Reality, Lies, and Automation: How AI-Powered text generation models could cause chaos? In the past few years, the emergence of social media as a robust platform has ushered in a new era of social interaction, communication, community building, and sadly, fomenting conflicts through disinformation and propaganda. Social media has opened new, easily accessible avenues for disseminating falsehood, sowing division and promoting real-world (offline) damage through violence, harassment and exploitation. Using disinformation to win wars is not something new. Sunil Tyagi April-June 2023 Journal of Defence Studies
Terrorism Trends: 2023 and Beyond New and emerging technologies are increasingly being used for fulfilling terrorist motives. Nikhil Guvvadi April 13, 2023 Issue Brief
India and Asian Observers: Need for Coordination in the Arctic Council India, in concert with the other four Asian Observers, could use the current state of flux to seek a more inclusive and equitable Arctic Council. Anurag Bisen April 13, 2023 Issue Brief
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Critical Analysis of the Chinese Private Space Sector: The Past, Present and Future This article presents a comprehensive review of China’s emerging private space industry, including an analysis of government policies, investments and international relations. China’s private space industry has grown significantly since 1988, with over 60 startups emerging by 2022, thanks to the strong support from the government and military civil fusion. Arpan Chakravarty April-June 2023 Journal of Defence Studies
India–Malaysia Defence Relations: Issues and Challenges This article aims to analyse the bilateral defence relations between India and Malaysia in the context of ongoing geo-political and strategic issues confronting the Indo-Pacific region. Writings on defence partnerships between India and Malaysia are very few and when seen in the context of India’s new ‘Act East Policy’, this article attains significance. The article analyses these relations in a descriptive and analytical manner by first looking into the historical relations and thereafter by highlighting, in brief, the developments during the Cold War era. M. Venkataraman April-June 2023 Journal of Defence Studies
Turkey Earthquake 2023: Reducing Risks in the Indian Context India can reduce disaster risks by studying the experiences and best practices implemented by other disaster-prone countries. Ravinder Singh April 12, 2023 IDSA Comments
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Machine Teaming The battlefields of the future will be dynamic, chaotic, unpredictable, and uncertain. In such interlinked battlefields in multiple theatres and domains, commanders and staff would be sifting through multitude of data for information, decision, and feedback. In such a time-constrained operational environment obscured by Clausewitzian fog of war, effective and unbiased decision-making by leaders and cohesive, cogent actions by teams of humans and machines/systems will be enablers for succinct victory. G. Praveen April-June 2023 Journal of Defence Studies
TDRD: A New Conceptual Model for Advanced Targeting Systems using Artificial Intelligence Algorithms With the growth of hyper-active internet, the requirement of protection against hostile threats has become a matter of concern. In this article, an effort has been made to create a suggestive model based on Artificial Intelligence algorithms to understand the nature of calculated threat posed by potential threats and take necessary actions as and when deemed suitable. The suggestive model can be useful for policy-makers and concerned industries to consider more research effort unilaterally or collectively. Sandeep Bhattacharjee April-June 2023 Journal of Defence Studies
The Balloon Incident and the Fragility of US–China Ties US–China relations have become increasingly contentious due to a variety of issues spanning trade and economics to military and geopolitical concerns. Esha Banerji April 06, 2023 IDSA Comments