Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha discussed climate change issues with the officials of the Policy Planning and Research Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, at IDSA on July 22, 2015.
Mr Nicholas Szechenyi, Deputy Director of the Japan Chair at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington DC delivered a talk on ‘Japan's Strategic Trajectory and the Implications for India’ at IDSA on July 21, 2015. The session was chaired by Deputy Director General, IDSA, Brig Rumel Dahiya (Retd).
Giving an insight into the Philippine’s perspective on the South China Sea issue, Undersecretary (Vice Minister) for Policy, Department of Foreign Affairs, Manila, Philippines, Hon’ble Evan P Garcia today described Philippines’ arbitration case under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as a just and concrete step towards finding resolution to the dispute in the South China Sea.
Dr Shambhu Ram Shimkhada, Consultant, Institute of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Nepal, interacted with IDSA scholars on July 8, 2015.
As a part of the 50th year celebrations of IDSA, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, delivered a talk on ‘Transformation of the Indian Air Force’ at IDSA on June 24, 2015. The event was moderated by Vice Admiral PS Das.
A 15-member delegation from the Royal College of Defence Studies, London, headed by Major General Simon Porter CBE, Senior Directing Staff, visited IDSA on June 3, 2015 for an interaction.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Hawaii Pacific University, Dr Patrick Bratton delivered a lecture on ‘US Maritime and Smart Power in the Indo-Pacific’ at IDSA on June 1, 2015.
Director of Asian Security Programs, American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC), Mr Jeff M Smith spoke on ‘Current US Perception on India-China Relations’ at IDSA on May 28, 2015. Mr Smith is the author of the book Cold Peace: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the 21st Century (Lexington Books, 2014).
