India-US Strategic Cooperation in South Asia: A Track-Two Dialogue

India-US Strategic Cooperation in South Asia: A Track-Two Dialogue

The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, in collaboration with the Center for Contemporary Conflict (CCC), US Naval Postgraduate School and the India International Centre (IIC) with support from the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency held a two-day conference at the IIC, New Delhi in September 2008. The project seeks to examine the current status of the India-US strategic partnership, the progress achieved in the original partnership areas, the challenges facing the relationship, and the possibilities for improving strategic cooperation. With this insight, the project will formulate ways to enhance India-US strategic ties over the next decade

Programme (24-25 September 2008)
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Zachary Davis, Center for Contemporary Conflict
Dipankar Banerjee, Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
Uday Bhaskar, Member, Executive Council, India International Centre

An Overview of Indo-US Relations
Shankar Bajpai, Convenor, National Security Advisory Board
Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Lalit Mansingh, Former Indian Ambassador to the US

The Global Nuclear Environment and Regional Nuclear Capabilities
Zachary Davis, Center for Contemporary Conflict
Neil Joeck, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Raja Menon, Chairman, Task Force Net Assessment and Simulation in the NSCS
Arundhati Ghose, Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva
Scott Sagan, Stanford University

Regional Security Viewpoints: West Asia (Iran and Iraq)
Dipankar Banerjee, Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
K C Singh, Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs
Stephen Cohen, Brookings Institution

Regional Security Viewpoints: Pakistan & Afghanistan
Lalit Mansingh, Former Indian Ambassador to the US
Satinder Lambah, Former Ambassador to Pakistan
Jack Gill, National Defense University
Stephen Cohen, Brookings Institution
Suba Chandran, Deputy Director, IPCS

CT Cooperation and WMD Terrorism
Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Andrew Winner, Naval War College
Ajit Doval, Former Director, Intelligence Bureau
Zachary Davis, Center for Contemporary Conflict

Summary of Agreements and Disagreements
Neil Joeck, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
P R Chari, Research Professor, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies


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