Shared Interests: Australia-India relations into the twenty-first century

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has today released its report, titled Shared Interests: Australia-India relations into the twenty-first century on the proceedings of the fourth Australia-India Security Roundtable, held in Canberra on 11-12 April 2005.

The first Security Roundtable took place in July 2001 in New Delhi, the second in May 2002 in Sydney, and the third was held in October 2003 in Chandigarh. This fourth meeting built on the success of previous dialogues: fourteen strategic analysts from both countries discussed a range of important issues vital to each country’s defence and security planning.

This is a collected volume of short written papers or transcripts of presentations from all of the participants in the Roundtable. The papers outline a diverse and constructive range of policy-relevant ideas from which the governments of both countries can draw to help deepen and broaden security ties between Australia and India. 

The volume also includes the address by Professor Varun Sahni of Jawaharlal Nehru University at the ASPI Defence and Security Luncheon in April. 

This ASPI Strategy is illustrated with a series of remarkable photographs sourced from the collection of the Australian War Memorial and the Defence Department. These images record the experiences of almost a century of Australian and Indian military forces working together to promote peace and stability.