Date:December 14, Tue. 2010
Venue:Room No. 332, Inamori Foundation Hall, CSEAS, Kyoto University
Co-organizers:
G-COE Initiative1 and Initiative 4, Contemporary India Area Studies (KINDAS)
Title: "Changing Position of India in World Politics and Security"
＜Programme＞
15:00-15:40 Keynote Speech by Swaran Singh (Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
15:40-16:15 Discussion
16:15-16:30 Break
16:30-18:00 Session: Security Issues of India
16:30-16:45 Hiroki Nakanishi (Ph.D. Candidate, ASAFAS)
“Rethinking U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Trade-off between India’s Right of Nuclear Test and Nuclear Cooperation”
16:45-17:00 Shiro Sato (Researcher, CSEAS)
“On the Possibility of Treaty of Non-First Use of Nuclear Weapons between India and China”
17:00-17:15 Tomoko Kiyota (Ph.D. Candidate, Takushoku University )
“India’s Arms Procurement Policy: Equilibrium between Requirement of Indigenous Production and Acquisition”
17:15-18:00 Discussion
Contact:
Shiro Sato
shiro［at］cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
【Activity Report】
The purpose of this international symposium was to re-examine India’s changing position in world politics and security. Professor Swaran Singh of Jawaharlal Nehru University gave the keynote speech titled “Locating India in the Twenty-first Century: Political and Security Architecture.” He examined the relationship between India as an emerging power and both the United States and China. The next session focused on the security issues of contemporary India. First, Hiroki Nakanishi (a PhD candidate at ASAFAS) re-considered the U.S.–India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement. Second, Shiro Sato (a researcher at CSEAS) critically examined the possibility of concluding a treaty on the ‘non-first-use’ of nuclear weapons between India and China. Third, Tomoko Kiyota (a PhD candidate at Takushoku University) discussed India’s arms procurement policy in order to understand India’s related intentions and capabilities. During the discussion, the contributors were asked numerous questions from the floor and these three young researchers responded with fruitful and constructive comments.
(Shiro Sato）