ALH Dhruv and the Indian Helicopter Industry: Unrealised Potential, Promises and Challenges For more than half a century, independent India’s aircraft manufacturing has been dominated by, and entirely limited to, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The helicopter, in particular, was seen almost exclusively as a platform of military utility. Therefore, other than the defence forces, paramilitary and a few state governments, civilian use of helicopters was almost unheard of until recently. Commencing from the 1990s, awareness about the utility of helicopters for civilian use increased rapidly due to its widespread use by political parties during elections. M. Matheswaran January 2017 Journal of Defence Studies
Preparing For The 4th Review Conference Of The Chemical Weapons Convention: Some Observations On Process And Outcomes The Fourth Special Session of the Conference of the States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (4th CWC Review Conference) will be held in 2018. A… Continue reading Preparing For The 4th Review Conference Of The Chemical Weapons Convention: Some Observations On Process And Outcomes John Hart January-June 2017 CBW Magazine
BEML Disinvestment: What about the other DPSUs and OFs? The BEML model of disinvestment needs to be applied to the rest of the Defence Public Sector Undertakings as well as Ordnance Factories. Laxman Kumar Behera January 20, 2017 IDSA Comments
China’s White Paper on Asia Pacific Security Cooperation: An Assessment Through this white paper, China has affirmed its regional ambitions and aims to shape the regional security agenda in the Asia Pacific on its stated terms. Abhay Kumar Singh January 19, 2017 Issue Brief
Yersinia pestis, Biological Warfare, and Bioterrorism Preface I teach a graduate seminar course at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey titled “Chemical and Biological Weapons and Arms Control.” Last semester a student asked me,… Continue reading Yersinia pestis, Biological Warfare, and Bioterrorism Raymond A. Zilinskas January-June 2017 CBW Magazine
The Decline of the Cuban Armed Forces While the Cuban armed forces are but a shadow of their former self with unserviceable equipment and massive reductions in personnel strength, the country still retains combat capabilities far in excess of any of its Caribbean neighbours. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj January 18, 2017 IDSA Comments
Making it Palatable – Managing Food Supply in the Armed Forces With some innovative thinking, on-line arrangements with suppliers, including the Canteen Stores Department, could reduce the cost of storage and distribution and, more importantly, help in maintaining a high satisfaction level among troops. Amit Cowshish January 18, 2017 IDSA Comments
Destination India for Global Conference on Cyberspace 2017 The 2017 Conference also comes at a time when the existing international discourses on securing cyberspace, whether it be the UNGGE process or the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), seem to be unable to cope with the accelerated developments in cyberspace. Cherian Samuel January 16, 2017 Issue Brief
Egypt’s Stakes in Qatar’s Predicament Egypt understood that to be relevant globally and to re-emerge as a regional leader, it has to re- build its relations with the GCC countries that supported it during the Arab Spring. Egypt achieved more than one goal by supporting Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain in isolating Qatar. Lakshmi Priya January-June 2017 Africa Trends
Botswana Spruces Air Defence While combat aircraft acquisition for self-defence capability is a long drawn and expensive process, Botswana has moved systematically to enhance its low-cost variation - by improving ground-based air defence system. Kishore Kumar Khera January-June 2017 Africa Trends
