The Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), India, led by Director General, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy and the Institute of Strategic Research of the Ecole Militaire (IRSEM), France, led by Director Dr Jean Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, signed a Letter of Intent (LoI), on 22 July 2022, thereby establishing their intention to strengthening academic and research activities.