The issue features articles on statecraft and intelligence analysis in the Arthashastra, nanotechnology, external dynamics of insurgency in North-East India, and an assessment of India’s position in the Indo-Pacific. It also includes an analysis of the Standing Committee of Defence’s recommendations on the defence budget during the 14th Lok Sabha.

Editorial

Focus

• Impact of the Recommendations of the Standing Committee on Defence (14th Lok Sabha) on the Defence Budget
  -- Amit Cowshish
• Statecraft and Intelligence Analysis in the Kautilya-Arthashastra
  -- Michael Liebig
• Nanotechnology: Current Global Trends and Future Military Applications for ‘Soldier as a System’
  -- Sanjiv Tomar
• Embedding India in Asia: Reaffirming the Indo-Pacific Concept
  -- Chietigj Bajpaee
• Insurgency in North-East India: External Dynamics
  -- Sushil Kumar Sharma

Commentary

• Indian Perceptions of China’s Maritime Silk Road Idea
  -- Zorawar Daulet Singh

Book Reviews

• India’s Military Modernization: Challenges and Prospects, edited by Rajesh Basrur, Ajaya Kumar Das and Manjeet S. Pardesi
  -- Lee Cordner
• Energy and Security in South Asia: Cooperation or Conflict? by Charles K. Ebinger
  -- Rakesh Chopra
• Pakistan the Garrison State: Origins, Evolution, Consequences 1947–2011 by Ishtiaq Ahmed
  -- C. Uday Bhaskar
• Fighting Back: What Governments Can Do about Terrorism, edited by Paul Shemella
  -- Vivek Chadha
• India at Risk by Jaswant Singh
  -- Y.M. Bammi