is gradually consolidating power in Afghanistan. The Interior Ministry of the Taliban is planning to implement new security strategy in the next four year. On September 25, the Taliban Interior …

India Strategic Review

Global Horizons

The spectacular and perfect landing of India’s Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar south pole on August 23, viewed live across the world, was without question the high point of the month not only for India, but also for many countries, both developed …

Comprehensive Conventional Deterrence: Development of India’s Missile Strike Force (MSF)

Economic Security and Resilience Review

Introduction This issue of ESRR highlights the introduction of import licensing by India for the import of laptops, personal computers and related items effective from November 1, 2023. Their imports into India in recent years have been principally …

East Asia Explorer

Australia’s New Foreign Aid Policy Promises “Respect” to Counter Chinese Influence by Pradeep Taneja   In early August, the Australian government released its new International Development Policy for a Peaceful, …

China Monitor

Indo Pacific Monitor

Integrated Theatre Commands: Stage Set for Political Stewardship

Exercise Malabar Goes Down Under

East Asia Explorer

India’s Act East Policy: the Power of Progress by Prabir De The ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is anchored at a new level of trust and friendship. Three recently held events in July 2023 have strengthened India’s …

India Strategic Review

Global Horizons

Uncertainty and lack of clear direction continued to haunt the outcome of the war in Ukraine. There was no clear, objective, view of the military situation on the ground. The prevailing consensus appears to be that both sides are in for the long …

Indo Pacific Monitor

China Monitor

Economic Security and Resilience Review

Introduction China’s adoption of its new Foreign Relations Law that has come into force on July 1, 2023 could henceforth sharpen its actions on economic security matters. The law gives China wide latitude with what are regarded as acts …

India and Japan: Time to Refocus on Indo-Pacific Stability

DPG-MFA Indonesia Virtual Discussion on “Building an Equitable and Inclusive Global Order: A Perspective from the South”

Letter from America Part II: Political and Strategic Perspectives

Letter from America: a US-India Awakening

DPG Senior Faculty Holds Meetings in Washington D.C.

Tensions at the Shangri-La Dialogue

Whither the Quad?

India, the US and Progress of the Quad

Ambassador H.K. Singh’s virtual address on the Quad at the Advisory Board Meeting of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy

From Mountains to Microchips: Technology and India-China Deterrence Stability

DPG Senior Faculty Visits Indonesia

Secretary-General of ASEAN receives Delhi Policy Group delegation

Assessing Australia’s Defence Strategic Review

Navigating a Derisking World

DPG Webinar Series: The Ukraine Conflict and Its Strategic Implications

The Ukraine War: Impact on Indo-Pacific Regional Dynamics

DPG Senior Faculty’s Interactive Discussion with the Faculty and Student Officers of the US National War College

Global Order and India-Japan Relations

Deciphering AUKUS

JIIA’s 4th Tokyo Global Dialogue

Ambassador’s H.K. Singh’s Address at Session on “Impact of the War in Ukraine- Politics and Security”

Implementing Artificial Intelligence in the Indian Military

China’s Balloon over America and Implications for India

Managing The Cost of India’s National Security

ASEAN and Oceania in 2022

DPG Webinar Series: China’s Tawang Intrusion

Outlook and Imperatives for External Trade

Managing China Going Forward

Military Matters 2022: Looking Back to March Ahead

The Indo-Pacific Maritime in 2022

2022 In Perspective: India’s Regional Challenges

Balance of Power in the Indo-Pacific

The World After 2022

Japan’s Security Paradigm: A Transformational Shift?

Preparing for a Review of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA)

ASEAN and the Great Power Contestation in the Indo-Pacific

DPG holds informal interaction on Defence Technology Cooperation with US DOD delegation

The 2022 ASEAN and East Asia Summits

DPG hosts 5th DPG-JIIA Indo-Pacific Forum

Ambassador Hemant Krishan Singh conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, November 9, 2022

Discussion on the 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China

Government of Japan honours Ambassador Hemant Krishan Singh, Director General, with “Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun”

The 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), 16-22 October 2022 - an Appraisal

India- Australia-US Track 1.5 Dialogue in Canberra

DPG Senior Faculty attends India-Australia Track 1.5 Dialogues in Canberra

China-Russia Relations in the Changing Global Order

Promoting Jointness in the Indian Military

Introduction General Anil Chauhan has been appointed India's second Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and has assumed the responsibility on September 30, 2022. The delay of ten months in his appointment after the unfortunate demise of General Bipin …

The Evolution of Australian Foreign Policy and India-Australia Relations

IPEF Moves from Launch to an Agenda

India’s Approach towards Inclusion of New Areas in Future FTAs

3rd Delhi Policy Group-Defence Intelligence Agency Training Workshop for Indian Defence Attachés (Designate)

“The Changing Strategic Environment in the Indo-Pacific: A Japanese Perspective” Address by Professor Tomohiko Taniguchi, former Special Advisor to late PM Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet

The Yuan Wang–5 Affair

The Return of INS Vikrant

Act East Diplomacy: The ASEAN-India, EAS and ARF Ministerial Meetings

Emerging Strategic Equations in Southern Asia and India’s Response Options

The Fraying of the China Narrative

DPG Participates in the India Think Tank Forum

Lessons from Ukraine: The Drivers and Determinants of Conflict

Emerging Alignments in the Middle East and India

Reviving India-France-Australia Trilateral Cooperation in the Indian Ocean

Global Realignments, the Tokyo Quad Summit and India

I. The Evolving Global Order With the Russia-Ukraine conflict at the centre of global attention, the reality that the Indo-Pacific has become the mainstay of global geopolitical competition and geo-economic power has receded from the limelight. It …

DPG interaction with German General Staff College

Shinzo Abe: Architect of Japan’s Renewal, Anchor of Japan-India Relations

Track 1.5 trilateral India-US-Australia dialogue

Brig. Arun Sahgal's lecture on Net Assessment and Strategic Gaming Exercise at the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service, New Delhi.

Amb. V.S. Sheshadri's address on "National Security" at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad

The Agnipath Scheme: Analysis and A Way Forward

Assessing the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness

DPG Senior Faculty holds meetings with US government officials and structured dialogues with US Think Tanks in Washington D.C.

The DPG Senior Faculty visited Washington D.C. from June 13-17, 2022 for a series of meetings with US government officials (State Department, White House/NSC, USTR) and structured dialogues with US Think Tanks

DPG Senior Faculty holds meetings with US government officials and structured dialogues with US Think Tanks in Washington D.C.

The DPG Senior Faculty visited Washington D.C. from June 13-17, 2022 for a series of meetings with US government officials (State Department, White House/NSC, USTR) and structured dialogues with US Think Tanks

Ambassador H. K. Singh’s address on “India’s Priorities & Challenges in the Free, Open and Inclusive Indo-Pacific" at the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS), New Delhi

Ambassador H. K. Singh’s address on “India-Japan Relations: 70 Years of Multi-faceted Cooperation" at the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS), New Delhi

DPG co-hosts India-Japan Friendship Golf 2022 to mark 70 years of Diplomatic Relations

Remarks by Ambassador H.K. Singh at Pathfinder Indian Ocean Security Conference - Phase II

DPG – Singapore MFA Diplomatic Academy Virtual Seminar on “Perspectives on India’s Foreign Policy”

DPG – RSIS Workshop on “India, Singapore and the Evolving Geopolitics of Southeast Asia”

Talk on India’s Capability in Advanced Defence Technology By Dr. Satheesh Reddy, Chairman, DRDO

India-Japan Young Scholars Forum (YSF) Conference 2022

DPG-US National War College India Seminar

Remarks by Ambassador H.K.Singh at the 3rd Tokyo Global Dialogue

JIIA-DPG 4th India-Japan Indo-Pacific Forum : 7th India-Japan Track 1.5 Dialogue

Taking forward General Rawat’s legacy

The horrific helicopter crash that cut short General Bipin Rawat’s life has left the country shocked. It is also a profound personal loss for some of us who had known General Rawat and his wife, Madhulika. When someone holding a key position …

4th DPG - AUSCSCAP/Asialink Workshop

Delhi Policy Group–Defence Intelligence Agency Workshop for Defence Attachés (Designate)

DPG Webinar on “Realising the QUAD's Maritime Potential”

DPG Webinar on “The Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan: Regional Dynamics and Implications for India”

The Quad’s Present and Future: A Geostrategic Perspective from Delhi

I. Introduction Since the end of World War II, the Euro-Atlantic has been at the core of the world economy and geopolitics. The 21st century is witnessing a rebalancing of global power. With post-1991 globalisation, the economic pivot has been …

DPG Panel Discussion on US withdrawal from Afghanistan and its regional impact: a reprise of the “Great Game”?

DPG-Asian Confluence Panel Discussion: Impact of the Myanmar crisis on North-East India

The International 'Politics' of COVID-19 Vaccines: How Did We Reach Here?

Whither India's Submarines

DPG mourns loss of Mr.Siddharth Shriram, Chairman and Managing Trustee

In Memory of Ms. Uma Malhotra

DPG WEBINAR “ONE YEAR ON: THE LAC STANDOFF AND INDIA’S POLICY OPTIONS”

India needs to strengthen its comprehensive national power

2021 is turning out to be a difficult year for India. A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging the country and denting its international image, even as it obliges India to seek global support to fight an unprecedented crisis. …

India's Aluminium Industry: Pathways for Aatmanirbharta

Dear Reader, I have great pleasure in presenting a working report of the Delhi Policy Group titled “India’s Aluminium Industry: Pathways to Aatmanirbharta”, authored by Dr. V.S. Seshadri, Senior Fellow for International Trade, and …

Coup in Myanmar: Principal Actors and Possible Scenarios

US withdrawal from Afghanistan: Compromising the Peace?

DPG Interactive Discussion with Student Officers of US National War College

Reading the USS John Paul Jones FONOP Right

Déjà vu in Myanmar

Over the past two months, Myanmar has plunged into a political crisis. Myanmar’s tentative political transition towards democracy, which started in 2010 and gained momentum after the 2015 elections, has been reversed. The military (Tatmadaw) …

Ambassadorial Roundtable with H.E. Dr. Saud Mohammed Al-Sati, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to India

US Defense Secretary Austin’s visit to India: Converging Visions, Diverging Expectations?

Charting the Future of India-US Defence and Security Cooperation

Crafting India's Response to State-sponsored Cyberattacks

FDI Flows to India: Recent Trends, Challenges and Way Forward

Remarks by Ambassador H.K. Singh at the 2nd Tokyo Global Dialogue

Initial Steps towards Disengagement in Ladakh

India, China and the Indian Ocean: Reading the Tea Leaves and Preventing Coercion

India’s Defence Budget: Beyond the Numbers

Is there a case for India joining RCEP now?

Foreign, Security and Trade Policy Challenges of 2021

Institution of the Chief of Defence Staff: Evaluating the First Year

India and Australia: Partners for Indo-Pacific Security and Stability

Boosting Australia-India Economic Relations

Myanmar Elections 2020: An Analysis

Political transitions often tend to be prolonged and dotted with many uncertainties. In the recent past, India’s eastern neighbour Myanmar, with whom it shares a 1,468-km long border, has been undergoing such a transition. The country’s …

3rd DPG-AusCSCAP Annual Workshop

DPG-JIIA 3rd INDIA-JAPAN INDO-PACIFIC FORUM

The US Presidential Election 2020: Decline of Deliberative Democracy

Lessons from Ladakh and the Way Forward

Japan’s Security, Export Control and Arms Export Policy: Prospects for India-Japan Defence Cooperation

On April 1, 2014, the Government of Japan issued “The Three Principles of Transfer of Defence Equipment and Technology”. These principles lifted the ban on arms exports that Japan had imposed on itself in 1967 and 1976. The ban …

Moving Trade and Development Relations Forward with Myanmar

Remembering K. Shankar Bajpai

3rd DPG-RSIS Annual Workshop

Germany Expands its Horizons

Taming the Revanchist Dragon

DPG Web Roundtable on ‘Moving Trade Agreements Forward with Select Partners’

View: As Shinzo Abe prepares to leave, his legacy will continue to reshape Asia

With the announcement by Japanese PM Shinzo Abe on August 28 that he is stepping down from office for health reasons, India will be losing a trusted friend, Asia a charismatic statesman and Japan an inspired leader who has forged political …

In Memory of Chairman Emeritus Ambassador K.Shankar Bajpai

Informationised Warfare with Boots on Ground: A Concept for the Defence of India in the Continental Domain

DPG Webinar on Ladakh Standoff and India’s Policy Options

Moving Trade Agreements Forward with Select Partners

China’s Post-Galwan Posture

More than six weeks after the brutal, unprovoked, illegal and fatal attack by Chinese troops on Indian soldiers in East Ladakh, the situation there remains tense and fragile. Chinese obduracy has ensured that the rebuilding of confidence, let alone …

EU-China and EU-India Virtual Summits: An Appraisal

US Raises Stakes in the South China Sea

Operationalising SAGAR: Bridging the Gap between Policy and Execution

China-India border standoff and China’s ‘India’ dilemma

DPG Webinar on Securing India’s Maritime Interests

Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and the Trade Factor

DPG-Hudson Institutional Dialogue on Himalayan Standoff and India-US Partnership in the Indo-Pacific

A Moment of Reckoning

DPG-JIIA Institutional Dialogue

Covid-19 Spurs Quest for Indian Video Conferencing Platforms

India- China Border Standoff

DPG Webinar: Assessing China’s Post COVID-19 Activism and Outcomes of the National People’s Congress

DPG Virtual Conference with CSIS Wadhwani India Chair

COVID-19 and Continental Southeast Asia

Introduction The COVID-19 virus has demonstrated that it does not recognise the boundaries of nation-states or the ethnic identities of its victims. On the other hand, the experience of the past few weeks has indicated that the infection rate is …

US trade deals under President Trump: What they mean for India and world trade

SECTION 1: Introduction Pursuit of an aggressive trade policy has been among the major highlights of the Trump Presidency in the United States. The world was alerted to this early in his term. One of the first acts of President Trump after the …

India-China Border Standoff: Holding Firm Only Option

DPG Papers on COVID-19 Global Impact

Geopolitical Lessons of COVID-19 for India May 04, 2020, By Lalit Kapur This paper seeks to understand how the pandemic will impact on India’s aspirations to become a pole in a multi-polar world and identify the dogmas it must shed to …

Geopolitical Lessons of COVID-19 for India

Virtual Diplomacy in Pandemic Times

Continuing Geopolitical Games in the South China Sea

The Indo-Pacific Scene: An Update

COVID-19 and the mirage of a China-led international order

The study of international relations (IR), as Hans Morgenthau noted, follows a rational and an unemotional course. As people across the world are concerned about the health of family and friends, IR theorists tend to focus on changing global power …

DPG Roundtable on developments in Afghanistan

India and the US: A Growing Engagement

DPG-Hudson Institute Video Conference, February 28, 2020

Strategic Gaming Exercise at the Foreign Service Institute

When the World Reached Out to China

Shaping a Security Architecture for the Indian Ocean

DPG Policy Paper, Vol. V, Issue 6: Shaping a Security Architecture for the Indian Ocean by Lalit Kapur and Hemant Krishan Singh

Coronavirus Nightmare for West Asia

Joint Workshop on Maritime Security in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean Region: Exploring Convergent Views

Failing COVID-19 Response in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Re-imagining Globalisation

COVID-19 Response: Beijing Consensus versus New Delhi Model

Japan’s COVID-19 Stimulus

DPG Faculty engages French Diplomacy

Multilateralism in Disarray: A Reality Check for India

DPG-RSIS Conference on “India, ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific: Evolving Regional Architecture”

Public lecture on India-Japan Relations by Amb. H. K. Singh and Discussion with Prof. Tomohiko Taniguchi, Special Adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo

DPG Conference on Defence Technology in India, New Delhi

5th DPG-CSIS India-US Security Working Group Video Conference

DPG Ambassadorial Roundtable with H.E. Mr. Pham Sanh Chau, Ambassador of Vietnam

DPG-DIA Workshop for Indian Defence Attache (Designate)

DPG-CSIS US-India Maritime Security Working Group Meeting, CSIS, Washington D.C.

DPG Roundtable with NIDS Japan Delegation

Tokyo Global Dialogue: Rebuilding a Free, Fair and Transparent Rule Based International Order

DPG-KAS CONFERENCE ON REGIONAL FRAMEWORKS TO ADDRESS SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND SOUTH EAST ASIA

Australia-India Roundtable, Melbourne

DPG Roundtable with US Defence Delegation

Public Forum: US-China Rivalry and Japan's Future: Emerging Role of Japan-India Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, Tokai University Club, Tokyo

2nd Japan-India Indo-Pacific Forum, Tokyo

RSIS-GRIPS-CSIS Workshop, Singapore

Roundtable on India-Indonesia Relations

DPG-CSIS Dialogue and Report Launch