Exit of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) UNAMID's exit did not emerge from a context of peace or progress towards conflict resolution in Darfur. Instead, the exit decision was essentially the outcome of the reflection that keeping... Rajeesh Kumar | January-December 2021 | Africa Trends
Al-Shabaab in Somalia: Terrorist Trends in the Pandemic Years Challenges, such as weak infrastructure and ill-equipped armed forces, corruption, pandemic, and drought, have become intrinsic to Somalia, mutually reinforcing each other. Additionally, they have been exploited by terrorists to... Saman Ayesha Kidwai | January-December 2021 | Africa Trends
FOCAC 2021: Key Takeaways The latest FOCAC displayed China’s fresh efforts to enhance its soft power, as well as its engagement with the African countries. The meeting underlined some new areas of future cooperation... Ruchita Beri | January-December 2021 | Africa Trends
The Revival of the Air Force of Zimbabwe The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) has an enviable combat record among the air forces of Sub-Saharan Africa. It has a strong professional ethos and, until budgetary cuts and sanctions... Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | January-December 2021 | Africa Trends
Rajpal Punia & Damini Punia, Operation Khukri: The True Story Behind Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as part of the United Nations Rajpal Punia & Damini Punia, Operation Khukri: The True Story Behind Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as part of the United Nations, Penguin Random House, India, 2021.ISBN (hardcover): 9780143453369 R. Vignesh | January-December 2021 | Africa Trends
Strategic Salience of the Gwadar Port: An Analytical Study Gwadar Port has gained currency in the light of recent international developments that are increasingly focused on maritime-related economic activities. It has become an important reference point for people discussing... Sindhu Dinesh | January-March 2021 | Journal of Defence Studies
Biological Weapons: Coronavirus, Weapon of Mass Destruction? by U.C. Jha and K. Ratnabali War, when all else fails. The reasons for war could be ideological or for greater control over finite resources but war invariably has violence at its epicentre. Ethics and wars... Kishore Kumar Khera | January-March 2021 | Journal of Defence Studies
Al-Ula Summit: Restoring the Unity of the GCC Even as the Al-Ula summit has set a positive tone for the restoration of unity in the GCC, a high level of commitment is required by all parties to bridge... Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | January 12, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Demystifying Trade Warfare Historically, navies have been employed for the conduct of trade warfare. However, naval discourse on the subject has ranged from advocacy as prime employment of naval power to relegation as... Himadri Bose | January-March 2021 | Journal of Defence Studies
Asymmetric Competition Ahead for Indian Air Power This article deliberates on some ‘disruptive’ issues that will affect employment, doctrine, force development and the very future of exclusive manned air power. Currently, causing asymmetry on the battlefield is... Rajesh Isser | January-March 2021 | Journal of Defence Studies
