Bugbears in MoD Guidelines on Handling of Complaints The MoD guidelines on handling of complaints do not seem to be free from potentially crippling afflictions. Conceptual ambiguity can easily defeat the purpose of the guidelines. Amit Cowshish October 26, 2015 IDSA Comments
Malabar-2015 and Power Dynamics in the Asian Commons As India reorients its maritime posture to cater to the new realities of Asia, there is a realisation that regional maritime stability is increasingly susceptible to growing power imbalances. Abhijit Singh October 23, 2015 IDSA Comments
Coalition Warfare, edited by N.B. Poulsen, K.H. Galster and S. Nørby The book contains 10 articles from presentations made by Western scholars (including officers from the defence forces) at the Royal Danish Defence College, in 2011, and has been edited by N.B. Paulsen, K.H. Galster and S. Nørby. Their historical research brings out that coalition warfare is not a new phenomenon, and has been practised by nations for different reasons. While, in most cases, countries came together when they faced a common threat and did not have the strength (manpower, finances or military power) to counter it, often it was to regain their pride and prestige in the world. Y.M. Bammi October 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
The ‘Road’ to Success for the “Silk Road Initiative” is via Aerospace For China, the Belt and Road initiative is a long-term strategy designed for it to assume a bigger role in global affairs through the business route. Various aerial and space-based platforms will play an important in making this strategy successful. Ajey Lele October 21, 2015 IDSA Comments
An Indian Maritime Strategy for an Era of Geopolitical Uncertainty The fractious nature of maritime relations in the Asia-Pacific region is a recognisable feature of international geopolitics today. Following China’s massive reclamation and ‘island-building’ project in the South China Sea recently, many Pacific states have moved to bolster their maritime postures. While Japan has sought legislative amendments to liberate its maritime posture from post-war passivism, Vietnam and the Philippines have been building stronger navies aimed at countering China’s hostile moves in the South China Sea. Abhijit Singh October 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
Publishing Official Military Histories We recommend that the histories of the 1965 and 1971 wars be revised, updated and reprinted as proper official versions with the correct title and logo. P. K. Gautam , Rana T.S. Chhina October 16, 2015 IDSA Comments
29th Plenary Meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime and India’s Membership Expediting India’s membership process would be a win-win situation for both India and the MTCR. The prevailing uncertainty will end for India and the MTCR will get an effective and positive member. Rajiv Nayan October 16, 2015 IDSA Comments
China Borders: Settlement and Conflicts—Selected Papers, by Neville Maxwell This book is a compilation of papers written by journalist Neville Maxwell over a career span of five decades. Those who look at China–India relations closely, notably the border dispute, will know that Neville Maxwell is not new to the India–China border discourse. Accredited to The Times, he was their South Asia correspondent in New Delhi during the tumultuous years from 1959–62, when he extensively covered the Indo-China War of 1962. Mandip Singh October 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
‘Arriving in the Nick of Time’: The Indian Corps in France, 1914–15 Today, military historians as well as those dealing with colonial South Asian history tend to overlook the fact that during the First World War, the Indian Army was Britain’s strategic reserve. It vitally despatched over 150,000 troops to the Western Front to shore-up the British sector in the critical period of 1914-1915. To the Indian sepoys who crossed the kala pani to fight, die or be wounded in the trenches there, it was a jarring initiation into modern industrialised warfare. Chandar S. Sundaram October 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
Indo-US Defence Cooperation: Harvesting Defence Technologies There are no laid down procedures for procurement of technology per se. Existing procedures relate to procurement of equipment, weapons systems, platforms and other tangible capabilities. Amit Cowshish October 13, 2015 IDSA Comments
