Monograph - MP-IDSA

In Pursuit of a Shield: US, Missile Defence and the Iran Threat

The US pursuit of missile defence in order to counter and/or hedge against Iran's ballistic missile capabilities coupled with concerns generated by its nuclear programme has had significant strategic consequences....

Armed Forces Special Powers Act: The Debate

The debate over the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), has been raging within affected states, armed forces, central and state police organisations, human rights groups, legal fraternity and the...

Establishing India’s Military Readiness Concerns and Strategy

Military readiness is perhaps one of the least studied and understood concepts in the field of strategic studies. In the absence of any significant literature in the public domain, defence...

Southeast Asia-India Defence Relations in the Changing Regional Security Landscape

The study analyses the nature of Southeast Asia-India defence relations, the reasons for the growth in ties and more important, the consequences of the defence relations.

Reconciling Doctrines: Prerequisite for Peace in South Asia

This paper suggests an approach towards building conditions necessary for peace between India and Pakistan. Identifying the Pakistani army as a power centre in Pakistan, the hypothesis is that a...

Ali Ahmed |
2010 |
Monograph

Privatisation of Security in the Post-Cold War Period

The end of the Cold War was celebrated among many circles as an end to the conflict determined pattern of global relations, which would ensure greater cooperation and peace. Such...

Trilateral Nuclear Proliferation Pakistan’s Euro-Chinese Bomb