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This issue features articles on UN peacekeeping operations; the Japanese Self-Defense Forces since their reorganisation in 2007; and the emerging Indian Ocean maritime security architecture under the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. Also included are a commentary on the latest Japanese Defence White Paper and four book reviews.
Contents
Focus
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Causes for Failure and Continuing Relevance
-- A.K. Bardalai
Emerging Contours of Maritime Security Architecture under the Belt and Road Initiative
-- Abhay Kumar Singh
Japan’s Self-Defense Forces: A Decade after Reorganisation
-- Kishore Kumar Khera
Commentary
Defending Japan: Reviewing the 2018 White Paper
-- Titli Basu
Book Reviews
The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan, by T.C.A. Raghavan
-- Ghanshyam Katoch
Approach to Battle: Training the Indian Army during the Second World War, by Alan Jeffreys
-- Alok Deb
How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century, by Shyam Saran
-- Shrabana Barua
The Soul of Armies: Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Military Culture in the US and UK, by Austin Long
-- Vivek Mishra