Centre for Strategic Studies

October 20, 2019

Sixty percent of Defense Budget is spent on Salaries and Pensions- Admiral Arun Prakash

News report on 16th Quarterly Lecture delivered by Admiral Arun Prakash published in Mathrubhumi news paper on October 16, 2019
October 20, 2019

‘India’s Security Challenges’ | CPPR 16th Quarterly Lecture by Admiral Arun Prakash

CPPR 16th Quarterly Lecture on ‘India’s Security Challenges with a focus on the Indian Ocean Region’ delivered by Admiral Arun Prakash, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM (Retd) (India’s 20th Naval Chief) held at Kochi on October 15, 2019.
October 20, 2019

CPPR 16th Quarterly Lecture: ‘India’s Security Challenges’

The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) hosted the 16th edition of its Quarterly Lecture Series on the topic ‘India’s Security Challenges’ on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Bharat Tourist Home, Kochi, Kerala, India. CPPR initiated its Quarterly Lecture Series […]
October 19, 2019

CPPR Talk Series | “Hong Kong Protests and its implications” by Muraleedharan Nair

CPPR -Centre for Strategic Studies organised an in-house talk on “Hong Kong Protests and its implications”, delivered by Mr Muraleedharan Nair , Formerly Indian Consul in Hong Kong and Senior Fellow with CPPR on October 10, 2019
October 18, 2019

India’s Claims to ‘Rising Power’ Status will Remain Hollow

News report published in News Experts related to CPPR 16th Quarterly Lecture delivered by Admiral Arun Prakash “In the first few months of a new government which has ridden, back into power with an overwhelming majority and resolute leadership, can […]
October 17, 2019

Maharashtra Elections 2019: Fadnavis has his ticket to National Politics

This part of CPPR’s Election analysis series, ‘Decoding the Polls’ we explore how the seat sharing agreement between political parties in Maharashtra will pan out and how it will impact the outcome of the Maharashtra State Assembly Elections. We also […]
October 17, 2019

Smart Cities Mission Requires Smart People: Dr M Ramachandran

Transcript of the Keynote address delivered by Dr M Ramachandran, former Secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, at the “Smart Cities Workshop: Sustainable Urban Development” held in Kochi on September 20, 2019.The workshop was organised by South […]
October 17, 2019

CPPR Talk Series: Hong Kong Protests and its Implications

As part of the CPPR Talk Series, the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) organised an in-house talk on “Hong Kong Protests and its Implications”, delivered by Mr Muraleedharan Nair on October 10, 2019. Mr Nair has held various positions in […]
October 16, 2019

Absence of domestic peace major challenge to national security’

News report published in The Hindu related to CPPR 16th Quarterly Lecture delivered by Admiral Arun Prakash With Indian politicians being traditionally indifferent to national security, successive governments have failed to develop a national security strategy and this has placed […]
October 16, 2019

Vikrant theft a security violation: Ex-Navy Chief

News report published in The News Indian Express related to CPPR 16th Quarterly Lecture delivered by Admiral Arun Prakash Theft  of hard disks from country’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) Vikrant, being built at Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), is a […]
October 16, 2019

India follows opposite model of China on defence transformation

News report published in UNI related to CPPR 16th Quarterly Lecture delivered by Admiral Arun Prakash India adds more men and less technology, quite opposite of the model followed in China on defence transformation, Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) said here […]
October 14, 2019

Corridor will have a positive effect: ADB

CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj comments in a news article published in The Times of India. Kochi: According to Asian Development Bank (ADB), industrial corridors will have a positive effect on the country’s economy, acting as an economic corridor that […]
October 14, 2019

Kerala bypolls 2019: Are the caste-religious organizations setting the agenda?

CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj was part of a panel discussion of News 18 Kerala. This discussion was aired on October 14, 2019
October 14, 2019

Afghan Quandary: Peace Talks Amidst the New Great Game

With the US–Taliban peace talks shaping the future course of Afghan conflict, the main stakeholders China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan and India driven by their geopolitical pursuits and vested interests jostle for influence over the final endgame of Afghanistan.  By Mona […]
October 12, 2019

‘Hong Kong stir will impact whole of China’

The Hong Kong issue is affecting the whole of China and Taiwan, Xinjiang and Tibet are closely watching the situation, said Muraleedharan Nair, former Indian consul in Hong Kong and senior fellow with Kochi thinktank Centre for Public Policy Research […]