2016 ,
Part 1: Rules for Admission of New Members The Indian application for NSG membership, followed by that of Pakistan, has rekindled much interest in both official circles as well as...
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2016 ,
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Forces (火箭军) (previously the Second Artillery) has been witnessing leadership transitions and adjustments in its organisation, especially in the year 2015. The leadership transitions...
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2016 ,
After a prolonged delay, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) released the revised Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) on March 28, 2016.1 The document, coming into effect from April 01, 2016, is...
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2015 ,
In April 2015, North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong visited India. He met Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and sought “more humanitarian assistance from India and reportedly asked Delhi to include...
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2015 ,
IDSA was tasked by the 7th Central Pay Commission in July 2014 to conduct a study on the “Nature, Quantum & Components of Defence Expenditure and Defence Pensions”. The Terms...
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2015 ,
By declaring a ceasefire with effect from 3.30 a.m. on 23 September 1965, did India miss an opportunity to attain decisive victory over Pakistan? Yes, according to the existing narrative,...
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2015 ,
In the third week of July 2015, the port, airport and presidential palace in Aden, the historic city at the mouth of the Red Sea, fell into the hands of...
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2013 ,
Contents Welcome Remarks -- Arvind Gupta Writing the History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: A Brief Overview -- History Division, Ministry of Defence, Government of...
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2010 ,
President Medvedev became the first Russian leader since the end of the Second World War to visit the Southern Kuril Islands on November 1, 2010, sparking off tension with Japan,...
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2010 ,
From Warsaw April 19, 2010 At 8:56 Poland time, on the morning of April 10, an aging Russian made TU-154 carrying top leaders of Poland crashed into the Katyn forests,...
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