Aircraft Carriers – The Keystone to India’s Maritime Security Considering the wide expanse to be covered on both sides of the Indian Peninsula, and the possibility of concurrent operations on either side, it is imperative that India maintains an... Roby Thomas | October 30, 2019 | Issue Brief
Make-II: Need to Prevent Duplication of Efforts and Backdoor Entry of Import The government’s decision to allow the private sector to undertake the development of complex defence equipment is a step in the right direction. It will help forge a larger innovation... Laxman Kumar Behera | October 23, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Cooperative Security in South Asia: A Mirage? South Asia has a common history and celebrates its great cultural and linguistic overlap. However, the South Asian experience in building cooperative security architecture has been mixed. India on its... Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy | October 23, 2019 | IDSA Comments
A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Traditional Peace Operations Despite decades of experience in peace operations, most United Nations (UN) operations have faced serious criticism for being unable to implement the mandate. At the same time, while the UN... A.K. Bardalai | October-December 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
Is Imran Khan’s Luck Running Out? With a failing foreign policy and a crippling economy, and growing domestic opposition as well as criticism within the army, Imran Khan and his government is clearly caught between the... Zainab Akhter | October 17, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Why We Fight, by Mike Martin Desire (kama), anger (krodha), greed (lobha), attachment (moha) and ego (ahankar) are the five basic causes of human irrationality. In violence, one of the most significant human irrationality, intertwined strands... Kishore Kumar Khera | October-December 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
Understanding Ethical Behaviour towards Better Institutional Functioning in the Armed Forces At the heart of ethical choices lies the complex interplay between individual intentions and environmental vectors. Factors such as stress, misguided motivations and the failure to handle positional power make... Ankush Banerjee | October-December 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Long-term Effects of UK Defence Privatisation: Lessons for India? This article argues that privatisation of defence has failed to achieve the objectives of increased competition (between producers) leading to increased choice and reduced costs (to purchasers). Instead, costs have... Jonathan S. Swift | October-December 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
Gilgit-Baltistan and its Saga of Unending Human Rights Violations, by Alok Bansal In general, the contemporary and historical narrative of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is mostly woven through the prism of Kashmir issue, disregarding comprehensive information about strategically important regions like Ladakh... Zainab Akhter | October-December 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
Guardians of God: Inside the Religious Mind of Pakistani Taliban, by Mona Kanwal Sheikh In the recent past, several Islamist movements promising to re-establish the pristine political system dating back to the days of the Prophet have captured the mind of believers. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan... Smruti S. Pattanaik | October-December 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
