Shamshad Ahmad Khan

The speaker analyzed the election process within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), key issues highlighted by the candidates and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s agenda for Japan during his last and final term in the office as well as challenges he faces to implement these agenda, in the context of Abe's re-election as the President of LDP.

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Roman Shapiro, Emily Mae Graf, Taku Kurashige, Raman Sinha, Senno Takumasa & Hemant Adlakha

Lu Xun (1881-1936) is one of the greatest writers in 20th-century Chinese literature. His, A Madman’s Diary (1918) is the first short story in modern Chinese literature, written in the vernacular style. The panel brought together a group of eminent Lu Xun scholars from India and abroad, to deliberate upon the relevance of the writer and his work in China and in world literature today. 

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Cao Yin

In early 1910, Chinese revolutionaries attempted to assassinate the regent of the Qing Empire by planting a bomb near his residence in Beijing. Two years later, an explosive of a similar type was used by Indian revolutionaries in their attempted assassination of the viceroy of the British Raj in Delhi. The speaker spoke on the unseemly transnational connections by which modern Chinese and Indian history are entangled with one another. 

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Poonam Surie

After years of very rapid economic growth, China faces multiple pressures and challenges domestically. Beijing has to juggle institutional issues, structural economic issues, social stability issues, ethnic issues, spirituality/religious issues among others. In this context the speaker brought out how religion and culture factor in to the Chinese government's approach toward these pressures and challenges.

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K. Warikoo, Mahesh Ranjan Debata, Shagun Sharma & Debasish Chaudhari

Xinjiang was the site of a series of violent incidents and unrest between 2013 and 2015. In this context the panel discussion deliberated on China's policy in Xinjiang and the lessons for India in Kashmir,‘external involvement’ in the internal challenges in Xinjiang and state’s responses, assimilationist approach to the local unrest, new surveillance system and ‘de-radicalization’.

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Amb. Kunio Takahashi

The speaker made a presentation on the development of bilateral relations between Japan and China in the last 45 years and explained the differences between the present and the past situations of bilateral ties. The speaker discussed this theme in the larger context of the need to maintain stable relations with a neighbor viewed to be increasingly assertive.

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Vice Adm. Pradeep Chauhan, Vice Adm. Anil Chopra, Cmde. Gopal Suri & Amb. Nalin Surie

The roundtable discussion examined  the likely trajectory of China’s engagement with the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), and assessed the implications of China’s expanding presence on India and its centrality in the Indian Ocean. The panelists explored measures India may take in response to China’s growing activities in the IOR and also discussed possible areas for cooperation in the maritime domain.

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Amb. Amar Sinha, Rubin Barnett, Amb. Gautam Mukhopadhaya, Wang Shida, Amb. Ashok K Kantha, Li Qingyan & Lin Yiming

India, China and the United States have shared interests and stakes in promoting peace, reconciliation, stability and development in Afghanistan. Against this backdrop, six experts from the three countries discussed complex political, economic and security challenges faced by Afghanistan, reviewed the state of play with regard to the peace and reconciliation process in the country (including contacts with Taliban) and specifically explored areas of cooperation.

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Avinash Godbole

This presentation discussed the outcomes of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and how it has shaped politics and policies a year after. It will also analyse the National People's Congress and the Plenums that followed the Party Congress.

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Angana Guha Roy

The speaker covered South Korea's relations with the Middle East within the framework of the New Asia Initiative Policy. The New Asia Initiative Policy was adopted in 2009. Under this policy, South Korea aimed to improve its relations with all Asian countries and promote common interests on the global stage. 

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