Preventive Diplomacy, Defence Cooperation & the Pursuit of Cooperative Security: The Indian Experience This article is an exploration of the effectiveness of defence cooperation as a means of preventive diplomacy. The paper begins by suggesting that both defence cooperation and preventive diplomacy are concepts rooted in cooperative security. For the purposes of this paper, cooperative security is understood as an overarching concept that comprises alliances, collective security and preventive action. The fundamental claim of the article is that defence cooperation has more to offer than its own immediate benefits. Swapna Kona Nayudu | January 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
Biometrics against Bioterrorism; Steps for Trans-national Countermeasure Strategies Introduction Due to various factors like advances in biomedical technology, emerging infectious diseases research and other related activities, knowledge, materials, and equipment needed for manufacturing biological weapons are spreading rather… Continue reading Biometrics against Bioterrorism; Steps for Trans-national Countermeasure Strategies Shashank Singhal | January-June 2011 | CBW Magazine
Why Indonesia is Important to India The Indian Government, and the Foreign policy establishment in particular, can do more to leverage the vast collective experience of Indians in Indonesia and channel it towards the larger ends of bilateral cooperation. Navrekha Sharma | January 20, 2011 | Issue Brief
Indonesia in India’s Look East Policy Political, economic and strategic factors in the post-Cold War period call for expanded co-operation between India and Indonesia. Baladas Ghoshal | January 20, 2011 | Issue Brief
India and Indonesia — on the Cusp of a New Relationship How India and Indonesia look at each other, the region and the world at large will determine the course of their relationship in coming years. Sudhir T. Devare | January 20, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Time for India to Export Nuclear Power Reactors and Peaceful Nuclear Technologies Like in the space arena, India has the capability to offer its expertise to other countries in the field of nuclear power and non-nuclear applications. Arvind Gupta , Ch. Viyyanna Sastry | January 20, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Mosaics of Cultures: Investigating the Role of Cultural Linkages in India-Indonesia Relations The cultural linkages between India and Indonesia have to be leveraged, as a foreign policy tool, to take India-Indonesia relations to the next level. Rahul Mishra | January 19, 2011 | Issue Brief
The Gates Mission: Re-contextualising US alliances in East Asia Gates has steered Japan and South Korea towards aligning their shared threat perceptions about North Korea and China. Preeti Nalwa | January 18, 2011 | IDSA Comments
The Human Element in Military Effectiveness: A Systems Approach This paper examines the human issues in the entire system that could make the military more effective recognising the military as a sub-system within the larger system, which is created to address the aims of that very system. It asserts that there is no requirement to institute committees or make any more laws to address the human element issues relating to military effectiveness. The existing politico-legal system being adequate, there is no need for ‘novel’ or ‘creative’ solutions but only the will to effectively and ruthlessly apply them. Suryakant Bal | January 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
Blasphemy Law and the Marginalisation of Pakistan’s Moderate Muslims By concentrating only on the inequities of the blasphemy law, Pakistani ‘moderates’ and commentators elsewhere are missing the point that the real battle is against radical Islamic thought. Sushant Sareen | January 17, 2011 | IDSA Comments
