The Costliest Pearl: China’s Struggle for India’s Ocean by Bertil Lintner The ‘string of pearls’ is a western narrative about China’s economic and/or military engagements with countries in the Indian Ocean littorals with a strategic outlook of encircling the Indian peninsula.... M. Doraibabu | October-December 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
New Internet Protocol: Redesigning the Internet with Chinese Characteristics? China’s proposal for a new Internet Protocol (IP) is a reflection of its desire to revamp and mould the Internet. This is in line with its ambitions to rise to... Munish Sharma | October 15, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Learning from Russia: Comparing Russian and Chinese Military Reforms Understanding the Chinese Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) has been a challenge for military thinkers and planners due to opacity and secrecy within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). This article... Mandip Singh | October-December 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
FATF: In Need of Darker Shades of Grey The three list categorisation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)—white, grey, and black—has been largely ineffective when dealing with jurisdictions like Pakistan. There need to be more gradations between... Pradeep Singh Gautam | October 12, 2020 | Issue Brief
India’s China Challenge by Ananth Krishnan Ananth Krishan’s book, India’s China Challenge, is a notable examination of the challenge posed to India by the meteoric rise of China. Krishnan’s stay in China as a journalist for... Himadri Bose | October-December 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
Nuclear Attack Submarines: The Elixir for a True Blue-Water Navy India’s tryst with its destiny for the twenty-first century will greatly depend upon how it prioritises its strategic necessities in the face of current Covid-19-induced economic crisis. While still on... Roby Thomas | October-December 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR): Assessment of the Pakistan Military’s Discreet Propaganda Factory Post-1990 The ISPR was founded in 1949 as the public relations wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces. However, its role, responsibilities and activities have expanded notably over the last three decades.... Divya Malhotra | October-December 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
Time IAF Upgraded its Largest Combat Fleet While Rafale’s enhanced combat capabilities has added punch to India’s airpower, the developing threat scenario in India’s neighbourhood lends urgency to upgrading the IAF’s largest combat fleet, the Sukhoi fighters,... Anurag Sharma | September 30, 2020 | IDSA Comments
The Imperatives of Ordnance Factory Corporatisation Poor workmanship, deteriorating quality issues, and lack of professionalism have plagued the workings of the Ordnance Factories. There is an imperative need for modernising the workings of the OFs through... Akhelesh Bhargava | September 30, 2020 | IDSA Comments
NPT@50: How India Framed its Decision to Reject the Treaty India’s decision to reject the NPT was a display of astute statecraft with idealist posturing used to masquerade pursuit of national interests. A. Vinod Kumar | September 25, 2020 | Issue Brief
