Prof. Mattoo on India's National Security Architecture

Prof. Mattoo has a new essay in the Telegraph about the challenges facing India's national security architecture . . .



He points out that though India faces immense opportunities, the Indian state appears incapable of exploiting them. Rising to these opportunities requires a restructuring of the Indian national security architecture, a task that the the new National Security Advisor Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon will need to address. You can read his full essay here.
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India's "coercive diplomacy" against Pakistan not working, writes Happymon Jacob

Another essay by Happymon Jacob. This time he argues that India's "coercive diplomacy" towards Pakistan - which is how he characterises India's refusal to talk to Pakistan - has not worked and is unlikely to work . . .

As Jacob argues, "India’s strategy of compellence has never really worked against Pakistan. And it is unlikely to work in the future." The essay was published in The Hindu. You can also read it at Jacob's blogpage here.
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Prof. Mattoo on India Today's BEST

India Today has set up a panel of experts they call BEST (Board of Experts on Security and Terror). CIPOD's Prof. Amitabh Mattoo is a member of the group, which met recently to discuss key national security issues . . .


A part of the transcript is available here from the India Today website. The rest will apparently be posted on their website later.

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More from Prof. Mattoo on India's Pakistan Policy

Prof. Amitabh Mattoo has a new OpEd essay on India's Pakistan policy in the Hindu.

Prof. Mattoo argues that there are multiple Pakistans and India needs to recognize that reality. In addition, he points out that the recent Pew survey suggests that most ordinary Pakistanis want good relations with India.

Read the full essay here . . .
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Lawrence Prabhakar to lecture on nuclear disarmament

Lawrence Prabhakar, Associate Professor at theDepartment of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai, will lecture on 'Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Disarmament: New Vistas in the 21st Century'. The lecture will be held in Room 203, SIS Building, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 4th August, 2009 (Tuesday), at 3:00 pm.

Dr. Prabhakar has written and lectured extensively on Indian security issues.

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Scott Sagan to lecture on 'No First Use'

Scott Sagan will be delivering a lecture on 'The Case for No First Use' based on his recent essay of the same title in Survival. The lecture will be held in Room 203, SIS Building, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, at 3:00 pm on 5 August 2009 (Wednesday). No invitations are required to attend.

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