The author of this report undertook a research journey together with Ambassador Ingolf Kiesow to New Delhi and Kashmir in July 2001. The objective of the journey was to collect information about the strategic situation in South Asia in general and the development of India´s nuclear weapons program in particular. The report elaborates on subjects such as the future of India´s nuclear posture, the structure of India´s conventional forces, the situation in Kashmir and the prospects for the dialogue between India and Pakistan which was initiated the 14 of July 2001.