Thinking about Pakistan’s Nuclear Security in Peacetime, Crisis and War This essay seeks to collate, sort through, and organise the reams of publicly available information and speculation to provide a systematic assessment of Pakistan’s nuclear security. Christopher Clary | | Occasional Papers
Sky’s No Limit: Space-based solar power, the next major step in the Indo-US strategic partnership? This paper provides a policymaker's overview of a highly scalable, revolutionary, renewable energy technology, Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP), and evaluates it utility within the context of the Indo-US strategic partnership. Peter Garretson | | Occasional Papers
Sustaining Motivation in Sub-Conventional Warfare This paper is an attempt to understand the peculiarities of the operational environment in sub-conventional warfare scenario in Indian context. It recommends measures which need to be taken at various... K C Dixit | | Occasional Papers
India’s Northeast 2020: Four Alternative Futures This Occasional Paper focuses on the insurgency problem in the Northeast and give policy recommendations to bring about peace and development in the region. Namrata Goswami | | Occasional Papers
India’s Unfinished Security Revolution This paper argues that internal security reforms are crucial not only for India's own security and that of its immediate neighbourhood, but also for its rise as an Asian and... Dr Alexander (‘Sandy’) Gordon | | Occasional Papers
A Study on Illegal Immigration into North-East India: The Case of Nagaland Efforts to control and prevent illegal immigration remain highly inadequate in India; and likely to remain so in the coming years. But, the reality is that unabated illegal immigration has... M. Amarjeet Singh | | Occasional Papers
Impact of Modernisation of Police Forces Scheme on Combat Capability of the Police Forces in Naxal-Affected States: A Critical Evaluation This occasional paper attempts to assess and analyse the impact of the MPF scheme on building police combat capability in affected States. Om Shankar Jha | | Occasional Papers
Northeast India: Linguistic Diversity and Language Politics The language issue has the potential to explode into ethnic conflicts and as a result it requires critical analysis and farsighted action from the government and the linguistic groups in... T.T. Haokip | | Occasional Papers
The Global Economic Crisis: Some Strategic Implications Huge budget deficits and the need to spend on fiscal stimuli are bound to impact upon defence budgets and the ability to undertake long-term overseas operations. While India is likely... Rajan Katoch | | Occasional Papers
Combating Left Wing Extremism: Is Police Training Lacking? The menace of Left Wing Extremism (LWE), commonly termed as Naxalism and Maoist insurgency, has been categorised as the single biggest challenge to India’s internal security by the Prime Minister.... Om Shankar Jha | | Occasional Papers
