Each year, an IISS team visits South Asia to conduct joint seminars in collaboration with security Think Tanks in the region, to call on senior government officials and military officers, and to engage in dicussions with strategic communities.
These annual conferences organised by the IISS South Asia programme are aimed at examining regional security issues in an off-the-record and informal setting.
These annual conferences hosted by the IISS bring together senior officials and experts from different countries in the region to discuss the potential for and benefits of cooperation in sharing water resources .
The First IISS-Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Foreign Policy Dialogue took place at the IISS on 5 February 2007. This important and timely one-day seminar brought together senior officials and experts from India and the UK. The meeting was on-the-record and by participation only.