Assistant Director Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s opinion piece ‘With no clear exit strategy in Gaza, Netanyahu is trapped in a ‘Chakravyuh’’ has been published in First Post on 16 May 2024.

With Benjamin Netanyahu adamant that Hamas has to be completely eliminated and the Rafah offensive will go through, the situation is likely to become tougher for Israel in the coming weeks, says Col Agarwal.

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Defence Attache of the Embassy of Vietnam, Sr Col Trinh Ngoc Dai called on Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy on 14 May 2024, for an exchange of views.

Mr Abdullah Musabbeh Al Darmaki, a Research Scholar from The Emirates Center For Strategic Studies (ECSSR), UAE hosted by ICWA visited MP-DSA on 14 May 2024, for an interaction with Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy on bilateral and regional issues.

MP-IDSA Scholars DR PK Pradhan Dr Deepika Saraswat were present.

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Smruti S. Pattanaik’s review ‘Ground Realities behind the Statistics’, of Deep Halder and Avishek Biswas’ book ‘Being Hindu In Bangladesh: 'The Untold Story’ has been published in ‘The Book Review Journal’.

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Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy chaired a Roundtable on ‘Enhancing MSME & Start-up Engagement for Atmanirbharta’ on 13 May 2024, with participation of representatives from three Services, PSA's Office, GeM, Defence Finance and Industry.

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Ms Shayesta Nishat Ahmed spoke on ‘iDEX: Future of Defence Startups’ at the Monday Morning Meeting on 13 May 2024.

Senior Fellow, Mr Arvind Khare moderated the meeting. Director General, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy and MP-IDSA scholars participated in the discussion.

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Smruti S. Pattanaik’s article ‘Iran’s eastward push’ has been published in ‘The Kathmandu Post’ on 11 May 2024.

Iran is concerned about the presence of several countries in the Indian Ocean and wants to protect its genuine commercial interest in this region, says Dr Pattanaik.

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