1962: The War That Wasn’t, by Kunal Verma
2023 ,
The title of the book is self-explanatory. And the tone and tenor thereof is an implied challenge to the conventional wisdom, and thesis, propounded in India’s China War, written by...
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Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper: An Indian Perspective
2023 ,
Australia’s comprehensive strategic approach towards the Indo-Pacific region and a renewed interest in the Indian Ocean has served to rekindle its relationship with India. Australia’s recently released 2016 Defence White...
Read MoreKautilya’s Arthashastra: Restoring its Rightful Place in the Field of International Relations
2023 ,
India’s rise in the twenty-first century has resulted in renewed attention on the country, especially in the sphere of strategic thought. This focus has brought into limelight ancient India’s pioneering...
Read MoreReorganisation of Defence Outlay for 2016–17: A Tepid Affair
2023 ,
Beginning 2016–17, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will present four detailed demands for grant (DDGs)1 instead of eight that it had been presenting to the Lok Sabha2 in the past....
Read MoreGalvanising ‘Make in India’ in Defence: The Experts’ Committee Chips In
2023 ,
In spite of spending close to Rs 500,000 crore on capital acquisitions between 2002–03 and 2014–15, the Indian Armed Forces continue to suffer from a chronic shortage of equipment and...
Read MoreIndia’s Afghan Muddle: A Lost Opportunity by Harsh V. Pant
2023 ,
The book provides a brief history of Afghanistan from ancient times to year 2014, and brings out the strategic interest of world powers in the country. It highlights that Afghanistan...
Read MoreGeostrategic Imperative of the Indo-Pacific Region: Emerging Trends and Regional Responses
2023 ,
The global economic power shift from the West to East (Asia) and the increasing geostrategic significance of the Indo-Pacific region has resulted in cooperation and competition among the established and...
Read MoreHonour and Fidelity: India’s Military Contribution to the Great War 1914–1918 by Amarinder Singh
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Three days after the ‘Great War’ was declared at midnight on the 4–5 August 1914, mobilisation orders were issued to marshal what would become the largest expeditionary force of that...
Read MoreThe South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia by Bill Hayton
2023 ,
The South China Sea disputes have received considerable attention from international relations scholars, world leaders and policymakers in the recent decades. China’s aspirations in the region are challenged by the...
Read MoreChina’s Emergence as a Cyber Power
2023 ,
Cyberspace is increasingly becoming an area of contestation among nation states. Similar to the physical domains of land, sea, air and space, superiority in the cyber domain enables a nation...
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