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The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) organized a study tour of Germany
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Countering Youth Radicalization and Violent Extremism in South Asia
South Asia today is poised for change and there are many positive things.
Report on Region Conference on Integrating Global Responses to Climate Change and Energy Security
Report on Region Conference on Integrating Global Responses to Climate Change and Energy Security
Travelling Pakistan via Wagah Border: An experience to cherries!
Travelling Pakistan via Wagah Border: An experience to cherries!
Afghanistan in SAARC
Towards deeper engagement
Nepal's National Interests-II
Secularism, Free and Responsible Media and Foreign Employment
Regional Environmental Issues
Water and Disaster Management
SAARC Towards Meaningful Cooperation
SAARC Towards Meaningful Cooperation
Towards a More Cooperative South Asia
Towards a More Cooperative South Asia
Energy and Environmental Security
A Cooperative Approach In South Asia
Nepal's National Interests
Foreign Policy, Internal Security, Federalism, Enegry-Economy
CSAS-KAS Policy Papers
COSATT Meeting held in Bantos Island, Maldives
CSAS hosts a team from Air War College of the U.S. in Kathmandu.
Consortium of South Asian Think-Tank Heads met at Galle Face Hotel Sri Lanka (June 6-7, 2011) to discuss energy and environmental security in South Asia. Director Nishchalnath Pandey participated on behalf of Nepal.
CCOSATT Members Discuss Regional Connectivity in Thimpu –Sep. 10-14, 2012
CSAS participates in the South Asia and Gulf Strategic Forum organized by NESA Center in Bangkok on Nov. 6-9, 2012
CSAS in cooperation with National College and KAS organized a 2-day webinar on ‘Accelerating Progress and Equality in Education’ on May 31-June 1, 2021. More than 100 students and faculty participated in the programme which centered around discussions on how the pandemic has impacted on education, challenges of on-line learning, cost factors and need of re-orientation of the faculty towards digital tools. A host of speakers from Nepal, Singapore and Germany shed light on the challenges and opportunities of on-line learning.
COSATT in cooperation with KAS and the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Singapore organized a national workshop on ‘Nepal’s Contributions to UN Peacekeeping’ in Kathmandu on April 19, 2021. Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali was chief guest. A number of strategic affairs experts shed light on the topic.
COSATT in cooperation with RECAP-KAS, EastWest Institute and the INSSSL, Colombo organized a workshop on ‘Water Security and Disaster management in Asia’ in Colombo on March 3-4, 2020. It was inaugurated by the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva. Prominent experts from the region spoke at the event.
CSAS Director Dr. Nishchal N. Pandey participated in the ‘Asia-Pacific Think-Tank Summit’ held in Bangkok on Nov. 10-12, 2019. It was co-hosted by the UN-ESCAP and the University of Pennsylvania.
A regional conference in cooperation with Rule of Law Asia Programme of the KAS was held on Sep. 11, 2019 in Kathmandu on 'Coordination in Management of Migrant Labour Issues among SAARC Nations' with senior diplomats of South Asia. Former Under Secretary General of the UN Gyan Chandra Acharya, Amb. Ranjit Rae (India), Amb. Arif Kamal (Pakistan), Amb. Javed Yusuf (Sri Lanka) and Ms. Marina Sultana (RMMRU, Dhaka) shed light on the theme.
Regional Steering Group meeting South Asia of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) was held in Kathmandu on June 30-July 4, 2019. A youth conference was organized by CSAS at the National College and a gender focal point meeting was also held with women M.Ps.
A COSATT delegation comprising of some of the prominent think-tanks of South Asia visited Heidelberg for the conference on 'Security and Economic Implications in the Indo-Pacific' organized by the Heidelberg University. The delegation also had meetings at the Bundestag, Federal Foreign office, GIGA and SWP among others.
A conference on the above theme was held in Kathmandu on March 12-13, 2019 with heads of think-tanks, researchers and experts from across the region. Dr. Seshadri Chari, Amb. Sujan Chinoy, Dr. Suba Chandran, Prof. Swaran Singh, Maj. Gen. AKM Abdur Rahman, Mr. Hernaikh Singh among others presented their views. A book will be published soon on the conference.
A book discussion was held on Dec. 28, 2019 in Kathmandu on the latest COSATT publication. Senior strategic analysts, academics and Nepali policy makers shed light on both the BRI and the BBIN for small countries of South Asia.
In cooperation with the Rule of Law Asia Programme of the KAS, CSAS organized the above conference with lawyers and experts from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Myanmar. It was held in Kathmandu on Sep. 26. A large number of law students from the Kathmandu University also participated.
COSATT in collaboration with the ISAS, Singapore and KAS organized the above workshop in Singapore on Sep. 24, 2018. BIMSTEC Secretary General, ASEAN former SG, former DPM and foreign minister of Nepal among a range of experts and heads of think-tanks from BIMSTEC member states participated in the workshop.
CSAS organized by the above talk program on Aug. 24, 2018 wherein the Hon'ble Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali was the chief guest. Former Foreign Ministers Ramesh Nath Pandey and Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, former foreign secretary Madhu Raman Acharya and former ambassador Dr. Dinesh Bhattarai shed light on how Nepal can take advantage from the forthcoming 4th BIMSTEC Summit.
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COSATT-KAS-BIISS conference on “Importance of BRI and BBIN for South Asia” was held in Dhaka on July 4-5, 2018. Honourable Foreign Minister of Bangladesh sent his message to the conference while Minister of State for Finance and Planning was present at the Valedictory session. Former Secretary of Commerce of Nepal, Heads and Representatives of Think-Tanks from South Asia including a large number of diplomats, officials, academics from Bangladesh participated in the 2-day event.
Director Dr. Nishchal N. Pandey spoke at the above conference held at the Ramada, Colombo on June 7, 2018. It was jointly organized by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict. He also participated at the GPPAC Regional Steering Group Meeting held on June 8.
COSATT held its regional conference on the above theme with participation of heads and representatives of think-tanks from all eight South Asian countries on March 25-26, 2018 in Kathmandu. Former Deputy PM of Nepal Upendra Yadav inaugurated the conference. A publication as proceedings of the conference will soon be published.
CSAS in cooperation with the NESA Center, NDU Washington D.C. and the APCSS, Hawaii organized the above seminar in Kathmandu on Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2018. Participants included heads and representatives of prominent think-tanks of South Asia and experts from the U.S. SAARC Secretary General Amjad Hussain B. Sial delivered the keynote address.
An international workshop on 'Climate Change and Resource Security:Challenges for Security and Security Sector in South Asia' was held at Hilton, Colombo on Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2017. It was organized by CSAS in cooperation with the RECAP-KAS and the INSSSL. The workshop was inaugurated by the Defense Secretary of Sri Lanka. Large number of serving and retired
senior officers of the tri-services of the region participated in the workshop.
CSAS in cooperation with the Rule of Law Programme of the KAS organized a one-day conference on Sep. 12, 2017. Dr. Mario Gomez, Director, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Ms. Ayreen Khan, Media Personality, Dhaka, Mr. Faisal Malik Buttar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, Pakistan, Advocate Sajjan Bar Singh Thapa, Supreme Court, Nepal and Mr. Rishabh Sahu, Senior Standing Counsel for Government of India Central Administrative Tribunal were main speakers at the conference. Chief Guest was Hon’ble Justice Salahuddin Akhtar Siddiqui, Appellate Court, Nepal. Mrs. Gisela Elsner of the KAS also spoke on the occasion.
COSATT held the above mentioned workshop with participation of 3 former ministers, former foreign secretary, diplomats, heads of some of the prominent think-tanks of South Asia in Singapore on Aug. 21, 2017. Latest COSATT publication “Countering Youth Radicalization and Violent Extremism in South Asia’ was launched on the occasion. The event was held in cooperation with the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.
Director of the CSAS Dr. Nishchalnath Pandey participated in a meeting on ‘Regional Cooperation in Migration Management and Refugee Protection’ organized by the KAS, New York Office in New York on May 21-24, 2017. A study project on the same subject has been initiated by the KAS and will be completed by early next year.
COSATT held a regional conference in cooperation with the KAS and the INSSSL on “Preventing Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism in South Asia” on April 3-4, 2017 in Colombo. It was inaugurated by Defence Secretary of the Government of Sri Lanka.
CSAS-COSATT organized a regional conference on “Countering Youth Radicalization in South Asia” in Kathmandu on Feb. 27-28, 2017. COSATT is supported by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Speakers from all eight SAARC countries spoke on various facets of the radicalization problem faced by the region.
CSAS in cooperation with the EU Delegation to Nepal and the DAI organized a regional seminar on the above topic on Dec. 2, 2016 in Kathmandu. Member of the National Planning Commission Dr. Swarnim Wagle was the chief guest while experts from across the region gave presentations.
The Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS) is involved in various national, regional and international networks such as:-
- CSAS is a member of the Regional Network of Strategic Study Centers (RNSSC) led by NESA Center, Washington D.C.
- CSAS is the Convener of the Consortium of South Asian Think-tanks (COSATT) supported by Political Dialogue Asia Programme of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
- CSAS is a founder member of the South Asian Regional Research Forum (SARRF), led by BIPSS, Dhaka. - CSAS is a founder member of the Nepal Security Sector network (NSSN), Kathmandu.
- CSAS is a founder member of the Nepal Security Sector network (NSSN), Kathmandu.
- Director Pandey was Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), an autonomous Institute under the National University of Singapore from 2006-2007 and is currently Honourary Fellow of the ISAS. While at ISAS, he authored the book 'India's North- Eastern Region: Insurgency, Economic Development and Linkages with South East Asia' published jointly by ISAS and Manohar Publishers, Delhi.
- Director Pandey is at present International Research Committee member of the Regional Centre for strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo.
- Director Pandey was Journal Referee in 2008 of Strategic Analysis, published by Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi.
Director Pandey with Dr. Henry Kissinger at the Global Strategic Review, Geneva
CSAS organizes a talk program on ‘BRI and South Asia’ on Nov. 20, 2018. Speaker Mahara was chief guest while the Finance Minister was guest of honour.
CSAS Organizes Talk Program on the Kumbh Mela
Mr. Saurabh Pandey of the India Think Council gave a talk on the Kumbh Mela on June 30, 2019 in Kathmandu. The Kumbh is the largest congregation of humans in the world. Ambassador of India to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri, former foreign ministers Ramesh Nath Pandey and Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat along with intellectuals participated at the gathering.