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| Call for applications: Training course on conflict analysis organised by Delhi Policy Group and UNITAR, 5-9 August, 2011 |
Delhi Policy Group in collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is organising a 4 day course on Understanding Conflict and Conflict Analysis, from 5th – 9th August at India Habitat Centre.
The objective of the course is to provide participants with an overview of the key elements of conflict analysis and how these can be integrated into the context of pre-intervention assessment and planning for a peace operation.
This course is delivered face-to-face within the premises of the India Habitat Centre. It utilizes the principles of adult education through its interactivity and learner centred approach. Specifically, the course will use:
- Case studies
- Role play
- Simulations
- Small group discussions
- Interactive presentations
Please be aware that 100% attendance is mandatory in order to receive a certificate of completion.
We would request all interested candidates to send their CV and covering letter by Friday, 29 July, 2011. All applications should emailed to peaceprocesses@yahoo.co.in |
| South Asian Peace Charter Drafting Committee, March 24 – 25, 2011 |
The decision to formulate a South Asian Peace Charter was first conceived during a conference on Women of South Asia: Partners in Development in New Delhi in 2009. Following on from this, the Peace Network convened in New Delhi from 24-25 March 2011, to discuss, develop and finalise the text of the peace charter. In total, eighteen women stakeholders from each of the SAARC countries, and from a wide range of backgrounds including government, civil society and the media, participated in the meeting. The Peace Network has set itself the goal of launching the charter at the forthcoming SAARC summit, to be held in the Maldives in November, 2011.
Furthermore, a direct consequence of the Peace Network meeting was the formation of a South Asian Peace Commission, whose key objective is to report on and draw attention to the existing women’s conventions in the SAARC countries, with a special emphasis on issues around their implementation.
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| Publication Review Meeting for the Conflict Management in India Report |
The Delhi Policy Group (DPG) and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) recently collaborated on a research project to review peace processes in India, to elucidate how various actors have both understood and practiced conflict resolution. Through an analysis of approaches undertaken in Kashmir, Nagaland, Manipur and with the Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh, the project aimed to gain a better understanding of the conditions under which dialogue on peace and security is most effective and what processes and institutions are best placed to pursue it.
Specifically, the aims of the project were to:
- Identify and assess the ways in which dialogue has long been used by various Indian governments in dealing with conflicts, with varying degree of success, particularly cataloguing the mechanisms and structures of these local conflict resolution strategies.
- Initiate debate and research on dialogue processes in India to gain a better understanding of the conditions under which dialogue is most effective in terms of peace and security and what processes and institutions are best suited to pursue dialogue.
- Identify good practice from India's experience for other peacemaking actors beyond India to draw upon
On March 21-22, 2011, an experts’ review meeting was conducted in order to constructively and critically examine the drafts of three case studies forming one report prepared by the Delhi Policy Group and the HDC. The three case studies examined were the conflicts in Kashmir and Manipur, and the Maoist insurgency in Andhra Pradesh. Key points raised during the review meeting were: reliability and validity of information gathered in the reports; coherence and chronology of ideas and information; comprehensiveness in capturing the necessary information and policy recommendations; and relevance to current policymaking and programming.
This research is part of a larger project funded by the MacArthur Foundation entitled: Comparative Perspectives on Conflict Management in Asia. The aim of this project is to examine and compare conflict resolution approaches in Asia, and includes three focus countries-the Philippines, India and Indonesia. The research conducted was designed to inform conflict management and security policy in the region as well as to provide an empirical basis for further research, analysis, policy and programming. HDC partner institutions in Indonesia that will undertake the study include the Peace Building Institute and the Indonesian Institute of Science. In Philippines, the HD Centre is collaborating with the Institute of Bangsamoro Studies (IBS).
Furthermore, on 18-19 December 2009, Delhi Policy Group and HDC jointly organised a workshop entitled, 'Parameters for a Government- Maoist Dialogue', in New Delhi on the . The workshop was attended by a range of stakeholders including retired government officials, academics, senior journalists and other civil society representatives. The 2004 dialogue process in Andhra Pradesh between the Maoists and the state government was discussed in detail in an effort to extrapolate key lessons and learning points. There was consensus among participants that some form of dialogue is crucial, and that a military approach is not an acceptable or sustainable solution. However, opinion was divided on what the structure, modalities and topics for discussion for dialogue with the Maoists should be.
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| Obituary on Mr. K. P. Singh by Dilip Cherian, May 1, 2011 |
Dilip Cherian |
The passing away of a dear old friend, K.P. Singh, in Delhi last week was significant in the lives of many senior babus. Though many of his best and senior babu buddies have passed away before Singh, his memorial service was replete with the real heaven-born who were still around. Though never a bureaucrat himself, Singh will be remembered by a slew of babus in key positions across the capital and even more in Uttar Pradesh. He strode the vast bureaucratic plains in a manner that today’s weak shadows of lobbyists could never dream of or even hope to aspire. Though he worked even long stints for the Birlas, then ITC, and finally the Shrirams, he never really felt or sounded like somebody who was carrying out any master’s orders.
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| Singh was a great analyst of policymaking and surrounded himself with people, ideas, debates and discussions and even politicians. A small private cabal, in typical Singh’s understated style that called itself modestly the Politburo, would meet at his house and discussions would ensue on how the country was being governed and what needed to be done. His passing away leaves a huge hole in the informal power network that Delhi babus had long relied on. His warmth, his concern for the individual and his family and his ability to create new networks and share them freely were refined characteristics that made the man truly a colossus of his time. |
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| 5th Afghanistan-India-Pakistan Trialogue: |
The 5th Afghanistan-India-Pakistan Trialogue was a two day conference held in Goa on the 27th – 28th of December 2010. The conference was attended by 17 participants from the region: five from India, eight from Afghanistan and four from Pakistan. The participants included government officials, Members of Parliament, retired generals, former ambassadors and diplomats and policy analysts from each of the three countries.
The conference began with an exploration of perceptions towards the current peace process before moving on to a more in-depth discussion of anticipated developments between the present day and 2014. Issues discussed included the transfer of all responsibility to an Afghan government following US withdrawal in 2014, the need for good governance and state-building initiatives in Afghanistan, the need for regional consensus building, US strategic interest in Afghanistan post 2014, escalating ethnic tensions and its potential aftermath and the role of a UN mandated peacekeeping force.
Finally, the Trialogue explored areas for greater regional cooperation such as economic development projects and state-building initiatives. It also debated the possibility and scope for developing and operationalising a regional compact dedicated to the cause.
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| 4th Afghanistan-India-Pakistan Trialogue: |
The 4th Afghanistan-India-Pakistan Trialogue was held in Kabul, 11 and 12 December, 2010. The conference was attended by 45 people (21 from Afghanistan, 13 from Pakistan and 11 from India). The participants included officials, Members of Parliament, retired generals, former ambassadors, media and civil society experts from all three countries.
The 4th Trialogue started with a review of recent peacemaking developments. Attendees of the conference discussed the London conference, May Peace Jirga and the July Kabul Process. Unlike the previous trialogues the Kabul meeting witnessed a major shift in policy focus, concentrating more substantially on the situation in Afghanistan.
Moreover there was a conference on the 13th of December, 2010, organized by the Centre for Strategic Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul. The seminar was attended by 100 people (76 from Afghanistan, 13 from Pakistan and 11 from India). Central aspects of this conference dealt with mapping the region’s socio-political Environment, integrating relations between Afghanistan-Pakistan-India and strengthening international & regional cooperation.
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Seminar on "Nuclear Non-Prliferation & Disarmament" at New Delhi
24th-25thJune 2010
As part of DPG-Hanns Seidel Foundation collaboration on a project on India-E.U Security Perspectives, the first seminar on "Nuclear Weapons and Disarmament" was held on 24-25 June 2010 in New Delhi. The seminar was specifically divided on the following three themes with paper presentations from Indian and E.U experts:
I European & Indian Perspectives on Nuclear Non-Proliferation & Disarmament: Presentations were made by Dr. Harald Mueller and Amb. Arundhati Ghose
II Nuclear Deterrence: India & EU Perspectives: Presentation was made by Mr. Lukasz Kulesa
III Nuclear Weapons States & Non-Nuclear Weapons States: Presentations were made by Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal and Dr. Rajesh Rajagopalan.
The proceedings of the seminar are due to be published in a book.
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3rd Afghanistan-India-Pakistan Trialogue at Simla
June 11-12, 2010
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Turkey in International Politics
Round Table
2009-07-27
H.E. Levent Bilman, Ambassador of Turkey to India
"Turkey in International Politics" on 28thmay 2009 - H.E. Levent Bilman, Ambassador of Turkey to India
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Geo-political Perspectives from South Africa
Round Table
2009-07-27
H.E. Francis Moloi, South African High Commissioner to India
"Geo-political Perspectives from South" on 9thJune 2009 - H.E. Francis Moloi, South African High Commissioner to India
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Strategic Perspectives from the United States
Round Table
2009-07-27
Prof. James Clad, Senior Fellow, National Defense University, U.S.
"Strategic Perspectives from the United States" on 16th June 2009 - Prof. James Clad, Senior Fellow, National Defense University, U.S.
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Obama Presidency Priorities
Round Table
2009-07-27
Robert Blake, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia
"Obama Presidency Priorities" on 21st June 2009 - Robert Blake, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia
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Peace and Conflict Program
Round Table
2009-04-01
Closed door meeting on "Afghanistan Today"
Closed door meeting on "Afghanistan Today" with Shainkai Zahine Karokhail, Member of Parliament Afghanistan is to be held on April 1, 2009 at 6:30 pm.
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Strategic Situation in West Asia Today
Round Table
2009-04-01
"Round Table meeting on "Strategic Situation in West Asia Today"
"Round Table meeting on "Strategic Situation in West Asia Today" with Dr. Oded Eran, Director, Institute for National Security Studies, Israel on 1st April 2009."
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Peace and Conflict Program
Round Table
2009-02-27
Cordially invite you to a Round Table on "Pakistan In Flux"
Cordially invite you to a Round Table on "Pakistan In Flux", with Rashed Rahman, Editor, The National, ( A new Pakistani daily) is to be held on 3rd March, 2009.
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Peace and Conflict Program
Round Table
2009-02-20
The Delhi Policy Group Peace and Conflict Program And The EU Institute for Security Studies
The Delhi Policy Group Peace and Conflict Program And The EU Institute for Security Studies are hosting a Round Table on "Indian and EU Contributions to Peacekeeping and Peace-building: Principles, Scenarios and Prospects for Cooperation" is to be held on 24th February 2009.
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India's Evolving National Security Strategy
2009-01-17
An Interactive Discussion on "India's Evolving National Security Strategy"
An Interactive Discussion on “India’s Evolving National Security Strategy” with Mr. Barry Lowenkron, President, Global Security & Sustainability, MacArthur Foundation is to be held on 19th January 2009.
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A World without Nuclear Weapons
2009-01-17
The Delhi Policy Group and the Nuclear Security Project
The Delhi Policy Group and the Nuclear Security Project of the NTI organized an interactive discussion with Dr. Henry Kissinger and Dr. William Perry on "A World without Nuclear Weapons" on 16th November 2008 in New Delhi. Senior government functionaries and members from the academia participated in the discussion. In photo, Left to Right: Dr. Henry Kissinger, Ambassador K. Shankar Bajpai, Dr. William Perry
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