North America & Strategic Technologies

Space Security: Need for Global Convergence

Publisher: Pentagon Press

Employment of Space technologies for advancing the nation's social, scientific and economic interests is gaining increasing importance in the 21st century. At the same time Space security, which includes the security of Space assets and the ability to use Space for civilian and security purposes, is also attracting increasing attention. This book is an attempt to analyse the ongoing trends in the Space domain and emphasis the need for India to establish a comprehensive Space strategy.

ISBN 9788182746053

Ajey Lele , Arvind Gupta , Amitav Mallik
2012

Publisher: Pentagon Security International

Space technologies are critical to diverse human activities including communication, education, navigation, and remote sensing, meteorology disaster management and military. Naturally, keeping the space assets secure has become a major necessity for the states. Any damage to such assets would lead to excruciating consequences.

ISBN 978-81-8274-687-9,
Price: ₹. 695/-
E-copy available

Ajey Lele
2012

Space Security: Need for a Proactive Approach

Report of the IDSA-Indian Pugwash Society Working Group on Space Security

Publisher: Academic Foundation
2009

The objective of this report, prepared by a Working Group comprising leading experts in the field is to provide a multi-disciplinary analysis including the technological, legal, political, diplomatic, and security dimensions.

ISBN 9788171887620,
Price: ₹. 595/-

MP-IDSA
2009

Publisher: SAGE India
2009

The book addresses five key technologies—near-space technology, robotics, directed energy weapons, nanotechnology and biotechnology—and explains why they are being considered for military applicability worldwide.

ISBN 9788132102410

Ajey Lele
2009

Publisher: Academic Foundation

For the last five decades artificial satellites are being used to perform diverse roles in astronomy, atmospheric studies and education. They have been found useful for reconnaissance, meteorology, navigation, communication and search & rescue.

ISBN 13-978-81-7188-741-5,
Price: ₹ 695

Ajey Lele , Gunjan Singh
2008

Gaurav Tyagi
July-December 2022
CBW Magazine

Animesh Roul
July-December 2022
CBW Magazine

Challenge Inspection Regime of the CWC: Salient Features*

Global Health Security for Collaborative Countering of Bio-threat Agents and Infectious Diseases

Chemical Weapons Profile of Angola

Civil Society, Chemical Industry and the Chemical Weapons Convention

NBC threats and India’s Preparedness

Relevance of Montreal Protocol in the Contemporary Debates on the Use of Refrigerants

Accomplishments in the Elimination of Chemical Weapons – A Fact Sheet

Chemical and Biological Weapons in Egypt and Libya

Threats to Space Assets and India’s Options

Space assets are vulnerable to a variety of threats that include jamming of communications, command and control systems/links, physical attacks on satellites and ground stations, dazzling or blinding of satellite sensors; high-altitude nuclear detonations (HAND).

S&T Initiatives and the Strategic Advance of India–US Relations

There is now a forward-looking embrace of science and technology cooperation in India–US relations.

Cherian Samuel
November 30, 2023
IDSA Comments

ChatGPT and Potential for Deleterious Exploitation

ChatGPT’s potentially exploitative use by violent non-state actors can undermine human and state security.

Reforms in Indian Aviation/Drone Technician Certification Policy

The certification process needs to be made agile and transparent for enhancing skilling to meet the requirements of the Indian aviation manufacturing and the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry.