Special Address – 45th IDSA Foundation Day Lecture

Venue: IDSA Auditorium Shri A K Antony, Hon’ble Raksha Mantri & President IDSA will deliver the Presidential Address & Present Awards Dr Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India… Continue reading Special Address – 45th IDSA Foundation Day Lecture

Special Address – Trends in globalization with a special focus on India

Venue: Seminar Hall No 1, IDSASpeaker: Thomas Friedman

Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Political Developments in Nepal: Problems and Prospects

Speaker: Hon. Sujata Koirala, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Participants Ladies and Gentlemen: 1. First of all, I would like to thank… Continue reading Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Political Developments in Nepal: Problems and Prospects

Special Address – Global Security Challenges: A Finnish Perspective

Venue: Auditorium, IDSATalk by Mr. Jyri Häkämies, Minister of Defence, Finland Programme 1500 Hrs Arrival of Mr. Jyri Häkämies, Minister of Defence, Finland. 15:05-15:10 Welcome Address by DG, IDSA 15:10-15:45… Continue reading Special Address – Global Security Challenges: A Finnish Perspective

Special Address – Professor Stephen Cohen on Obama’s South Asia Policy

The run-up to US President Barack Obama’s visit to India has been an opportunity for IDSA to interact with eminent experts in the super-power’s domestic and foreign policy spheres and… Continue reading Special Address – Professor Stephen Cohen on Obama’s South Asia Policy

Inaugural Y.B. Chavan Memorial Lecture – The Great Power Game : India in the New World

Speaker: Dr Sunil Khilnani, Starr Foundation Professor, Director of the South Asia Studies Program at the Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins UniversityVenue: IDSA Auditorium Programme… Continue reading Inaugural Y.B. Chavan Memorial Lecture – The Great Power Game : India in the New World

Special Address – Talk by Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar on Obama, Rajiv and the Bomb

Venue: Seminar Hall-I Speaker: Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Union Minister for the Development of the North-Eastern Region and currently Honourable Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Special Address – Role of Small countries in a Globalised World

Venue: Seminar Hall-ISpeaker: Minister Dr. Aurelia Frick, Minister of Justice, Foreign Affairs and Cultural Affairs (Liechtenstein)Chair: Ms. Smita Purushottam Dr. Aurelia Frick is one of the current cabinet ministers of… Continue reading Special Address – Role of Small countries in a Globalised World

Special Address – Dr. Lora Saalman on China and India: Divergence, Similarity and Symmetry in Security Concerns

Dr. Lora Saalman, a Beijing-based associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has focused her research on Chinese nuclear weapon and nonproliferation policies and… Continue reading Special Address – Dr. Lora Saalman on China and India: Divergence, Similarity and Symmetry in Security Concerns

Special Address – Obama’s Visit and its implication: Subtext China, Japan, Pakistan?

Venue: Conference Room 205, IDSA Speaker: Professor V. P. DuttChairperson: Ambassador T.C. A. Rangachari