‘No First Use’ is Not Sacrosanct: Need a Theatre-Specific Posture for Flexible Options Nuclear doctrines and postures are dynamic processes that evolve with the security environment. Twenty years after India’s nuclear doctrine was first drafted, the time is ripe for a comprehensive review... A. Vinod Kumar | August 27, 2019 | Issue Brief
Hong Kong on the Edge The current impasse in Hong Kong poses the most serious challenge to the Chinese leadership since the territory’s integration with the mainland. The “One Country, Two Systems” arrangement appears to... G.G. Dwivedi | August 27, 2019 | IDSA Comments
In Favour of Corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board As a corporatised entity, the OFB will be in a far better position to respond to the market dynamics and face the competition effectively. Laxman Kumar Behera | August 21, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Will India Ally with America? India’s decision to ally with America would be contingent upon the degree of convergence between their positions on core issues and the extent of military assistance needed in a two-front... S. Kalyanaraman | August 20, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Finally a CDS for the Indian Armed Forces While the scope of responsibility of the CDS is being worked out, it would be instructive to see what changes could be implemented immediately within the current organisational structures through... Alok Deb | August 19, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Indian Navy’s Annual HADR Exercise: A Collaborative Humanitarian Response in IOR The Annual Joint HADR exercises, conducted by Indian Navy, help in proactively preparing participating nations with tools for developing standard operating procedures (SOPs), streamlining interoperability and practicing procedures for collaborative... Roby Thomas | August 09, 2019 | IDSA Comments
C2D2: An Agile Defence Acquisition Model The agile acquisition or C2D2 model currently under adoption by the US for its F-35 aircraft is likely to become a necessity for acquisitions in future, as disruptive defence technologies... Atul Pant | August 06, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Libra – A Millennial Global Currency from Facebook Facebook's recent proposal for a stable global cryptocurrency on social media platform has led many to anticipate its positive impact on the global economic system. However, privacy concerns and Libra's... Ronnie Ninan | July 29, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Kargil and its Impact on India’s National Security With the melting of snow and improvement in weather conditions, the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) that separates India and Pakistan has traditionally been a ‘hot’... Alok Deb | July-September 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
China’s Biological Warfare Programme and the Curious Case of Dr. Xiangguo Qiu In July 2019, a rare event occurred in Canada, whereby a group of Chinese virologists were forcibly dispatched from the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, a facility they…... Dany Shoham | July-December 2019 | CBW Magazine
