Indian Defence Industry: An Agenda for Making in India Publisher: Pentagon Press This book thoroughly probes the Indian Defence industry and the policies pertaining to it. Based on hard core evidence, it identifies the key shortcomings of this vital sector and provides a detailed roadmap for the Modi government’s ambitious ‘Make in India’ programme to succeed in defence production sector. Though written with a clear focus on influencing policy making, the book is presented in an accessible format to be easily understood by the wider strategic community. ISBN 978-81-8274-905-4, Price: ?. 995 E-copy available Laxman Kumar Behera Book
Indigenisation: Key to Self-Sufficiency and Strategic Capability Publisher: Pentagon Press The book attempts to study the defence industrialisation process that has been adopted by the militarily developed and developing nations to analyse, orient and adapt their best practices to the Indian defence industry and technological base. The analysis reveals that there is a requirement to re-assess, re-align & re-model the Indian defence industry apparatus in line with the vision of accelerating indigenisation, self-sufficiency and strategic capability, as pertaining to military systems. ISBN 978-81-8274-892-7, Price: ?. 1295 E-copy available Ranjit Ghosh Book
Rajpal Punia & Damini Punia, Operation Khukri: The True Story Behind Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as part of the United Nations Rajpal Punia & Damini Punia, Operation Khukri: The True Story Behind Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as part of the United Nations, Penguin Random House, India, 2021.ISBN (hardcover): 9780143453369 R. Vignesh January-December 2021 Africa Trends
The Rise of China: Implications for India by Harsh V. Pant ; Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior: Growing Power and Alarm by George J. Gilboy and Eric Heginbotham; A Resurgent China: South Asian Perspectives by S.D. Muni K. Santhanam Strategic Analysis
In the Hegemon’s Shadow: Leading States and the Rise of Regional Powers by Evan Braden Montgomery Strategic Analysis
Global Challenges and Russia’s Foreign Policy The article discusses the results of Russian foreign policy since the collapse of the Soviet Union against the background of major new global and regional international trends and the policy of other major world powers. The author argues that Russia should work for preventing a new structured confrontation in Europe, maintaining international stability, and keeping the world from sliding into a big war which seems to be more likely now than ever before in the last 50 years. Sergey Karaganov Strategic Analysis