Against the background of the recent visits of Indian leaders to Africa and the third India-Africa Forum Summit held in New Delhi last year, Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Shri Amar Sinha, today underlined the more frequent and higher level exchanges between India and Africa, their deepening co-operation in areas of food security, energy, trade, investment, and maritime security, as examples of the new dimensions of India-Africa cooperation.

A seminar on ‘India and South Korea in Regional Security Order’ was organised at the IDSA on August 16, 2016. Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (ROK) in India, HE Cho Hyun delivered a special address.

Bangladesh’ former Minister of Commerce and presently a member of the BNP's standing Council and President of Chittagong Unit of the BNP, Mr Amir Khosru Mohammad Chowdhury spoke on ‘The Present State of India-Bangladesh Relations’ at IDSA on August 12, 2016.

Distinguished Professor at the American University in Washington DC, Professor Amitav Acharya spoke on ‘The Challenge for an Asian Century: Overcoming Chinese Dominance and AvoidIng Europe's Past’ at IDSA on August 12, 2016. Director General, IDSA, Shri Jayant Prasad presided over the event.

Senior Research Associate, IDSA, Ms Ruchita Beri participated in the BRICS Development Partnership Administrators' Meeting at the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, on August, 6-7, 2016.

Analysing the degree to which extended nuclear deterrence will continue to play a role in East Asia in the coming decades; noted experts today said that it would depend largely on the nature of the American presence in the region and the evolution of its alliance commitments with Japan and RoK.

Highlighting the prevailing security dynamics in the region, the experts reflected that the prospects for de-nuclearisation in the East Asian region are bleak.

A delegation from the Embassy of the Republic of China, led by Charge D' Affairs, Mr Liu Jinsong interacted with IDSA scholars on ‘China and the Future of South China Sea’. The interaction was organised on July 29, 2016.

IDSA organised a roundtable discussion on South China Sea (SCS) Arbitration Award: Implications for the Future on July 28, 2016.

Former Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman and UAE, Mr Talmiz Ahmad delivered a talk on ‘Political Islam in West Asia: Recent History and Prospects’ at IDSA on July 27, 2016.

Senior Transatlantic Fellow with the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Mr Andrew Small delivered a talk on ‘New Development in China-Pakistan Relations’ at IDSA on July 22, 2016. Director General, IDSA, Shri Jayant Prasad presided over the event.

Mr Small is the author of the most acclaimed book, ‘The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia's New Geopolitics’.