Israel’s Laser-based Missile Interception System The laser-based aerospace defence assets, as and when they are fully developed and deployed, could prove to be a potent deterrent. Atul Pant | February 07, 2020 | IDSA Comments
India-Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave: A Fresh Initiative The India-Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave is a step towards engaging the African countries on peace and security. It is hoped that the conclave leads to a candid discussion on common... Ruchita Beri | February 06, 2020 | IDSA Comments
India’s Defence Budget 2020-21 Considering that the defence capital expenditure already accounts for a very high share in the central government’s overall capital spend, any substantial hike in the former’s share looks less likely.... Laxman Kumar Behera | February 04, 2020 | Issue Brief
Air Defence Command – A Bold Test Case The proposal to create an Air Defence Command is a bold move. Rather than resorting to less contentious issues to commence the integration process, the CDS has selected a very... Kishore Kumar Khera | January 27, 2020 | Issue Brief
COVID-19 Pandemic and its Socio-Economic Implications on Canada The outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada from the middle of March 2020 affected the Canadian population with unexpected disruptions in almost all spheres of life that drastically altered…... Nivedita Das Kundu | January-June 2020 | CBW Magazine
The Absent Dialogue: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Military in India by Anit Mukherjee Defence, a subset of national security, is an intricate subject. Primarily, defence policy and plans of a state emerge from its national security strategy to achieve its national goals. What... Kishore Kumar Khera | January-June 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
Power and Diplomacy: India’s Foreign Policies during the Cold War, by Zorawar Daulet Singh Realpolitik and its terminology have dominated the discourse on the conduct and behaviour of states in ‘anarchical’ international environment. Concepts like balance of power (BoP) and security dilemma continue to... Nazir Ahmad Mir | January-June 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
Automation of Kill Cycle: On the Verge of Conceptual Changeover Considering the loss of tactical advantage that would come about by not adopting automation and autonomous weapon systems in future, militaries would invariably be obligated to adopt the concept of... Atul Pant | January 24, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Saving a Billion: How India Confronted the COVID-19 The outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the final months of 2019 in China had led to a global pandemic with the disease-causing pathogen, the SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2),…... A. Vinod Kumar | January-June 2020 | CBW Magazine
China’s India War: Collision Course on the Roof of the World, by Bertil Lintner In the autumn of 1962, two worlds collided. After long-standing confrontations in disputed border areas, China unleashed its military machinery on India and triumphed. The spectre of the war haunts... Daniel Balazs | January-June 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
