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Welcome to Indian Council of World Affairs
The Indian Council of World Affairs was established in 1943 by a group of Indian intellectuals as a think tank. It was registered as a non-official, non-political and non-profit organisation under the Registration of Societies Act 1860. By an Act of Parliament in 2001, the Indian Council of World Affairs has been declared an institution of national importance. The Vice President of India is the ex-officio President of ICWA. It is devoted exclusively for the study of international relations and foreign affairs. Historic international conferences like 'Asian Relations Conference' in 1947... Read More
 Watch live webcast of Address by H.E. Mr. Abdirahaman Mohamed Mahamud (Farole), President of Puntland, a state of Somalia on "Internal Situation in Somalia and issues related to piracy" at ICWA on May 15, 2012 at 1700 hours
Asian Relations Conference 1947
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Publications

  • India Quarterly The flagship publication of the Council is ‘India Quarterly’ (A Journal of International Affairs). It was launched in 1945 and entered its 66th year of publication in 2010. The responsibility of the publication has now been given to M/s SAGE Publications.
    "Heritage of Diplomacy" is a bouquet of books written by ambassadors and senior diplomats. This special collection is available in the Indian Council of World Affairs library. Anecdotes, memoirs, short stories, autobiographical accounts and relations of India with other countries looked through the prism of our Ambassadors are some of the highlights of this collection.
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Library

  • One of India's finest and most coveted research libraries, the Indian Council of World Affairs' Library is located in the heart of New Delhi. It is well equipped on international affairs and allied streams including political history and developments in India.

    The Library is a treasure trove of more than 1,25,000 volumes of books, some of them rare, bound periodicals, rare maps, microfiches and about 7 lac clippings with special reference to international relations, international law and international economy. It offers a congenial atmosphere with a reader- cultured approach in a serene and calm environment to more than 150 readers at any given time of the day. It subscribes to about 384 research journals of repute from National and International leading journal publications and houses 28 thousand periodicals in bound form. Newspaper files of the Hindu (Madras) from 1933 to 1979, the Times of India (Bombay) from 1945 to1975 and the Times of India (New Delhi) from 1969 to 2004 are also preserved beside stray volumes of The Asian Age, The Economic Times, The Financial Times (London), The International Herald Tribune, The Nation (Lahore), The Pakistan Times and The Japan Times (Tokyo) News.
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Forthcoming Events

12-13 April 2012
India-Malaysia Strategic Dialogue between ISIS Malaysia and ICWA
17 April 2012
ICWA-SCSS Conference on "India and Yemen in the Changing World Order" and Signing of MOU on Cooperation between the Indian Council of World Affairs and Sheba Centre for Strategic Studies (SCSS), Sana'a, YEMEN


 

Previous Events

9-10 March 2012
ICWA-AAS Asian Relations Conference on “Transforming South Asia: Imperatives for Action”, 9-10 March 2012


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