A Special Issue on
Management of Disasters and the Role of Armed Forces

Perspectives

• Disaster Management in South-east Asia
  -- Udai Bhanu Singh
• Japan: Dynamics of Military Alliance in Disaster Management
  -- Preeti Nalwa

Focus

• 2008 Sichuan Earthquake and Role of the Chinese Defence Forces in Disaster Relief
  -- K.K. Agnihotri
• The Chinese Disaster Management Mechanism
  -- Sheo Nandan Pandey
• Japan’s Disaster Response Management: Lessons for the World
  -- Rajaram Panda
• Sikkim Earthquake: Perils of Poor Preparedness
  -- Nina Khanna, Jayender Verma and B.K. Khanna
• Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)in India’s National Strategy
  -- Sarabjeet Parmar
• Reassessing India’s Disaster Management Preparedness and the Role of the Indian Armed Forces
  -- Shivananda H. and P.K. Gautam

Commentary

• The Role of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force in Disaster Management
  -- Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
• Aid to Civil Authorities by Army in Bihar: A Case Study
  -- Satish Kumar
• Role of Pakistan’s Armed Forces in 2010 Floods
  -- Salil Saloni

Book Review

• Simonovic, Slobodan P., Systems Approach to Management of Disasters: Methods and Applications
  -- Saurabh Mishra
• Asimakopoulou, Eleana and Nik Bessis (eds.,),Advanced ICTs for Disaster Management and Threat Detection: Collaborative and Distributive Frameworks
  -- Babjee Pothuraju
• Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta, Arming without Aiming: India’s Military Modernisation
  -- Ali Ahmed