This issue features articles on the study of military science in India, additive manufacturing to defence and aerospace sector, and on drones being a possible terror tool. It also includes a perspective on the Doklam issue, a review essay and four book reviews.

Contents

• Editorial

Perspective

• Doklam and the Indo-China Boundary

  — A.K. Bardalai

Focus

• A Longue Durée Perspective on Military Science in India

  — Pradeep Kumar Gautam

• Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace and Defence Sector: Strategy of India

  — Prakash Panneerselvam

• Drones: An Emerging Terror Tool

  — Atul Pant

Review Essay

• India’s Pathways for Regional Prominence in Asia-Pacific: Prospects and Challenges

  — Abhay Kumar Singh

Book Reviews

• Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI of Pakistan, by Hein G. Kiessling

  — Vishal Kumar Verma

• High Command: British Military Leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, by Christopher L. Elliott

  — Kishore Kumar Khera

• Inside the Enemy’s Computer: Identifying Cyber-Attackers, by Clement Guitton

  — Munish Sharma

• Balochistan, the British and the Great Game: The Struggle for the Bolan Pass, Gateway to India, by T.A. Heathcote

  — Y. M. Bammi

• Acknowledgement of Referees for Vol. 11, Nos 1-4