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
The China-India-US Triangle: Changing Balance of Power and a New Cold War China is no longer interested in maintaining previous patterns of its relationships with India and US. It seeks to forge new types of relationships that are reflective of the extant... S. Kalyanaraman | September 21, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Need For a Proactive Policy Towards Bangladesh Given the assertive foreign policy followed by China and the desperation of Pakistan after the abolition of Article 370, India has to follow a proactive foreign policy. It is only... Anand Kumar | September 18, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Increase in FDI Cap Alone Not Enough for Defence Sector Raising the FDI limit by itself may not enthuse the foreign investors as per the expectations. To make the defence sector more attractive for foreign investment, a whole lot of... Amit Cowshish | September 14, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Abe Shinzo: Japan’s Visionary Statesman Abe Shinzo made his mark as an astute statesman in international politics with intellectual bandwidth and a global vision to conceptualise grand strategic constructs such as the Free and Open... Titli Basu | September 03, 2020 | IDSA Comments
