Associate Fellow, IDSA, Mr Vishal Chandra was interviewed on the signing of bilateral and trilateral agreements on Chabahar Port during Prime Minister’s recent visit to Iran, and the significance of Chabahar Port for Afghanistan, by Asian News International (ANI), on May 27, 2016.

Associate Fellow, IDSA, S Samuel C Rajiv’s monograph, titled 'Indian Responses to Israeli Conflicts in Gaza’ was published by the BESA Center, Israel.

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Senior Research Associate, IDSA, Ms Ruchita’ Beri’s views India-Africa relations in the background of the threats of African diplomats to boycott Africa Day celebrations in New Delhi to protest against the racist attacks on their citizens in India, were quoted in an article, titled ‘Protests by African diplomats is another reminder of India’s deep-seated racism’, published in Quartz India on May 26, 2016.

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Associate Fellow, IDSA, Mr Vishal Chandra was interviewed on Afghan Taliban, after the killing of its chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour and related developments, by BBC Hindi on May 25, 2016.

Other interviewees included BBC Pashto correspondent Mr Saeed Anwar and Resident Editor, The News International, Peshawar, Mr Rahimullah Yusufzai.

The IDSA publication ‘Multi-party Democracy in the Maldives and the Emerging Security Environment in the Indian Ocean Region’ by Dr Anand Kumar was reviewed in the Business Standard on May 25, 2016.

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Senior Fellow, IDSA, Ambassador P Stobdan participated in an International Conference on ‘India-Iran, Two Great Civilizations – Historical links and the Way Forward’ in Tehran, Iran, on May 23-24, 2016.

Research Assistant, IDSA, Ms Gulbin Sultana participated in a panel discussion on Sri Lankan President Shri Maithripala Sirisena's recent visit to India on Lok Sabha TV. The programme was aired on May 16, 2016.

Research Fellow, IDSA, Col PK Gautam’s views on renewed dialogue between the Dalai Lama and China’s Central Government, following the re-election of Lobsang Sangay as Prime Minister, was published in an article titled ‘Bottom of Form
Re-election of Exiled PM Spurs Hope for Renewed Tibet Talks’. The article was published in Central Tibetan Administration, on May 16, 2016.

Excerpt from Associate Fellow, IDSA, Dr Anand Kumar’s book ‘Multi-party Democracy in the Maldives and the Emerging Security Environment in the Indian Ocean Region’ was published in an article titled ‘Maldives and the Great Game in the Indian Ocean’ in the Maldives Independent on May 16, 2016.

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Research Assistant, IDSA, Mr Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav was interviewed by News Nation on the ‘prospects of India’s Entry into Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)’ on May 15, 2016.