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What should India expect in Afghanistan?
It is difficult to predict if and when the US will change its decades old policy of pardoning Pakistan all its transgressions


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Analysis
 
Don't lose the game
8 March 2010
Kanwal Sibal
This outreach to the Taliban imperils India's interests in Afghanistan
 
Responding to the Maoist challenge
8 March 2010
Mahendra Kumawat
In its forty three years of existence, the Naxal movement has shown tre-mendous grit and resilience. What began as a small agrarian rebellion against the local landlords at Naxalbari in West Bengal is now a full-blown insurgency,
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South Asia Weekly Report
 
South Asia Weekly
3 March 2010 - 8 March 2010
Vol III, Issue 9
The visit of Indian Foreign Secretary to Nirupama Rao, over the weekend has possibilities, both for progress in bilateral relations and speculation.
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Pakistan Urdu Media Watch
 
Afghan Taliban now eye Karachi
February 25, 2010
Shahid Raheem, Vol I, Issue XVI
Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Sixteen finds out why some people think that Pakistan is ripe for a civil revolution
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Report
 
Grave concerns about Pakistan
26 February 2010
A roundtable discussion at Observer Research Foundation was held on January 25 2010 to discuss the internal dynamics of Pakistan
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ORF Discourse
 
India’s Strategic Culture and Security Challenges
January 2010
General V. P. Malik
Delivering the 30th Bhimsen Sachar Memorial Lecture for 2009 in New Delhi, the former Chief of the Army Staff highlights the flaws in India’s strategic thinking and stresses the need for a more focused and clearly defined vision for the future.
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ORF Working Paper Series
 
Who Participates in Higher Education in India?
11 February 2010
Rakesh Basant and Gitanjali Sen
This paper explores how an individual’s participation in higher education (HE) is dependent on his religious affiliations, socio-economic status and demographic characteristics. It argues that an appropriate measure of ’deficits’ in participation should inform the nature and scope of affirmative action.
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Books
 
The Coming Blowback: How Pakistan is Endangering the World
4 December 2009
Wilson John, ORF-Rupa
Coming Blowback is an attempt to test the conventional wisdom about Pakistan and its war on terrorism. Reaching beyond the headlines and banners, the book documents, and investigates, what the War on Terror has missed so far.
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Annual Report
 
Annual Report 2009
15 October 2009
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF) is an endeavour to aid and influence formulation of policies for building a strong and prosperous India. The expectations of the global community from India are immense as the country is poised to play a leading role in the knowledge age. The Foundation believes that by 2020, India will be one of the world’s great economic powers and contribute to a significant transformation in the quality of life of humanity.
 

 

 
 
  
Events
 

Roundtable Discussion on

"Non Traditional Security Threats: Energy & Natural Resources"
Thursday, 11 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 2:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference hall

 


Conference on

India Abroad, India Within: A Day with India's Public Intellectuals
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)

Roundtable Discussion on

"Transnational Threats And India's Security in 2020"
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
(11:00 AM To 2:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Conference on

"India-Bangladesh Dialogue on Security"
Friday, 19 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM) &
Saturday, 20 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi

 


Talk on

"India-Bangladesh Relations: An Overview"
Saturday, 20 March 2010
(11:00 AM To 1:00 PM)
Venue: Conference Hall, Fifth Floor, Kothari Buildings, 115 Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai

 


Roundtable Discussion on

"Water for Indian Cities"
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
(9:30 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Roundtable Discussion on

"Low Carbon Future and Sustainability in India in the Post-Copenhagen Era"
Monday, 19 April 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM) &
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi

 


Conference on

ORF - Heritage Dialogue 2010 on "Terrorism in South Asia: Perspectives from US and India"
Thursday, 22 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall


Seminar

ORF-China Seminar
Friday, 30 April 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM) &
Saturday, 1 May 2010
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)

Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Workshop

DU-ORF Summer Workshop
17 May 2010 - 2 June 2010
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 



  
 
National
For an Indian military-industrial complex
19 February 2010
Manish Tewari
The defence ministry did take an interest in promoting the private sector to increase self-reliance in defence production
 
Can India be the next industrial hub of the World?
17 February 2010
Jayshree Sengupta
India's agriculture has not grown fast enough to support the growing rural population
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International
To talk now is wrong
22 February 2010
Kanwal Sibal
Pakistan has shown inadequate political will to act against the Mumbai conspirators and
 
Yemen: The Real Story
19 February 2010
Saeed Naqvi
Just as Zia ul Haq and the ISI chose to keep the Mujahideen as an asset,
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China
China's missile defence test: Yet another milestone?
02 February 2010
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
China's missile defence test has come against the backdrop of the US sale of weapons to Taiwan
 
Does China have feet of clay?
01 February 2010
Ishaan Saxena
China may be growing at an astonishing pace and registering record earnings
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South Asia
South Asia Weekly Report
3 March 2010
Sri Lanka is on election mode, the second time in as many months. With parliamentary polls slated for 8 April
 
Islamic Extremsim A Challenge for Maldives Govt. also: Vice President
20 February 2010
Vice President of the Republic of Maldives Dr. Mohammed Waheed Hassan today said that there is a rising confusion in Islam over the extremism
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