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 …
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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 …
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Moving Trade and Development Relations Forward with Myanmar



Germany Expands its Horizons


DPG Web Roundtable on ‘Moving Trade Agreements Forward with Select Partners’
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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 …
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Informationised Warfare with Boots on Ground: A Concept for the Defence of India in the Continental Domain


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 …
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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



Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and the Trade Factor

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


Covid-19 Spurs Quest for Indian Video Conferencing Platforms


DPG Webinar: Assessing China’s Post COVID-19 Activism and Outcomes of the National People’s Congress
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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India and the US: A Growing Engagement




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
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Joint Workshop on Maritime Security in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean Region: Exploring Convergent Views
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Failing COVID-19 Response in Pakistan and Afghanistan


COVID-19 Response: Beijing Consensus versus New Delhi Model



Multilateralism in Disarray: A Reality Check for India

DPG-RSIS Conference on “India, ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific: Evolving Regional Architectureâ€
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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
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DPG Ambassadorial Roundtable with H.E. Mr. Pham Sanh Chau, Ambassador of Vietnam
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DPG-CSIS US-India Maritime Security Working Group Meeting, CSIS, Washington D.C.
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Tokyo Global Dialogue: Rebuilding a Free, Fair and Transparent Rule Based International Order
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DPG-KAS CONFERENCE ON REGIONAL FRAMEWORKS TO ADDRESS SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND SOUTH EAST ASIA
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Public Forum: US-China Rivalry and Japan's Future: Emerging Role of Japan-India Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, Tokai University Club, Tokyo
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