Journal of Defence Studies

Community Participation in Border Management

India's territorial borders, both land and sea, suffer from diverse physical, ethnic and cultural contradictions. While the state has a major role in securing war frontier, the populations along territorial...

Keynote Address at the Eleventh Asian Security Conference

All-out wars are no longer the norm for settling disputes among states. Rapid globalisation has led to profound changes by creating interdependence amongst states and people making inter-state wars an...

Joint Logistics: The Way Forward

Joint logistics is an emerging imperative in the Indian operational context. The author argues that there is a tremendous scope for integration of logistics amongst the three services. A number...

Chinese Naval Strategy in the Twenty First Century: The Turn to Mahan

In order to gauge the likely direction of Chinese foreign and security policy, it is important to follow Chinese commentary on how Beijing should manage its ascent to 'peaceful rise'...

China’s Emerging Cyber War Doctrine

China will develop much greater depth and sophistication in its understanding and handling of information warfare techniques and operations. With Indian security becoming increasingly dependent on date processing and network...

Deterring Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction

A relaxed security situation has the potential to provide space for non-state actors to launch an attack with Weapons of Mass Destruction. While it may be difficult to deter WMD...

India’s Defence Cooperation

Defence cooperation is an ideal tool to advance the national foreign policy objectives by building bridges of friendship, preventing conflicts, building mutual trust and capacities on a global basis. The...

Furthering ‘No First Use’ in India-Pakistan Context

Pakistan has not subscribed to No First Use. That it could do so has been expressed informally by its President Zardari. India could take up the issue with Pakistan at...

Emerging East Asian Security Architecture

Security in the traditional sense of the term constitutes only a partial facet of its overarching depiction. A comprehensive concept, a holistic view of security must include social cohesion, emotional...

Countering the Naxalites: Is there a need to ‘bring in’ the Army?

As the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister emphasized in the Chief Minister's Conference on Internal security in August and again in the Conference of the Director Generals of...

Developments in Major Arms Producing Countries

The global defence industry has undergone serious restructuring since the end of Cold War. Military production has increasingly become concentrated in the hands of fewer but larger defence firms. The...

Indian Naval Strategy in the Twenty First Century

Construed as expanding rings of expanding circles, India's maritime environs exhibit varying degrees of complexity and competitiveness. Each successive ring bears its own characteristics, opportunities, challenges and distinctive nuances. As...

Securing South East Asia: The Politics of Security Sector Reform

Mark Beeson, who authored articles on Asia Pacific institutions and regional security along with Alex J. Bellamy who has written books on Kosovo and Security Communities, has written this book...

Challenges of Optimal Resource Allocation, Inter and Intra-Service Allocation and Sharing: Perspective of the Indian Army

A HQ IDS driven integrated approach, for formulation of a synergised perspective plan and five year Defence Plans is the only method of achieving optimal inter–Service allocation of funds.

Journal of Defence Studies

Community Participation in Border Management

Keynote Address at the Eleventh Asian Security Conference

Joint Logistics: The Way Forward

Chinese Naval Strategy in the Twenty First Century: The Turn to Mahan

China’s Emerging Cyber War Doctrine

Deterring Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction

India’s Defence Cooperation

Furthering ‘No First Use’ in India-Pakistan Context

Emerging East Asian Security Architecture

Countering the Naxalites: Is there a need to ‘bring in’ the Army?

Developments in Major Arms Producing Countries

Indian Naval Strategy in the Twenty First Century

Securing South East Asia: The Politics of Security Sector Reform

Challenges of Optimal Resource Allocation, Inter and Intra-Service Allocation and Sharing: Perspective of the Indian Army

Assessing the Scope of Outcome Budgeting in Defence

The Mumbai Attacks – Lessons to be Learnt from the Police Response

Designing an Appropriate MIS for Efficient Resource Management

Comparison with International Best Practices in Defence Budget and Project/Programme Management

Securing India’s Littorals

Potential Improvements in the Defence Service Estimates