The Chief of Implementation Support Unit of the Biological Weapons Convention, Mr. Daniel Feakes spoke on ‘The BWC at 45: Approaching the Ninth Review Conference’ at IDSA on January 16, 2020.

Director General, IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy received in his office Dr. Paul B. Stares, Director, Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, to exchange views on diverse geo-strategic issues, on January 13, 2020.

Director General, IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy received in his office Ms Deirdre Kent, Deputy High Commissioner, Candian High Commission, New Delhi, for an exchange of views on issues of mutual interests, on January 13, 2020.

Prof. Purnendra Jain of Adelaide University interacted with the IDSA scholars on ‘Strategic Developments in the Indo-Pacific and Future Contours’, on January 13, 2020.

Director General, IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy received in his office Mr Julian Leeser, Federal Member of Parliament from Berowra Constituency, New South Wales and Chair of the India-Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group on January 10, 2020. He was accompanied by Mr. Kim Heriot-Daragh, First Secretary, Defence Section from Australian High Commission, Delhi.

IDSA scholars, Dr. Ashok Behuria, Mr. Vishal Chandra, Dr. Udai Bhanu Singh and Dr. Md. Muddassir Quamar were also present.

Director General, IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy received in his office senior officials from SMBC, Tokyo, to discuss the geostrategic and geo-economic outlook for the Indo-Pacific with special focus on India- Japan cooperation in Africa and the Middle East, on January 07, 2020.

Senior experts from the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), Tokyo, Japan, visited IDSA on Tuesday, 24th December 2019 to discuss key foreign policy trends and regional security issues.

Afghan delegation led by Gen. Md. Afzal Loudin, Senior Military Adviser to the President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, interacted with Director General, IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy and IDSA scholars on December 23, 2019

A six-member delegation from Poland's Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), led by Director Adam Eberhardt, interacted with the IDSA scholars on December 06, 2019. The issues discussed were China-USA rivalry and implications for India and the EU; Russian-Chinese relations in the context of Indian and EU foreign policy, and situation in the Greater Middle East (MENA), including Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan etc.

A delegation from the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia, led by Col. Dr. Samsul Bahari, Director of America, Europe, Africa Relations Dept., Directorate General of Defence Strategy, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia, called on Director General, IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy in his office. Thereafter, the delegation interacted with the IDSA scholars to discuss Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), in a meeting organised by the Southeast Asia and Oceania Centre on November 26, 2019.