The issue features articles on the domestic debate in India on China’s strategic presence in the Indian Ocean; how ‘modern’ concepts of leadership and management find representation in Indic traditions; and the debates on the legality and ethics of lethal autonomous weapons systems. It also features five book reviews.

Contents

Editorial

Focus

• India’s Domestic Debate over China’s Growing Strategic Presence in the Indian Ocean

  — Rajdeep Pakanati

• Leadership and Management Theories in Indic Traditions

  — Pradeep Kumar Gautam

• Debating Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

  — Ajey Lele

Book Review

• Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos

  — Lakshmi Priya

• India’s National Security: Annual Review 2018

  — Atul

• The Strategy Trap: India and Pakistan Under the Nuclear Shadow

  — Arjun Subramaniam

• India in Nuclear Asia: Evolution of Regional Forces, Perceptions and Policies

  — S. Samuel C. Rajiv

• Tiger Check: Automating the US Air Force Fighter Pilot in Air-to-Air Combat, 1950–1980

  — Kishore Kumar Khera