Author: synergia

  • The Post Caliphate Threat in Asia

    The Post Caliphate Threat in Asia

    Prof Rohan Gunaratna, former head of ICPVTR at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Prabha Rao, Former Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat presented their views on post caliphate threat in Asia during the Synergia Conclave 2019.

  • Kashmir -The Way Forward

    Kashmir -The Way Forward

    Praveen Swami, Group Consulting Editor, Network 18, spoke candidly about the current situation in Kashmir, providing a historical perspective and talking about what the future holds for this troubled region.

  • Race to Space: Race to Edge

    Race to Space: Race to Edge

    Space Race 2.0. Is characterised by Individuals and enterprises flush with funds which are betting on a future in which space is more accessible, enjoyable and exploitable, and trips to distant planets become a reality. Dr Kiran Kumar, Former Chairman ISRO gave a clear insight into the Indian space programme during the Synergia Conclave 2019

  • Future of Security: Beyond Pax America

    Future of Security: Beyond Pax America

    At a time when the United States grapples with domestic and international challenges, what does the future for the nation look like? Frank G Wisner, Former US Ambassador to India, spoke at the Synergia Conclave-2019 about the future of Pax Americana.

  • Resolving Conflicts in Cyberspace

    Resolving Conflicts in Cyberspace

    How can conflicts within cybersecurity be mediated and resolved? Latha Reddy, Former Deputy NSA GOI & Co-Chair of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, Aaron Shull, CEO, CIGI Canada and Richard Wilcox, Senior Advisor CHD, Geneva deliberated on this topic during the Synergia Conclave-2019.

  • India’s role in shaping the New World Order

    India’s role in shaping the New World Order

    In the vortex of disruptions in Geopolitics have institutions like the UN, WTO and ICJ been undermined because of unilateralism, protectionism and isolationism? Jayant Sinha, MP and Chairperson of Standing Committee on Finance, spoke during Synergia Conclave-2019 on, India Shaping Role in the New World Order.

  • East Asia: Spectre of a Nuclear Conflagration

    East Asia: Spectre of a Nuclear Conflagration

    Indications are that Kim Jong Un is on the verge of breaking off all negotiations on denuclearisation and is likely to stage a significant event to mark this break just before the new year. Does this portend more alarm for East Asia?

  • Mizoram Brus: The Reluctant Returnees

    Mizoram Brus: The Reluctant Returnees

    The Brus or the Reang is a community indigenous to North East India, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram and Assam. Despite two decades of living in exile, the Brus of Mizoram are still reluctant to return home.

  • Embracing Digital Innovations

    Embracing Digital Innovations

    Admiral Timothy Fraser, CB, Vice Chief of Defence Staff, UK and Subhash Chandra, IAS, Secretary Defence Production GOI provided the respective perspectives of the UK and the Indian government on how defence forces must prepare to meet the new digital world.

  • Future of Conflict

    Future of Conflict

    Global trends indicate increasing instability and growing opportunity for confrontation and conflict. With the world in the midst of flux and technology being the prime driver for national power, it is very difficult to predict with any degree of certainty the contours of future conflict. Panel comprising of Sanjay Mitra, IAS, Former Defence Secretary GoI,…