Bang for Buck: India’s Defence Expenditure in Wider Perspective Given the limited resource base and various competing demands, the MoD needs to work on a plan to optimise its allocated resources, rather than hoping to bridge its entire resource gap through additional funding from the Ministry of Finance. Laxman Kumar Behera , Madhulika Baniwal July 10, 2020 Special Feature
Is Northeast Poised for Lasting Peace? With reduced levels of violent incidents and overall death tolls, the security situation in the Northeast has indubitably improved. However, there remain areas of concern that need to be addressed in a timely and suitable manner. Pushpita Das July 08, 2020 Issue Brief
The Cartographic Route to Deeper Strategic Partnerships Considering that the US, Japan, Australia and India are committed to working for a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific, it is time for India’s strategic partners to review their cartographic positions on India’s borders. Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy July 03, 2020 Policy Brief
Beijing’s Soft Diplomacy in West Asia in Times of COVID-19 China’s soft diplomacy in West Asia, particularly in times of pandemic, is a way to improve its global image and recast itself as a responsible actor at relatively low cost, rather than a sign of any deeper commitment towards the region. Nagapushpa Devendra July 03, 2020 IDSA Comments
Contemporary Technology in Peacekeeping Operations Since the Cold War, United Nations peacekeeping has evolved from monitoring peace treaties to multidimensional peacekeeping operations tasked with rebuilding states and their institutions during and after conflict. In June 2014, An Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation in UN Peacekeeping recommended investigating how innovative technology can strengthen peacekeeping missions. Swaim Prakash Singh July-September 2020 Journal of Defence Studies
Iran’s Nuclear Program: A Study in Proliferation and Rollback Farhad Rezaei, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2017, 272 pp., €103.99 (Hardback), ISBN 9783319441191 Syed Jaleel Hussain July 2020 Strategic Analysis
Temperature Rising: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Wars in the Middle East Nader Uskowi, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2019, 207 pp., £52.95 (hardcover), ISBN 9781538121726 Prabhat Jawla July 2020 Strategic Analysis
Contest for the Indo-Pacific: Why China Won’t Map the Future Rory Medcalf, La Trobe University Press, Melbourne, 2020, 320 pp., Price $32.9 (Paperback), ISBN 9781760641573 Ashok Sharma July 2020 Strategic Analysis
With Us and Against Us: How America’s Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror Stephen Tankel, Columbia University Press, New York, 2018, 424 pp., US$ 30.00 (Paperback), ISBN: 9780231168113 P. R. Kumaraswamy July 2020 Strategic Analysis
Making of India’s Northeast, Geopolitics of Borderland and Transnational Interactions Dilip Gogoi, Routledge (South Asia Edition), Oxon, 2020, i-275 pp., Rs. 995/- hardback, ISBN 978-0-367-89832-8 Pushpita Das July 2020 Strategic Analysis
