A roundtable with the Secretary, Security Council of Kazakhstan, Mr. Marat M Tazhin was organized at IDSA on February 16, 2012, for an interaction with the IDSA scholars.

Prof. Louis W. Goodman, Professor and Dean and Prof. Amitav Acharya, UNESCO Chair in Trans-national Challenges and Governance, both from American University, had an interaction with Dy. Director General with regard to India’s relations with its neighbours.

Mr Shaida M. Abdali, Dy. NSA from Afghanistan interacted with IDSA scholars on issues related to Afghanistan, on February 9, 2012.

Professor Andrey Volodin, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for World Economy, Russian Academy of Sciences and Head of Centre for Oriental Studies, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation, met Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta and the Head of Eurasia Centre, Dr Meena Singh Roy.

Ambassador Roberto Garcia Moritan, Chairman of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), visited IDSA on January 31, 2012, for an interaction with IDSA scholars and members of strategic community. He explained the activities of MTCR on prevention of proliferation of missile technology. Observing that India has a good track record in the area of non-proliferation of sensitive technologies, he said that India’s desire to join the MTCR as a full member is under consideration of the Group. Providing details of MTCR’s structure, objectives activities, Amb.

A delegation comprising representatives of Myanmar Political parties, NGOs, and civil societies visited IDSA on January 28, 2012, for an interaction with the institute’s scholars.

A delegation of the Security Council of the Russian Federation led by His Excellency Y.V. Lukyanov visited IDSA on January 27, 2012, for an interaction with scholars.

Dr Arvind Gupta, DG, IDSA paid a courtesy call on the Hon'ble Rajya Raksha Mantri Shri MM Pallam Raju on 27th January 2012.

Senior Research Associate, IDSA, Ms. Ruchita Beri briefed a group of Indian UN peacekeepers on the ‘Situationin South Sudan’ on January 27, 2012.

Shri Gautam Bambawale, JS (EA), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) held an interaction with the scholars of IDSA on “Sino-Indian Relations: Challenges and Prospects” on January 25, 2012. The scholars discussed the recent developments in bilateral relations and future prospects. This meeting was the first in a series of MEA-IDSA interaction that has been instituted by the Public Diplomacy Division of the MEA. Shri Navdeep Suri, JS(Public Diplomacy), also participated in the interactive session.