International Strategic and Security Studies

Programme Head: Rajaram Nagappa
The International Strategic & Security Studies Programme, was started at NIAS in 1996 with the broad objective of conducting academic and policy research related to national and international security issues. The emphasis of research is towards integrating complex elements of science and technology with policy, organizational and institutional arrangements. Rapidly changing geo-political and technology adaptation scenarios affect the national and international strategic conditions and the research carried out in the Programme reflects this. Current and emerging scenarios relating to nuclear, missiles and space weapons are reflective of such an impact and have formed the core area of research. The importance and pivotal role of net-centric warfare was evident in the US engagements in the Gulf War. Concepts of future net-centric wars in the Indian context have become relevant and important aspects of study. Terrorism has become a major national security concern warranting critical study of the social, cultural and fundamental issues involved.
In addition, the strategic and security studies programme facilitates exchange of views, information and knowledge among interested groups through conferences, workshops and round tables. There are informal collaborative arrangements with the King’s College, London (Department of War Studies), MIT, Boston (Program in Science, Technology and Society), Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi and Center for Air Power Studies, New Delhi. The Programme’s commitment to using knowledge to help improve understanding between countries is reflected in the continuing and ongoing track-two dialogue process with the Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) of the US National Academy of Sciences.
Amit Mukherjee Assistant Professor |
Aparupa Bhattac... Student |
D. Suba Chandran Professor and Dean |
Lalitha Sundaresan Visiting Professor |
M. Mayilvaganan Associate Professor |
N. Ramani Visiting Professor |
P M Soundar Rajan Visiting Professor |
Prakash Panneer... Assistant Professor |
Rajaram Nagappa Professor |
S. Chandrashekhar Visiting Chair Professor |
Sherin Ajin Student |
Srikumar Pullat Visiting Professor |
Ongoing Projects
- Building Bridges: Assessing Opportunities, Challenges, and the Role of India in Myanmar
- China's Space Capability
- Chinese Nuclear Strategy
- A Space Strategy for India
- India in the Chinese Media
Past Projects
- Assessment of China’s Cruise and Ballistic Missile Programme
- Security of Nuclear Assets
- Science and Technology Dimensions of National Security
- Evolution of Solid Propellant Rockets in India
Collaboration
- Department of War Studies, King’s College, London
- Program in Science, Technology and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston
- Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi
- Center for Air Power Studies, New Delhi.
Book Chapters
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Mukherjee, Amit . 2022. “Geographic Information System (GIS) for National Security”. In Varying Dimensions of India’s National Security: Emerging Perspectives, Varying Dimensions of India’s National Security: Emerging Perspectives, Singapore: Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-7593-5_17.
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Mukherjee, Amit . 2020. “Hydropower Projects in Tawang: Concerns and Flood Proximity Estimation Using GIS Analysis”. In Tawang, Monpas and Tibetan Buddhism in Transition, Tawang, Monpas and Tibetan Buddhism in Transition, Singapore: Springer, 115-133. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-4346-3_9.
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Mukherjee, Amit . 2020. “Philippines, Covid-19 and the Changing Regional Dynamics”. In COVID-19 Pandemic in the Indo-Pacific: How the Countries are Dealing Amidst Changing Geopolitics, COVID-19 Pandemic in the Indo-Pacific: How the Countries are Dealing Amidst Changing Geopolitics, Bengaluru : NIAS, 70-74.
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Mayilvaganan, M . 2017. “India, Sri Lanka and Maldives: Shared Commonality yet Challenges to Sub-regional Cooperation”. In Sub-Regional Cooperation in South Asia: India, Sri Lanka and Maldives, Sub-Regional Cooperation in South Asia: India, Sri Lanka and Maldives, Vij Books. http://www.vijbooks.com/bookdetails/669/Sub-regional-Cooperation-in-South-Asia:-India,-Sri-Lanka-and-Maldives.
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Mayilvaganan, M . 2016. “Chinese New Maritime Silk Route Initiative: Opportunity or Threat for India?”. In Sino-Indian Relations: Contemporary Perspective, Sino-Indian Relations: Contemporary Perspective, Centre for Indian Ocean Studies; Allied Publishers, 67-81. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Ddh3DAAAQBAJ&dq=Sino-Indian+Relations:+Contemporary+Perspective&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
Books
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Panneerselvam, Prakash , Rajaram Nagappa, and Ganesh RN. 2022. Underwater Domain Awareness: Case for India. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Underwater-Domain-Awareness-Case-for-India/Panneerselvam-Nagappa-Ganesh/p/book/9781032192680.
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Mayilvaganan, M , Nasiam Khatoon, and Sourina Bej. 2020. Tawang, Monpas and Tibetan Buddhism in Transition. Springer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811543456.
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Raj, Baldev , Marcel Van de Voorde, and Yashwant Mahajan. 2017. Nanotechnology Innovation and Applications Nanotechnology for Energy Sustainability (3 Vol set). Wiley-VCH. http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-3527340149.html.
Conference Papers
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Mukund, Rao , Sridhara Murthi KR, and Raj Baldev. 2017. “Future Indian Space-Risk Assessment and Organisational Structuring”. In 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Adelaide: International Astronautical Federation (IAF). http://eprints.nias.res.in/1361/.
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R, Sridhara Murthi K, and Rao Mukund. 2017. “Demand Assessment of RS and GI in India-Opportunities for Industry Services”. In 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Adelaide: International Astronautical Federation (IAF). http://eprints.nias.res.in/1360/.
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Mukund, Rao , Sridhara Murthi K R, and Prasad MYS. 2017. “The Decision for Indian Human Spaceflight Programme-Political Perspectives, National Relevance and Technological Challenges”. In 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Adelaide: International Astronautical Federation (IAF). http://eprints.nias.res.in/1359/.
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Yuichiro, Nagai , Rao Mukund, Shiroyama Hideaki, Sridhara Murthi K R, Uchitomi Motoko, Mainura Tunku Intan, Sese Rogel Mari, and Hai Tan Cheng. 2017. “Assessment of Space Programs and Policies for Regional Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Region”. In 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Adelaide: International Astronautical Federation (IAF). http://eprints.nias.res.in/1358/.
Journal Articles
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Panneerselvam, Prakash . 2021. “Maritime narcotics trafficking in the Western Indian Ocean: Threat to regional maritime security”. Maritime Affairs: Journal of the National Maritime Foundation of India . https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09733159.2021.1963044.
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Nagappa, Rajaram , and Natesan Ramamoorthy. 2020. “Changing Nature of Deterrence: The Challenge of Asymmetric Threats”. National Security, Vivekananda International Foundation 3(2): 213-231. https://www.vifindia.org/sites/default/files/national-security-vol-3-issue-2-article-RNagappa&NRamamoorthy.pdf.
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Panneerselvam, Prakash . 2020. “Changing Dynamics of Regional Trade and Cooperation: A Case of Japan and South Korea”. Artha-Journal of Social Science 19(4): 01-20. http://journals.christuniversity.in/index.php/artha/article/view/2814/1861.
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Nayak, Shailesh , and D Suba Chandran. 2020. “Arctic: why India should pursue the North Pole from a science and technology perspective?”. Current Science 119(6): 901-904. https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/119/06/0901.pdf.
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Panneerselvam, Prakash . 2019. “Is India ready to deal with hybrid war?”. Faultlines: The K.P.S. Gill Journal of Conflict and Resolution 25: 111-134. http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1852.
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Panneerselvam, Prakash . 2018. “Maritime Component of China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): India–China Competition in the Arabian Sea”. Maritime Affairs: Journal of the National Maritime Foundation of India: 1-13. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09733159.2017.1412577?tab=permissions&scroll=top.
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Bej, Sourina . 2018. “Water Security in India Threat Mapping: Impact of Climate Change”. Peace and Security Review 8(17). http://bipss.org.bd/pdf/Review%207-9-18.pdf.
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Mukherjee, Amit . 2018. “International Cooperation in Space Technology: an Abstraction with Fuzzy Logic Analysis”. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 4(5): 13-19. https://www.isprs-ann-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/IV-5/13/2018/.
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Sundaresan, Lalitha , and Kaveri Ashok. 2018. “Uranium constraints in Pakistan: how many nuclear weapons does Pakistan have?”. Current Science 115(6): 1042-1048. http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/115/06/1042.pdf.
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Bhattacherjee, Aparupa , and Sourina Bej. 2018. “India-Bangladesh: What if the BNP returns?”. Mainstream 56(19): 27-29. https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article7899.html.
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Behera, Anshuman . 2017. “Development as a Source of Conflict: The Sahukars, Displaced People and the Maoists in Koraput”. The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs.
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Mukherjee, Amit . 2017. “Comparative Classification Techniques in Geo-spatial Analysis: Defence Application (appeared in 2019)”. Geographical Analysis of Union Geographic Information Technologists 6(2). http://ugit.net/publication_fsjoaj3qdho/geographical-analysis_su-zbsigk49/.
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Suba Chandran, D. 2017. “70 Years After Independence: Can India and Pakistan Live in Peace”. Salute To The Indian Soldier 9(11). http://www.salute.co.in/70-years-after-independence-can-india-and-pakistan-live-in-peace/.
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Panneerselvam, Prakash . 2016. “Advancing India's relationship with Japan and South Korea: Quest for Middle-Power Cooperation”. IPCS Issue Brief (262): 1-15. http://eprints.nias.res.in/1156/.
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Vishwanathan, Arun . 2016. “Iranian Nuclear Agreement: Understanding the Nonproliferation Paradigm”. Review of the Middle East 3 (1): 1-20. http://eprints.nias.res.in/1038/.
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Chandrashekar, S , and Lalitha Sundaresan. 2016. “India's Rare Earths Industry: A Case of Missed Opportunities”. Economic and Political Weekly LI(3): 27-33. http://eprints.nias.res.in/948/.
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Vishwanathan, Arun . 2016. “Nuclear Deterrence and Southern Asia”. Journal of the United Services Institution of India CXLVI(605): 336-343.
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Panneerselvam, Prakash . 2016. “Restructuring Indian Defence Industry: Enhancing the Role of the Private Sector”. Aerospace Power CAPS Issue Brief 114: 1-4. http://capsindia.org/files/documents/CAPS_IB_15-Feb-2016.pdf.
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Vishwanathan, Arun . 2016. “India’s entry into the NSG: A Long-winded Process”. Indian Foreign Affairs Journal 11(3): 217-223. http://associationdiplomats.org/Publications/ifaj/Vol11/11.3/11(3)-ejournal.html.
- 13 Apr 2022 NIAS Wednesday Discussion-Dr Prakash Panneerselvam will speak on “Russian Invasion of Ukraine and “Inner Nature” of War”
- 17 Nov 2021 NIAS Wednesday Discussion-Dr. Prakash Panneerselvam will speak on “What do winning and victory mean in the War?”
- 12 Oct 2021 Webinar: Blue Economy, Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA) and Maritime Security Challenges for India
- 25 Aug 2021 NIAS Wednesday Discussion-Dr. Saurabh Dutta Chowdhury will speak on “Mission 2025: Chinese Quest for Self-Reliance in Semiconductors-Implications for India post 2020”
- 29 May 2021 NIAS-ISSSP Lecture Series on International Security: "Technologies used during Low Intensity Conflicts" by Dr SS Sundaram
- 3 Mar 2021 NIAS Wednesday Discussion-Cmdr. Kartik Krishnan will speak on “Comprehensive Maritime Security in IOR: Role of IFC-IOR”
- 22 Feb 2021 ISSSP Lecture: "Security Paradigms in a Polarized World" by Amb PS Raghavan
- 17 Feb 2021 NIAS Wednesday Discussion-Dr. P G Diwakar will speak on 'Geospatial Analytics – Typical Contemporary solutions for Governance'
- 10 Feb 2021 NIAS Wednesday Discussion-Mr. Navneet Bhushan will speak on 'Future of Warfare - Search for New Theory'
- 29 Jan 2021 NIAS Lectures on Contemporary Pakistan: "How the Establishment controls the institutions, people and Pakistan's destiny"