Hundred Days after Anti-Zero COVID Protests in China While the A4 protests in China were a significant development, they may not lead to long-lasting socio-political changes Mayuri Banerjee April 25, 2023 Issue Brief
Strengthening the Weakest Link: Creating Cyber Awareness via G-20 and Quad The name recognition associated with multilateral organisations like the G-20 and the QUAD provides a useful entry point for creating awareness on cybersecurity issues for the common man. Rohit Kumar Sharma April 24, 2023 IDSA Comments
Aptitude Tests to Assess the Suitability of Gentlemen Cadets for Allotment of Technical Arms/Services upon Commissioning at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun Science of warfare maintains that man is more important than his weapon. Today, technology is changing very rapidly and weaponry is continuously evolving. It is the age of high technology and rapid improvement of weaponry. The defence forces of all the countries are forging ahead every day with improved systems and technology. The fit between the man and his weapon is perhaps more important today than in any other time in the history of warfare. We cannot be adhering to the old colonial procedure for allocation of human capital to handle the fast and ever-changing technology of weapons. Harish Chandra Vyas , Sanjeev Vyas April-June 2023 Journal of Defence Studies
Cyber-Biosecurity: An Emerging National Security Frontier Cyber-Biosecurity, an emerging threat landscape at the intersection of cybersecurity, cyber-physical security and biosecurity has a potential to disrupt economic, social and political well-being of the nation and has tremendous national security implications. All forms of cyber-attacks impact the manufacturing industries, governments, health infrastructure, patients and bio-economy at large. Mrinmayee Bhushan April-June 2023 Journal of Defence Studies
The San Diego Roadmap for AUKUS: Hits and Misses The San Diego roadmap heralds a major step forward for the AUKUS in achieving its key strategic objective of delivering SSN capability to Australia. Abhay Kumar Singh , R. Vignesh April 17, 2023 IDSA Comments
Ukraine and the Community-isation of War Effort The Ukraine War demonstrates that future wars between unmatched military rivals might not just require a ‘whole of government’ approach, but perhaps a ‘whole of people’s’ approach to achieve favourable outcomes in conflict. Harinder Singh April 17, 2023 IDSA Comments
India–Egypt Defence Cooperation: Continuity and Reset India–Egypt relations are gaining momentum once again. Back-to-back high-level exchange of bilateral visits in the past few months have set the tone for India and Egypt to strengthen their ties. India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited Egypt in September 2022 and India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar visited it in October 2022. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was the Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day in January 2023. Niranjan Marjani April-June 2023 Journal of Defence Studies
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
