Bijoy Das

Mission Sudarshan Chakra and the India–Israel Special Strategic Partnership

Israel brings battle-tested expertise to enhance the effectiveness of Mission Sudarshan Chakra.

Sukhbir Kaur Minhas |
March 06, 2026 |
Issue Brief

Mission Sudarshan Chakra: India’s Integrated Aerospace Command and Control System

Publisher: Pentagon Press

Drawing inspiration from the Sudarshan Chakra of the Mahabharata, this book examines India’s quest for an invincible aero-space defence “kavach” in an era of multi-domain warfare. As threats from conventional and hypersonic missiles, drones and stand-off weapons intensify, the book analyses India’s futuristic project-Mission Sudarshan Chakra-an ambitious, indigenous initiative to build a multi-layered Integrated Air and Missile Defence shield. The volume blends scholarly insight with practical experience to deepen public understanding of India’s evolving national security architecture.

ISBN: 978-81-997728-1-6,
Price: ₹ 995/-
E-copy available

Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy, Sukhbir Kaur Minhas |
2026 |
Book

Cognitive Warfare: Key Aspects

Cognitive Warfare aims to influence an adversary's cognitive functions, from “peacetime public opinion to wartime decision-making”.

Sukhbir Kaur Minhas |
August 18, 2025 |
Issue Brief

Border Defence Cooperation Agreement: The Icebreaker in Making?

The long expected Agreement on Border Defence Cooperation (BDCA) was signed between the governments of India and China on 23 October 2013 in Beijing, during the visit of the Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to the People’s Republic of China. The draft of the agreement had been through close-door negotiations by both the governments for about a year prior to its signing. Incidentally, it was also during these negotiations that a three week long face-to-face incident occurred—in April-May 2013—at Depsang located in the Aksai Chin region which is disputed between India and China.

Xi Jinping Carries Out First General Rank Promotions in PLA

In the first round of promotions to the senior-most ranks of PLA, Xi Jinping signals building a younger, technological savvy military that needs to be honest and under the control to the party.

Bijoy Das |
September 25, 2013 |
IDSA Comments

Tibetans in China: Making Sense of a Visit and Five Appointments

The Tibetan issue is primarily a political one and less an economic one as China projects it to be. China should talk to the Tibetan diaspora and India for a final solution. That would be in the true interests of the peoples, bilateral relations and regional stability.

Bijoy Das |
March 26, 2013 |
Issue Brief

China to Survey Disputed Marine Territories for Natural Resources

China seems to have made this move to strengthen its claim to disputed marine territories by conducting “surveys” which a country normally does in its own territory.

Bijoy Das |
January 11, 2013 |
IDSA Comments

PLA Conducts Missile Tests In Tibet

A tactical new missile in Tibet may be a good thing for China’s defence industry, but it is definitely not a good thing for India-China relations or for regional security.

Bijoy Das |
July 30, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

China’s 12th Five Year Plan and its Military

China’s 12th Five Year Plan, approved by the National People’s Congress on March 14, has effectively tied up the PLA’s defence modernisation with overall national growth.

Bijoy Das |
March 25, 2011 |
IDSA Comments

Relevance of an East China Sea dispute to India

China’s conduct on the Chunxiao issue indicates that it may go ahead with plans regardless of a pending dispute when a vital strategic goal has to be achieved.