Associate Fellow, IDSA, Dr Prashant Kumar Singh spoke on ‘The India-China Fault-line in the Asian Space: A Question of Territory and Leadership’, at a symposium on ‘Between Asias: Inter‐Regional Spaces’, organised by the Center for Asia-Pacific Future Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan on December 16, 2017.

Research Fellow, IDSA, Commodore Abhay Kumar Singh spoke on ‘Maritime Silk Road reimagining ancient trade links’ at the 10th All India Conference on Chinese Studies (AICCS), at Goa University, on December 12, 2017.

Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, Brig Gurmeet Kanwal participated in a South Asia Programme Roundtable on ‘After Doklam: Nuclear Dimensions of India’s “Two-front” Threat’ organized by S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) on December 11, 2017.

Associate Fellow, IDSA, Ms Shruti Pandalai was invited to a Round Table discussion with the Leading Women Strategic Thinkers, organised by the US Embassy in New Delhi on December 6, 2017.

Senior Research Associate, IDSA, Ms Ruchita Beri spoke at a Symposium on ‘Removal of Robert Mugabe: Significance for Africa and India’, organised by the Centre for African Studies, (SIS), JNU, New Delhi, on December 04, 2017.

Research Assistant, IDSA, Dr Sampa Kundu presented a paper titled 'India and Southeast Asia: Analysing the Defence and Security Partnerships' at a conference on India-ASEAN towards Greater Partnership, organised by the UGC Centre for Southeast Asia and Pacific Studies, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, on December 4, 2017. 

Dr Uttam Sinha, Research Fellow, IDSA, spoke at the Plenary on Plurality of Perspectives towards Resilience Building, organised by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 3, 2017.

Dr Uttam Sinha, Research Fellow, IDSA, along with Dr Martin Grambow from the Bavaria Water Ministry, spoke on ‘Water Security and Governance in India’ at the Hanns Seidel Foundation event at the Indian International Centre (IIC) on November 23, 2017.

Dr Uttam Sinha, Research Fellow, IDSA, led the discussion on ‘India's Climate Mitigation and Strategy: Key Strategies’ at the IDSA-PRIO event held on the sidelines of the COP 23, in Bonn on November 17, 2017.

The event featured discussions with Ms Vedis Vik, member of Norway's negotiating team to COP 23 and later with Ms Ulrike Scharf, the Bavarian Minister of State for Environment, and Dr Martin Grambow, Head of Bavaria Water Protection and Soil Conservation.

Dr Uttam Sinha, Research Fellow, IDSA, spoke on Rivers in the Subcontinent at the Young India Fellows Round Table at the Syama Prasad Mookherjee Research Foundation on November 20, 2017.