The Role and Impact of Supreme Leader (Velayat-e Faqih) on Iranian Foreign Policy

Chairperson: Ambassador Ishrat AzizDiscussants: Professor Qamar Agha and Professor A K Ramakrishnan Dr. Rizvi started his presentation with the concept of velayat-e-faqih and its evolution. Velayat-e-Faqih is the most important… Continue reading The Role and Impact of Supreme Leader (Velayat-e Faqih) on Iranian Foreign Policy

Civil-Military Relations in Post-Suharto Indonesia

Chairperson: Dr R N DasDiscussants: Professor Baladas Ghoshal and Shri C S Kuppuswamy The author analysed the developments in civil-military relations in Indonesia especially in the post Suharto era. He… Continue reading Civil-Military Relations in Post-Suharto Indonesia

Interactive Session on “MENA’s ‘1989 Moment’ and its global implications” with Alastair Newton

Chairperson: Ms. Ruchita Beri MENA, an acronym often used in academic and business writing for Middle East and North Africa, covers an extensive region extending from Morocco to Iran, including… Continue reading Interactive Session on “MENA’s ‘1989 Moment’ and its global implications” with Alastair Newton

Renaissance of Military History, War and International Studies in India

Chairperson: Brigadier R .Dahiya (Retd), Advisor, Military Affairs Cluster, (IDSA)Discussants: Prof Anirudh Deshpande (University of Delhi) and Sqn Ldr RTS Chhina (Retd), Secretary Armed Forces Historical Research, USI of India.… Continue reading Renaissance of Military History, War and International Studies in India

Interaction with young parliamentarians from Africa

Participants: 25-member delegation, Dr Arvind Gupta, Ms. Ruchita Beri, Dr. R.N. Das, Dr. Ashok Behuria, Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha, West Asia and Africa cluster members Chair: Dr. Arvind Gupta This… Continue reading Interaction with young parliamentarians from Africa

Interaction with Israeli Delegation

The 3-member delegation from the Israeli Ministry of Defence visited IDSA to interact with IDSA scholars and discuss recent developments in the West Asian region, and other issues of mutual… Continue reading Interaction with Israeli Delegation

Examining China’s Hydrobehaviour

Chair: Dr. Arvind GuptaDiscussants: Ambassador Rajiv Sikri, Ambassador I P Khosla, Ambassador R Rajagopalan. Amongst the audience were officials from the Ministry of External Affairs, China branch and researchers from… Continue reading Examining China’s Hydrobehaviour

The Absent Dialogue: Civil-Military Relations and Military Effectiveness in India

Chairperson: Narendra Sisodia (DG, IDSA)Discussants: P.S. Das, Vice Admiral (retd.), Dhirendra Singh (IAS), Prof. Rajesh Rajgopalan (JNU) This paper examines civil-military relations in India and argues that it has an… Continue reading The Absent Dialogue: Civil-Military Relations and Military Effectiveness in India

Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Globalisation and Security

Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Environmental Change and Security

Dr. R. K. Pachauri, Director General, The Energy Research Institute