Can Fifteenth Finance Commission Resolve Funding Problems of Defence? Even if the Fifteenth Finance Commission manages to make a specific recommendation about the funds to be allocated for defence and internal security and the government accepts the recommendation, there... Amit Cowshish | July 24, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Managing Bio-Disaster: Role of Dentist We live in an era in which billions of people strive to foster interaction, tolerance and understanding about the more destructive forces of war, violence and political chaos that marked…... Monis Raza | July-December 2019 | CBW Magazine
Impact of Plant Extracts in Neutralizing Threats from Bio-Organisms: Opening New Vistas in Bio Terror and Healthcare A bio-organism, in Collins dictionary, is defined as “a dangerous fast-proliferating organism that could be used as the basis of a biological weapon”1. These bio-organisms can be in the form…... Amul S Bahl | July-December 2019 | CBW Magazine
India’s Nuclear Journey Post Kargil Kargil was an early milestone in India’s journey towards becoming a nuclear weapons power. Two decades later, India has shed the image of a reluctant nuclear power and morphed into... Prakash Menon | July-September 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
Land Warfare in the Indian Context: Time for a Transformative Shift? The Indian Army is in the process of a transformative effort, envisaging changes not only at the apex level, within the Army Headquarters, but also in the field, with the... Vivek Chadha | July-September 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
HQ Integrated Defence Staff in the National Security Structure The Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) was one of the major structures raised after the Kargil conflict of 1999, representing, for the first time since independence, a step towards... Satish Dua | July-September 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
Chemical Concerns: Raising Suspicion about Myanmar’s Covert CW Capability In late November 2019, the US representative Thomas DiNanno raised Myanmar’s non-compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in a statement to the 24th CSP (Conference of State Parties) at…... Animesh Roul | July-December 2019 | CBW Magazine
The Evolution of India’s National Security Architecture The Kargil War of 1999 focussed the nation’s attention on shortcomings in India’s national security management system, which was largely inherited from the British in 1947. A comprehensive review resulted... P. S. Raghavan | July-September 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
The OIC’s Double Standards While the OIC is critical of India, it remains wary of treading on China’s toes when it comes to civil and religious rights of the Uyghur Muslims. The OIC reports... Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy | July 19, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Need to Protect Soldiers from False FIRs The vulnerability of soldiers to exaggerated, motivated and false FIRs is fundamentally a result of the State preferring to deal with legal issues in disturbed areas within the framework of... Prakash Menon | July 19, 2019 | IDSA Comments
