ARTICLES

1. Defusing the Iranian Crisis
   (Extracts of talk delivered by Maj. Gen (rtd) Vinod Saighal New Delhi, April 20, 2012)

2. MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT, 2012
   (Extracts of talk delivered by Maj. Gen (rtd) Vinod Saighal at the India International Centre on March 21, 2012)

3. "Assessment of Recent Developments in the South China Sea and their Implications to Regional Security and Cooperation"
   (Talk delivered at the conclave held in Manila under the aegis of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and the Foreign Service Institute, Philippines on 5-6 July 2011)
   
   
4. "PERSPECTIVE OF PEACE AND SECURITY IN ASIA"
   (Talk delivered in Khatmandu on March 5, 2011 at the 2nd North and South Asia Joint Conference of IPPNW)
   
   
5. "DELHI CITIZENS COMMISSION"
   (Preamble by Maj. Gen retd. Vinod Saighal* on November 25, 2010)
   
   
6. THE SOUTH CHINA SEA : COOPERATION FOR REGIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT
   (Talk delivered at The Second International Workshop by Maj. Gen (rtd) Vinod Saighal* on November 10 - 12, 2010, Ho Chi Minh City)
   
   
7. INDIA BEWARE, ASEAN BEWARE, OTHERS TOO
   (Talk delivered by Maj. Gen retd. Vinod Saighal* on October 18, 2010)
   
   
8. PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE APPROACH TO NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
   (Talk delivered by Maj. Gen retd. Vinod Saighal* on August 27, 2010 in Basel at the plenary session of the 19th IPPNW World Conference)
   
   
9. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON “ SOUTH CHINA SEA : COOPERATION FOR SECURITY DEVELOPMENT
   (Talk delivered by Maj. Gen (rtd) Vinod Saighal* at HANOI 0n 26 November 2009)
   
   
10. NEED TO REVISIT ANTI TERROR LAWS
    (Talk delivered by Maj.Gen (rtd) Vinod Saighal at the India International Centre on August 22, 2009)
    
    
11. WHERE IS CHINA HEADED
    (Talk delivered at the India International Centre, New Delhi on July 21, 2009)
    
    
12. RECONCILING COALITION DHARMA, GOOD GOVERNANCE & NATIONAL SECURITY
    (Talk delivered at the India International Centre on 16 June 2009 by Maj.Gen (rtd) Vinod Saighal, Convenor MRGG - Movement for Restoration of Good Government. The talk was chaired by Dr. Kavita Sharma, Director IIC.)
    
    
13.  REAPPRAISING CHINA
    (Talk delivered on July 21, 2008 at the Annexe, India International Centre on July 21, 2008 on behalf of Eco Monitors Society )
    
    
14. AIMING FOR PREVENTION: HOW CAN DOCTORS STOP SMALL ARMS VIOLENCE
    (Presentation by Maj. Gen. (rtd) Vinod Saighal* at the 18th IDPD-IPPNW World Congress,
    New Delhi on March 9, 2008)
    
    
15. INDUCING JUDICIAL ACTIVISM OR HAVING THEIR CAKE & EATING IT TOO
    (Oct 10th 2007)
    
    
16. CHINA, TIBET, INDIA: STATUS QUO OR REAPPRAISAL
    (New Delhi, December 7, 2006)
    
    
17. BLUEPRINT FOR PREVENTING IRAQ’S DESCENT INTO CHAOS
    (New Delhi, November 17, 2006)
    
    
18. THE STAND-OFF ON THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR ISSUE – A REAPPRAISAL  BEFORE
     THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
     (Article in World Affairs, Issue Summer 2006)
    
    
19.  WHY THE WAR ON GLOBAL TERRORISM IS NOT BEING WON
    (Talk delivered at the United Service Institute of India, New Delhi, 2 August 2006)
    
    
20. NEARING THE END GAME IN IRAQ: STILL MISSING THE BIG PICTURE
    (Talk delivered  at the United Service Institute of India, New Delhi, 11 November 2005).
    
    
21. GOING BEYOND THE SHIFTING SPIRITUAL PARADIGMS
    (Talk delivered  at the National Conference on Global Peace  through Universal Responsibility at  New Delhi, 7 November 2005)
    
    
22. AHMED SHAH MASOOD: TRIBUTE TO A FALLEN HERO
    (Speech delivered at Kabul to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the  martyrdom of  Ahmed Shah Masood, 8 September 2005)
    
    
23. GEOPOLITICAL CLAIRVOYANCE
    (Talk delivered at the United Service Institute of India, New Delhi, 11 May 2005)
    
    
24. INDIA AND ITS SOUTH ASIAN NEIGHBOURS OTHER THAN PAKISTAN
    (Presentation at the United Service Institute, New Delhi, National Security
     Seminar on 9-10 November 2004 )
    
    
25. A CATASTROPHIC DECLINE IN US POWER IS NOT IN THE GLOBAL INTEREST. LOOKING BEYOND THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
    (Talk delivered  at the United Service Institute, New Delhi, 13 October 2004 )
    
    
26. THE SEARCH FOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS: FROM AWARENESS TO ACTION
    (Talk delivered at the 16th IPPNW World Conference, Beijing. Last plenary on
    Sunday 19 September 2004) 
    
    
27. ELECTIONS IN INDIA 2003: THE SUBCONTINENTAL DIMENSION
    (Article published by the News on Sunday, Karachi at the end of  May 2003)
    
    
28. RE-APPRAISING THE IDEA OF INDIA
    (Talk delivered by Maj.Gen. Vinod Saighal (retd) at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi on May 10, 2003)
    
    
29. SOUTH ASIAN CONFERENCE ON FUNDAMENTALISM & COMMUNALISM
    (Talk delivered at Dhaka, 01-02 June 2001.)
    
    
30. RESURGENCE OF RUSSIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY
    (Talk delivered at the United Service Institute, New Delhi, 10 January 2001)
    
    
31. DALAI LAMA - THE MAN AND HIS VISION          
    (Contributed in 2001)
    
    
32. THE DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMIC OF THE 21ST CENTURY-THE CHALLENGE FOR THE GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
    (Paper presented at the Millennium Symposium, on Science, Society and Human Rights at Regina, Canada, 24-26 August 2000 )
    
    
33. "MRGG APPEAL TO THE INDIAN VOTER"
    (MRGG APPEAL TO THE INDIAN VOTER New Delhi 5th March 1996)
    


34. "WELCOMMING MESSAGE"
    
    

(Some of the Important Talks and Articles by the Author)
© Vinod Saighal