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The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) was established in August 1996 as an independent think tank devoted to studying security issues related to South Asia. Over the years leading strategic thinkers, academics, former members of the civil services, foreign services, armed forces, police forces, paramilitary forces and members of the media have been associated with the institute in its endeavor to chalk out a comprehensive framework for security studies - one which can cater to the changing demands of national, regional and global security. The IPCS Issue Briefs provide concise and condensed information on important security and policy issues relevant to the South Asia region.

Publishers:	Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)
Publications:	Contemporary Taiwan: Domestic Politics, External Relations and India’s Interests China’s Dams & Regional Security Implications: An Indian Perspective Reviving the Dialogue with Pakistan: A New Agenda for India Indo-US Relations: After Narendra Modi’s Visit The Indo-Pacific & the Indo-US Relations Deterrence, Second Strike and Credibility Developments in Syria and Iraq Patterns of Naxal Recruitment Policy Options for India in Afghanistan Caught in the India-China Rivalry: Policy Options for Nepal An Agenda for the New Government: Policy Options for India in Bhutan An Agenda for the New Government: Policy Options for India in Maldives Post Afghanistan 2014: Options for India and Iran India's Strategy Towards the Koreas and Japan China, Indian Ocean & The Nuclear Deterrence The NTI Index 2014: An Assessment Inside China: Third Party Plenum, November 2013 Moscow-Beijing Strategic Partnership & Beyond India & China: Looking Beyond Border Incursions & Li Keqiang’s Visit Contemporary Ladakh: Culture, Commodification and Tourism Contemporary Ladakh: A Subtle Yet Strong Patriarchy Contemporary Ladakh: Evolving Indigenous and Quality Education Contemporary Ladakh: Communal Divide in Kargil & Leh Contemporary Ladakh: Identifying the “Other” in Buddhist-Muslim Transformative Relations China and its Peripheries: Limited Objectives in Bhutan China and Its Peripheries: Securing Nepal in South Asia China and Its Peripheries: Contentious Relations with North Korea Pakistan’s Internal Security Challenges: Will the Military Cope? Destruction of the First Temple Upper House Elections & Political Stability in Japan Zero Option & Afghan Stability Social Media: Sri Lanka's New War Zone Governance and Domestic Politics in Indonesia Cracks in Muslim Democracy Model: Radicalization in Contemporary Indonesia Towards a New Asian Security Architecture? India and Japan Myanmar's Ethnic Divide and Conflicts Strategic Significance of Tibet: China and its Peripheries Beijing, Xinjiang & Han-Uyghur Schism A New Security Architecture for the Gulf Beijing and India-Sri Lanka Relations Beijing and the BCIM Beijing's Myanmar Strategy Growing Tensions in South China Sea Japan and ASEAN Beijing's Strategies Towards South China Sea The American Pivot and Rebalancing The North Korean Threat: More Bark than Bite China’s New Leadership India, China and the Nathu La: Securing Trade and Safeguarding the Eco System India, China and the Nathu La: Realizing the Potential of a Border Trade India, China and the Nathu La: Understanding Beijing’s Larger Strategy towards the Region India, China and the Nathu La: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow India, China and the Nathu La: Converting Symbolism into Reality Elections in South Korea China's 18th Party Congress: Trends and Analysis Rudderless & Drowning in Tears Contemporary China China and Japan: Tensions in East China Sea Dual Use or Proliferation? China’s Janus Face Undermining Deterrence? The Non State Actors and India’s Nuclear Doctrine Iran and the Nuclear Conundrum Iran, International Community & Nuclear Weapons The Crisis State: Pakistan’s Security Dilemma Afghanistan-Pakistan-Iran: Radical Islam, Nuclear Weapons and Regional Security North Korea’s Rocket Launch Afghanistan & the International Community Connecting South Asia: Experimenting with the Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Model Connecting South Asia: The Stilwell Road & Sub-Regional Networks Nathu La & the Sino-Indian Trade: Why the Lull? Sino-Indian Strategic Economic Dialogue Sino-Indian Strategic Dialogue: An Assessment Sino-Indian Economic Dialogue: Global Business Plan for an Asian Century Sino-Indian Strategic Economic Dialogue Nathu La & the Sino-Indian Trade: Understanding the Sensitivities in Sikkim National Counter Terrorism Centre for India Alternative Regional Strategy for India Sri Lanka and the Peace Makers India’s Credible Minimum Deterrence Sino-Indian Economic Strategic Dialogue: Beyond the Beijing Round Linking with Southeast Asia Linking India’s Northeast with Southeast Asia China’s New Development Strategy Technology and Nuclear Proliferation Defence Reforms and National Security Election in Thailand The Nuclear Debate in Japan Defining India’s Security Preventing Terror Attacks The African Safari: Understanding the Sino-Indian Competition in Africa The Discontent in West Asia Alternative Strategies for India Towards Tibet From CTBT to FMCT Alternative Strategies Towards Myanmar Alternative Strategies Towards China Alternative Regional Strategy for India India-China Relations: Negotiating a Balance Pakistan's Stability: The Global Stakes Fighting Corruption Countering Terrorism: Role of Intelligence and Investigative Agencies Is Pakistan Re-Positioning Itself in Kashmir? Between China, India and the Refugees What Next After the All Party Delegation Visit? India and China American Military Operations Inside Pakistan Understanding the Transformation in Ladakh The Fragile Regions of South Asia Understanding Religious Radicalization Rajouri and Poonch: Identifying Early Warning Signals and Addressing New Challenges Tourism as a CBM in J&K India-China Relations: Impressions from a Dialogue with Beijing Pir Panjal Regional Festival India and Maldives: Towards Consolidation India and Myanmar: Looking East Through a Strategic Bridge Reviving the Stilwell Road: Challenges and Opportunities for India Meeting Maritime Challenges India and Sri Lanka Indian Diplomacy in 2009 Naxalites' Urban Push India and Bangladesh: Internal Challenges and External Relations Indo-Nepal Relations Gulf of Aden vs Malacca Strait China-Myanmar Energy Engagements Resolving Southeast Asian Territorial Disputes India-Pakistan Joint Investigation Two Decades of Indo-Pak CBMs Expanding Cross-LoC Interactions:Perspectives from India Expanding Cross-LoC Interactions: Perspectives from Pakistan Harnessing the Indus Waters Indo-Pak Joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism Resolving Siachen: Perspectives from India Resolving Siachen: Perspectives from Pakistan Afghanistan: Evolving an Indo-Pak Strategy: Perspectives from Pakistan Enhancing Indo-Pak Trade: Perspectives from Pakistan Harnessing the Indus Waters Terrorism, Religious Radicalism and Violence: Perspectives from Pakistan Terrorism, Religious Radicalism and Violence: Perspectives from India Enhancing Indo-Pak Trade: Perspectives from India Afghanistan: Evolving an Indo-Pak Strategy: Perspectives from India Sino-Indian Border Skirmishes India-ASEAN FTA Arihant India, Southeast Asia and the FTA India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia Resuming the Dialogue Drones of War Afghanistan: Understanding German Objectives and Strategies Banning the Naxalites War on Terrorism in South Asia India's Northeast and Southeast Asia: Strengthening an Integrated Economic Space India’s Northeast and Southeast Asia: Chinese Interests and Strategies India's Northeast: The Super-highway to Southeast Asia? Linking India's Northeast and Southeast Asia India in 2009: The First Quarter Afghanistan in 2009: The First Quarter Chinese Aircraft Carrier Program Failure or Functional Anarchy? Sino-Indian Trade US and the Af-Pak Strategy Violence Against Women in Swat 7th India-ASEAN Summit Maritime Security Afghanistan: Talking to Taliban Naxal Conflict in 2008 Sri Lanka: Challenges Ahead Guaranteeing Borders in South Asia Bangladesh in 2009 India-Japan Security Cooperation: Chinese Perceptions Fighting Terrorism Sri Lanka: The War Against Peace? Bangladesh: Forthcoming Elections Violence in Assam Losing Ground: Pak Army Strategy in FATA & NWFP "I Have a Dream for Pakistan" Afghan Cauldron Arabization Towards a New Asian Architecture Impeaching Musharraf South Asian Union India's Myanmar Policy Thinking Outside the Box Failing and Failed States: The Global Discourse Asia-Pacific Community Nathu La Pakistan's Economy War by Other Means Asia's Economic Transformation A Reformed Military Junta in Myanmar: In India’s Strategic Interests Where Phalcons Dare: India-Israel Defence Relations A Federal Democratic Myanmar: India’s Strategic Imperative Cross-LoC Trade: Challenges and Opportunities in J&K China’s Rising Defence Expenditure: Implications for India Shaping a ‘New Forward Policy’: Tibet and India’s Options Situation in Sri Lanka: Options for India Malaysia: March Elections Return of the Democrats: Pakistan After Elections Lords of Jade: Mismanaging Myanmar’s Natural Resources Pakistan Elections 2008 Connecting India: A Road Map for New Roads Talking to 'Moderate' Taliban ASEAN Summit 2007: Setting India’s Agenda Indian Border Security: Poor Management in Evidence Some New Thoughts on India’s Look East Policy Indian Fishermen Catch Gunfire: Maritime Dilemmas Pestering Indo-Sri Lanka Relations Joint Naval Exercises: A Post-Malabar-2007 Appraisal for India The Samurai and the Swami Rediscover Each Other India-Sri Lanka Accord: Does It Still Flicker? Sino-Indian Ties: 20th Century Borders for Stable 21st Century Relations China’s New War Concepts for 21st Century Battlefields Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Cooperation: Reprocessing Issue Reconstructed Demilitarisation of the Siachen Conflict Zone: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Air Tigers' Maiden Attack Afghanistan: The Spring Offensive India-Japan Relations Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Unending Drama in Many Acts Sustaining the Peace Process in Assam Indo-US Strategic Partnership: Are we there yet? Akbar Bugti and After: Implications for Balochistan and Pakistan Peace Agreement in Waziristan: New Beginning or a False Dawn? Parsing the Separation Plan: The Indo-US Subsidiary Deal Experts' Letter to the US Congress: A Response War Clouds Over Sri Lanka: An Analysis of Prabhakaran and Pottu Amman's Heroes' Day Speeches Separation of Civilian and Military Nuclear Facilities PSI and the Emerging Non-Proliferation Regime The NPT Review Conference: A Policy for India Nepal - Where Do We Go From Here? Pakistan in 2005: Implications for India and Indo-Pak Dialogue The Crisis in Nepal Agitations in Manipur: The Trade Off Between Security and Freedom Naga Peace Talks: Can Delhi Convert The Truce Into A Deal? Nuclear CBMs Between India and Pakistan War in Waziristan: Implications for Pakistan and India Nuclear CBMs: What Is Possible? The 10th National Peoples Congress of the Peoples Republic of China The Crisis in Nepal: Implications for India T-90S “Bhishma” Bhutan’s “Operation All Clear”: Implications for Insurgency and Security Cooperation Military Operations in South Waziristan Constitutional Crisis and the Peace Process in Sri Lanka Madrassas in India New Indian Initiatives in Kashmir Deadlock at Cancun: A New Beginning Madrassas in Pakistan Redefining the Non-Proliferation Norm Sectarian Violence in Pakistan Precision Guided Munitions and Reduced Collateral Damage Preemptive Strike: Will it Secure Indian Interests? War on Iraq: Implications for Pakistan Peace Process in Sri Lanka Impending Elections in Pakistan The North Korean Bomb

Publishers:

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)

Publications:

Contemporary Taiwan: Domestic Politics, External Relations and India’s Interests
China’s Dams & Regional Security Implications: An Indian Perspective
Reviving the Dialogue with Pakistan: A New Agenda for India
Indo-US Relations: After Narendra Modi’s Visit
The Indo-Pacific & the Indo-US Relations
Deterrence, Second Strike and Credibility
Developments in Syria and Iraq
Patterns of Naxal Recruitment
Policy Options for India in Afghanistan
Caught in the India-China Rivalry: Policy Options for Nepal
An Agenda for the New Government: Policy Options for India in Bhutan
An Agenda for the New Government: Policy Options for India in Maldives
Post Afghanistan 2014: Options for India and Iran
India's Strategy Towards the Koreas and Japan
China, Indian Ocean & The Nuclear Deterrence
The NTI Index 2014: An Assessment
Inside China: Third Party Plenum, November 2013
Moscow-Beijing Strategic Partnership & Beyond
India & China: Looking Beyond Border Incursions & Li Keqiang’s Visit
Contemporary Ladakh: Culture, Commodification and Tourism
Contemporary Ladakh: A Subtle Yet Strong Patriarchy
Contemporary Ladakh: Evolving Indigenous and Quality Education
Contemporary Ladakh: Communal Divide in Kargil & Leh
Contemporary Ladakh: Identifying the “Other” in Buddhist-Muslim Transformative Relations
China and its Peripheries: Limited Objectives in Bhutan
China and Its Peripheries: Securing Nepal in South Asia
China and Its Peripheries: Contentious Relations with North Korea
Pakistan’s Internal Security Challenges: Will the Military Cope?
Destruction of the First Temple
Upper House Elections & Political Stability in Japan
Zero Option & Afghan Stability
Social Media: Sri Lanka's New War Zone
Governance and Domestic Politics in Indonesia
Cracks in Muslim Democracy Model: Radicalization in Contemporary Indonesia
Towards a New Asian Security Architecture? India and Japan
Myanmar's Ethnic Divide and Conflicts
Strategic Significance of Tibet: China and its Peripheries
Beijing, Xinjiang & Han-Uyghur Schism
A New Security Architecture for the Gulf
Beijing and India-Sri Lanka Relations
Beijing and the BCIM
Beijing's Myanmar Strategy
Growing Tensions in South China Sea
Japan and ASEAN
Beijing's Strategies Towards South China Sea
The American Pivot and Rebalancing
The North Korean Threat: More Bark than Bite
China’s New Leadership
India, China and the Nathu La: Securing Trade and Safeguarding the Eco System
India, China and the Nathu La: Realizing the Potential of a Border Trade
India, China and the Nathu La: Understanding Beijing’s Larger Strategy towards the Region
India, China and the Nathu La: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
India, China and the Nathu La: Converting Symbolism into Reality
Elections in South Korea
China's 18th Party Congress: Trends and Analysis
Rudderless & Drowning in Tears
Contemporary China
China and Japan: Tensions in East China Sea
Dual Use or Proliferation? China’s Janus Face
Undermining Deterrence? The Non State Actors and India’s Nuclear Doctrine
Iran and the Nuclear Conundrum
Iran, International Community & Nuclear Weapons
The Crisis State: Pakistan’s Security Dilemma
Afghanistan-Pakistan-Iran: Radical Islam, Nuclear Weapons and Regional Security
North Korea’s Rocket Launch
Afghanistan & the International Community
Connecting South Asia: Experimenting with the Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Model
Connecting South Asia: The Stilwell Road & Sub-Regional Networks
Nathu La & the Sino-Indian Trade: Why the Lull?
Sino-Indian Strategic Economic Dialogue
Sino-Indian Strategic Dialogue: An Assessment
Sino-Indian Economic Dialogue: Global Business Plan for an Asian Century
Sino-Indian Strategic Economic Dialogue
Nathu La & the Sino-Indian Trade: Understanding the Sensitivities in Sikkim
National Counter Terrorism Centre for India
Alternative Regional Strategy for India
Sri Lanka and the Peace Makers
India’s Credible Minimum Deterrence
Sino-Indian Economic Strategic Dialogue: Beyond the Beijing Round
Linking with Southeast Asia
Linking India’s Northeast with Southeast Asia
China’s New Development Strategy
Technology and Nuclear Proliferation
Defence Reforms and National Security
Election in Thailand
The Nuclear Debate in Japan
Defining India’s Security
Preventing Terror Attacks
The African Safari: Understanding the Sino-Indian Competition in Africa
The Discontent in West Asia
Alternative Strategies for India Towards Tibet
From CTBT to FMCT
Alternative Strategies Towards Myanmar
Alternative Strategies Towards China
Alternative Regional Strategy for India
India-China Relations: Negotiating a Balance
Pakistan's Stability: The Global Stakes
Fighting Corruption
Countering Terrorism: Role of Intelligence and Investigative Agencies
Is Pakistan Re-Positioning Itself in Kashmir?
Between China, India and the Refugees
What Next After the All Party Delegation Visit?
India and China
American Military Operations Inside Pakistan
Understanding the Transformation in Ladakh
The Fragile Regions of South Asia
Understanding Religious Radicalization
Rajouri and Poonch: Identifying Early Warning Signals and Addressing New Challenges
Tourism as a CBM in J&K
India-China Relations: Impressions from a Dialogue with Beijing
Pir Panjal Regional Festival
India and Maldives: Towards Consolidation
India and Myanmar: Looking East Through a Strategic Bridge
Reviving the Stilwell Road: Challenges and Opportunities for India
Meeting Maritime Challenges
India and Sri Lanka
Indian Diplomacy in 2009
Naxalites' Urban Push
India and Bangladesh: Internal Challenges and External Relations
Indo-Nepal Relations
Gulf of Aden vs Malacca Strait
China-Myanmar Energy Engagements
Resolving Southeast Asian Territorial Disputes
India-Pakistan Joint Investigation
Two Decades of Indo-Pak CBMs
Expanding Cross-LoC Interactions:Perspectives from India
Expanding Cross-LoC Interactions: Perspectives from Pakistan
Harnessing the Indus Waters
Indo-Pak Joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism
Resolving Siachen: Perspectives from India
Resolving Siachen: Perspectives from Pakistan
Afghanistan: Evolving an Indo-Pak Strategy: Perspectives from Pakistan
Enhancing Indo-Pak Trade: Perspectives from Pakistan
Harnessing the Indus Waters
Terrorism, Religious Radicalism and Violence: Perspectives from Pakistan
Terrorism, Religious Radicalism and Violence: Perspectives from India
Enhancing Indo-Pak Trade: Perspectives from India
Afghanistan: Evolving an Indo-Pak Strategy: Perspectives from India
Sino-Indian Border Skirmishes
India-ASEAN FTA
Arihant
India, Southeast Asia and the FTA
India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia
Resuming the Dialogue
Drones of War
Afghanistan: Understanding German Objectives and Strategies
Banning the Naxalites
War on Terrorism in South Asia
India's Northeast and Southeast Asia: Strengthening an Integrated Economic Space
India’s Northeast and Southeast Asia: Chinese Interests and Strategies
India's Northeast: The Super-highway to Southeast Asia?
Linking India's Northeast and Southeast Asia
India in 2009: The First Quarter
Afghanistan in 2009: The First Quarter
Chinese Aircraft Carrier Program
Failure or Functional Anarchy?
Sino-Indian Trade
US and the Af-Pak Strategy
Violence Against Women in Swat
7th India-ASEAN Summit
Maritime Security
Afghanistan: Talking to Taliban
Naxal Conflict in 2008
Sri Lanka: Challenges Ahead
Guaranteeing Borders in South Asia
Bangladesh in 2009
India-Japan Security Cooperation: Chinese Perceptions
Fighting Terrorism
Sri Lanka: The War Against Peace?
Bangladesh: Forthcoming Elections
Violence in Assam
Losing Ground: Pak Army Strategy in FATA & NWFP
"I Have a Dream for Pakistan"
Afghan Cauldron
Arabization
Towards a New Asian Architecture
Impeaching Musharraf
South Asian Union
India's Myanmar Policy
Thinking Outside the Box
Failing and Failed States: The Global Discourse
Asia-Pacific Community
Nathu La
Pakistan's Economy
War by Other Means
Asia's Economic Transformation
A Reformed Military Junta in Myanmar: In India’s Strategic Interests
Where Phalcons Dare: India-Israel Defence Relations
A Federal Democratic Myanmar: India’s Strategic Imperative
Cross-LoC Trade: Challenges and Opportunities in J&K
China’s Rising Defence Expenditure: Implications for India
Shaping a ‘New Forward Policy’: Tibet and India’s Options
Situation in Sri Lanka: Options for India
Malaysia: March Elections
Return of the Democrats: Pakistan After Elections
Lords of Jade: Mismanaging Myanmar’s Natural Resources
Pakistan Elections 2008
Connecting India: A Road Map for New Roads
Talking to 'Moderate' Taliban
ASEAN Summit 2007: Setting India’s Agenda
Indian Border Security: Poor Management in Evidence
Some New Thoughts on India’s Look East Policy
Indian Fishermen Catch Gunfire: Maritime Dilemmas Pestering Indo-Sri Lanka Relations
Joint Naval Exercises: A Post-Malabar-2007 Appraisal for India
The Samurai and the Swami Rediscover Each Other
India-Sri Lanka Accord: Does It Still Flicker?
Sino-Indian Ties: 20th Century Borders for Stable 21st Century Relations
China’s New War Concepts for 21st Century Battlefields
Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Cooperation: Reprocessing Issue Reconstructed
Demilitarisation of the Siachen Conflict Zone: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Air Tigers' Maiden Attack
Afghanistan: The Spring Offensive
India-Japan Relations
Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Unending Drama in Many Acts
Sustaining the Peace Process in Assam
Indo-US Strategic Partnership: Are we there yet?
Akbar Bugti and After: Implications for Balochistan and Pakistan
Peace Agreement in Waziristan: New Beginning or a False Dawn?
Parsing the Separation Plan: The Indo-US Subsidiary Deal
Experts' Letter to the US Congress: A Response
War Clouds Over Sri Lanka: An Analysis of Prabhakaran and Pottu Amman's Heroes' Day Speeches
Separation of Civilian and Military Nuclear Facilities
PSI and the Emerging Non-Proliferation Regime
The NPT Review Conference: A Policy for India
Nepal - Where Do We Go From Here?
Pakistan in 2005: Implications for India and Indo-Pak Dialogue
The Crisis in Nepal
Agitations in Manipur: The Trade Off Between Security and Freedom
Naga Peace Talks: Can Delhi Convert The Truce Into A Deal?
Nuclear CBMs Between India and Pakistan
War in Waziristan: Implications for Pakistan and India
Nuclear CBMs: What Is Possible?
The 10th National Peoples Congress of the Peoples Republic of China
The Crisis in Nepal: Implications for India
T-90S “Bhishma”
Bhutan’s “Operation All Clear”: Implications for Insurgency and Security Cooperation
Military Operations in South Waziristan
Constitutional Crisis and the Peace Process in Sri Lanka
Madrassas in India
New Indian Initiatives in Kashmir
Deadlock at Cancun: A New Beginning
Madrassas in Pakistan
Redefining the Non-Proliferation Norm
Sectarian Violence in Pakistan
Precision Guided Munitions and Reduced Collateral Damage
Preemptive Strike: Will it Secure Indian Interests?
War on Iraq: Implications for Pakistan
Peace Process in Sri Lanka
Impending Elections in Pakistan
The North Korean Bomb