Dr. M.R. Srinivasan (former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission) delivering the fourth lecture in this series, titled Nuclear Energy and India's Energy Security at the IDSA on Friday, August 17, 2007.… Continue reading Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Nuclear Energy and India’s Energy Security
Prof Rajiva Wijesinhe, Chairman of Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS)
Hon. Lord Mark Malloch Brown, Foreign Office Minister for Africa, Asia and the United Nations (attending Cabinet)
Prof. Efraim Inbar Director of the Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies (BESA)
Prof. Azar Gat Professor and the incumbent of the Ezer Weitzman Chair for National Security in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University
H.E. Dr Durgesh Man Singh Ambassador of Nepal to India
Venue: IDSA Auditorium Programme 1000 hrs: Arrival of Hon’ble Raksha Mantri and President, IDSA 1005 hrs: Lighting of Lamp 1010 hrs: Opening Remarks: Shri Narendra Sisodia, Director General, IDSA 1015… Continue reading Special Address – 44th IDSA Foundation Day Lecture “Identity and National Security in 21st Century India”
Venue: Seminar Hall 1, IDSASpeaker: Mr. Gopal K. Pillai, Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India On March 5, 2010, as part of its Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series,… Continue reading Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Left-Wing Extremism in India
Venue: IDSA AuditoriumSpeaker: Prof. V. P. Dutt, Distinguished Fellow, IDSA and former pro-VC, University of Delhi In the series of IDSA-organized eminent persons’ lectures, Professor V.P. Dutt delivered his lecture… Continue reading Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – India, China and the United States: The Triangle that isn’t
Venue: Auditorium, IDSATalk by Mr. Jyri Häkämies, Minister of Defence, Finland Programme 1500 Hrs Arrival of Mr. Jyri Häkämies, Minister of Defence, Finland. 15:05-15:10 Welcome Address by DG, IDSA 15:10-15:45… Continue reading Special Address – Global Security Challenges: A Finnish Perspective
Speaker: Hon. Sujata Koirala, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Participants Ladies and Gentlemen: 1. First of all, I would like to thank… Continue reading Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Political Developments in Nepal: Problems and Prospects
Venue: Seminar Hall No 1, IDSA Speaker: Thomas Friedman
The run-up to US President Barack Obama’s visit to India has been an opportunity for IDSA to interact with eminent experts in the super-power’s domestic and foreign policy spheres and… Continue reading Special Address – Professor Stephen Cohen on Obama’s South Asia Policy
Venue: IDSA Auditorium Shri A K Antony, Hon’ble Raksha Mantri & President IDSA will deliver the Presidential Address & Present Awards Dr Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India… Continue reading Special Address – 45th IDSA Foundation Day Lecture
Dr. Lora Saalman, a Beijing-based associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has focused her research on Chinese nuclear weapon and nonproliferation policies and… Continue reading Special Address – Dr. Lora Saalman on China and India: Divergence, Similarity and Symmetry in Security Concerns
Venue: Seminar Hall-ISpeaker: Minister Dr. Aurelia Frick, Minister of Justice, Foreign Affairs and Cultural Affairs (Liechtenstein)Chair: Ms. Smita Purushottam Dr. Aurelia Frick is one of the current cabinet ministers of… Continue reading Special Address – Role of Small countries in a Globalised World
Lecture delivered by: Professor Sunil Khilnani Topic: The Great Power Game: India in the New World Speakers: Cdr. S.S. Parmar, Mr. R.D. Pradhan, Mr. N.S. Sisodia, Mr. K. Subrahmanyam IDSA… Continue reading Inaugural Y.B. Chavan Memorial Lecture – The Great Power Game: India in the New World – Professor Sunil Khilnani
Speaker: Dr Sunil Khilnani, Starr Foundation Professor, Director of the South Asia Studies Program at the Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins UniversityVenue: IDSA Auditorium Programme… Continue reading Inaugural Y.B. Chavan Memorial Lecture – The Great Power Game : India in the New World
Venue: Seminar Hall-I Speaker: Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Union Minister for the Development of the North-Eastern Region and currently Honourable Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Venue: Conference Room 205, IDSA Speaker: Professor V. P. DuttChairperson: Ambassador T.C. A. Rangachari
Chair: Dr Rajaram Panda, Cluster Coordinator China and East Asia Cluster Mr. Peter Jennings, Deputy Secretary for Strategy, Department of Defence, Australia, visited IDSA on 6 December for interactions with… Continue reading Special Address – Talk given by Mr Peter Jennings, Deputy Secretary (Strategy), Australia
The run-up to the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to India has been an opportunity for IDSA to interact with eminent experts about Russia’s new domestic and foreign policy initiatives… Continue reading Special Address – Mr. Vladimir Skosyrev on Foreign Policy of Russia under Medvedev and implications for the global world
A critical look at the major social and economic transitions that have been taking place since the economic reforms might aid in deriving answers for questions that concern with China’s… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – Critical Perspectives on China’s Economic Transition
Despite South Asian having achieved relative progress, multiple factors such as religious extremism, high levels of corruption, inequitable development and mutual distrust among others have led to South Asia being… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – How to Achieve Sustainable Peace in South Asia
Chair: Mr. V. Krishnappa Professor Mitra spoke on the topic - Governance, citizenship and India’s counter-factual democracy. In that context he spoke on how India is looked at. Whether democracy… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – Explaining India’s peaceful transition and what means to India’s future
As the world grapples with the after effects of the economic downturn, India has emerged out of it relatively unscathed and is being noticed increasingly on the world stage as… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – India and the World – the Economic Dimension
Chair: Mr. N.S.Sisodia Professor Bardhan spoke on “China and India in the near future – A Political Economy viewpoint”. His comparative analysis of the two emerging giants had statistical and… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – China and India in the Near Future — A Political-Economy Viewpoint
Chair: V. Krishnappa Revolution in military affairs (RMA) has been bringing about unprecedented changes in the conduct of warfare. Professor Theo Farrell was invited to IDSA to share his thoughts… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – British Military Transformation and the War in Afghanistan
Jayan Jose Thomas is currently an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He has previously held academic positions at the National University of Singapore (2004 - 2008), Indian… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – Will the ‘Demographic Dividend’ Help India become a Superpower?
A view on what makes China tick, seen from a psycholinguistic perspective, drawing inferences for China, India and the world at large 1. Why Understanding China is important China is… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – Unraveling the Mind of China
1. Why Understanding China is important, especially for India China is an emerging 21st century superpower; India is too, but way behind. Yet China and India neither understand each other,… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – China 2020: a Confucian Democracy?
Abstract Israel has been facing, successfully, a constant military threat from its very inception in 1948. However, the nature of the threat has been drastically transformed at least three times… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – Changing Strategies to Face the Challenges of an Asymmetric Security Environment
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There is a strong case for strategists to be psychologists too, as at a certain level they are involved in analysing the thought process of others and attempting to capture… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – Psychological Science, Strategy and China’s Periphery
Remarks by Shri M. Ganapathi, Secretary(West), Ministry of External Affairs at the India-Africa Strategic Dialogue organised by Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) on November 24-25, 2011 Acting Director… Continue reading Special Address – Shri M. Ganapathi, Secretary(West), Ministry of External Affairs at the India-Africa Strategic Dialogue
Download Event Booklet His Excellency the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri N.N. Vohra, Acting Director General of the Institute, Shri Arvind Gupta, and representatives of the Y.B. Chavan Trust,… Continue reading Second YB Chavan Memorial Lecture – “India and China: Can the Giants of Asia Cooperate?”
Remarks by Shri NN Vohra after the Second YB Chavan Memorial Lecture delivered by Prof K. Bajpai Download Event Booklet Shri RD Pradhan and Shri Ajit Nimbalkar, eminent representatives of… Continue reading Second YB Chavan Memorial Lecture – Remarks By Shri NN Vohra
Chairperson: His Excellency, Shri N N Vohra, Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Programme 1630-1635 hrs Welcome Address by Dr Arvind Gupta, Lal Bahadur Shastri Chair, IDSA 1635-1640 hrs Address by… Continue reading Second YB Chavan Memorial Lecture – India and China: Can the Giants of Asia Cooperate?
In his presentation, Prof. Ganguly discussed why a Sino-Indian conflict is more likely than a Sino-American conflict drawing on the literature on rivalries. He developed his key arguments in four… Continue reading National Strategy Lecture – The Sources of Instability in Asia
About the Speaker Mr Sainath is the Rural Affairs Editor for The Hindu and received the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2007. He received the European Commission's Natali Prize in… Continue reading Internal Security Lecture Series – Many Securities
Leon E. Panetta, US Secretary for Defence Click here for complete text of address
Leon E. Panetta, US Secretary for Defence Click here for complete text of address
“India’s Foreign Policy – Future Challenges” -- Ambassador Kanwal Sibal IDSA in collaboration with Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan, Mumbai hosted the third Y B Chavan Memorial Lecture, the founding President and… Continue reading Third YB Chavan Memorial Lecture – India’s Foreign Policy – Future Challenges
Venue: IDSA AuditoriumSpeaker: Prof GL Peiris, Hon’ble Mnister for External Affairs, Sri Lanka
On January 23, 2013, as part of its ‘Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series, IDSA organized a lecture by General Bikram Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC, Chief of the Army… Continue reading Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Lecture by General Bikram Singh on “Challenges for the Indian Army in the 21st Century”
Speaker: Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM, ADC Chairperson: Vice Admiral (Retd.) P S Das Complete text of lecture
Speaker's Profile Admiral Arun Prakash retired as India’s 20th Naval Chief and Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee in end-2006. Commissioned into the Executive Branch in 1966, he specialized in aviation… Continue reading Fourth YB Chavan Memorial Lecture: Maritime Security of India – Future Challenges
Speaker: His Excellency Cho Tae-yong, Special Representative (Vice Minister level), for Korean Peninsula Affairs, Republic of Korea Speaker's Profile Mr Cho Tae-yong is the Special Representative (Vice Minister level), for… Continue reading Special Address – Talk by Cho Tae-yong on “The Situation of the Korean Peninsula and the ROK Policy towards North Korea”
Venue: IDSA Auditorium (2nd Floor) Speaker: Mr Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, LKY School, Singapore Title: Can India be Cunning? Chairperson: Dr Sanjay Baru, Director IISS Press Release Download Summary of the… Continue reading Special Address – K Subrahmanyam Memorial Lecture by Kishore Mahbubani
Dr Madhav Godbole, Former Home Secretary, Government of India would deliver a lecture on ‘Securing India’s Borders: The Way Ahead', on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at the Institute for Defence… Continue reading Fifth Y B Chavan Memorial Lecture: Securing India’s Borders: The Way Ahead
About the Speaker Evan P. Garcia is Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines I would like to thank the Institute for Defence Studies and… Continue reading Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Lecture by HE Mr Evan Garcia on “Issues of South China Sea and Future Prognosis: A Philippine Perspective”
About the Speaker HE Sher Bahadur Deuba is Former Prime Minister of Nepal and Senior Leader of the Nepali Congress. Excellencies, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen! I would like to begin… Continue reading Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Talk by HE Sher Bahadur Deuba on “Political Situation in Nepal”
Speaker : Shri AK Gupta, Secretary (Defence Production), Ministry of Defence, Government of IndiaTopic : Make in India: The Way Ahead for Indigenous Defence Production in IndiaChair : Shri Jayant… Continue reading Sixth Y.B. Chavan Memorial Lecture – Make in India: The Way Ahead for Indigenous Defence Production in India
The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) is organising 51st Foundation Day Address by Dr Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, Niti Aayog, on ‘National Security and Development’ on Thursday, November… Continue reading 51st Foundation Day Address by Dr Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, Niti Aayog, on ‘National Security and Development’
Programme 1600-1605: Welcome Address by Shri Jayant Prasad, DG, IDSA 1605-1610: Address by Dr RD Pradhan, Representative of Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan, Mumbai 1610-1640: Talk by Shri Shyam Saran 1640-1645: Remarks… Continue reading Seventh Y.B. Chavan Memorial Lecture: Decline of Internationalism
Venue: Boardroom # 104, First Floor About The Speaker High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla is a career diplomat and a member of the Indian Foreign Service. In the course of… Continue reading Lecture by H.E. Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla on India-Bangladesh Bilateral Relations: An Indian Perspective
ReportTalk by Prof. Dr. Bharat Desai on “Taking International Law Seriously”08 December 2021 Event Report The Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) organised a talk on “Taking… Continue reading Talk by Professor Dr. Bharat H. Desai on “Taking International Law Seriously”
The Second Annual K. Subrahmanyam Memorial Lecture was hosted by the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), India on 03 February 2022 at 1100hrs (IST) in a… Continue reading The K. Subrahmanyam Memorial Lecture By Dr. Edward N. Luttwak on “Applying the Krishnaswamy Subrahmanyam Method Today”
The Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) organised a lecture by H.E. Ambassador (Dr.) Shankar P. Sharma, Ambassador of Nepal to India, under the Eminent Persons Lecture… Continue reading Eminent Persons Lecture by His Excellency Ambassador (Dr.) Shankar P. Sharma, Ambassador of Nepal to India, on “Strengthening India-Nepal Relations.”
