Since its inception, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) has been working on various issues related to nuclear disarmament. The Nuclear Security Programme (NSP) at the IPCS has been consistently working on issues relating to nuclear disarmament, deterrence, energy, safety and security. The Institute also organizes track-II dialogues on nuclear issues at the bilateral level between India and Pakistan and at the trilateral level with India, Pakistan and China. Besides research and dialogues, the Institute also engages in capacity building—in terms of providing a platform for the next generation of scholars and practitioners working in the region, through conferences, internships and workshops.

Since 2008, the Institute has been organizing annual workshops on various issues relating to nuclear disarmament and deterrence in South Asia. As a part of democratizing the nuclear debate, the Institute also holds workshops outside Delhi. In 2012, the Institute held its annual workshop in Chandigarh and earlier in 2007-08, the Institute also held workshops in Chennai and Jammu. On 05 March 2013, the Institute in collaboration with the Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College, Chennai is organizing a one day workshop for young researchers on “Nuclear Asia: The Contemporary D e b a t e ” f o c u s i n g o n r e c e n t developments in South Asia and East Asia.

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi

in collaboration with Department of International Studies,

Stella Maris College, Chennai

Nuclear Asia The Contemporary Debate on

Deterrence, Disarmament, Safety and Security

5 March 2013, Tuesday

0930-0945 HRS: INTRODUCTION 0945-1115 HRS SESSION I: SOUTH ASIA “Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Programme: Implications for India In The 21st Century” by Gaipuijaithaimei , Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Bangalore “Implications of A China-India-Pakistan Nuclear Triangle on South Asia” by Divya Chauraisa, Kshitij Kumar Verma & Brahmanandhan, Department of Nuclear Science And Engineering, School Of Mechanical Engineering, SRM University. “China’s Nuclear Role In The Indian Ocean And Its Destabilising Effect on South Asia” by Sahil Mathur, IIT, Madras “Potential Nuclear War In The Future : The Unknowable Truth (Based on the Application of HML Model, Multi Causal Model and the Nuclear Scale in the case of India and Pakistan’s Nuclearisation)” by Asha Ashokan, Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College Resource Persons: PR Chari & Jayadev Ranade 1115-1130 hrs: Tea 1130-1300 HRS SESSION II: CHINA, JAPAN AND NORTH Korea “North Korean nuclear posture- implications for Asian security,” by Ashwin Kurian, Department of Political

Science, Madras Christian College “North Korea: A Case of Carrots and Sticks,” by Geraldine Maria Smith, MA International Studies, Stella Maris College “Will Japan’s Nuclear Policy Change?,” by T Prajitha, Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College Resource Persons: Amb Skand Tayal and Dr Rajaram Panda 1300-1400 hrs: Lunch 1400-1530 HRS SESSION III: NUCLEAR SAFETY & DISARMAMENT IN ASIA “Asia – An Emerging Nuclear Power” by Atul Ranjan, Gunjan Kayal & Brahmanandhan, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, School Of Mechanical Engineering, SRM University. “Koodankulam: A Search for Safe and Secure Nuclear Future” by Saurabh Kaushik, Department of Political Science, MCC “Nuclear disarmament will remain a fantasy” by Ancy Joseph, Research Assistant, Singapore Consulate ,Chennai Resource Persons: Dr LV Krishnan, Dr G. Vaidyanathan and D. Suba Chandran 1530-1600 hrs CONCLUDING REMARKS Aarti Santhanam

Nuclear Asia The Contemporary Debate on

Deterrence, Disarmament, Safety and Security 05 March 2013

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