Tiger Check: Automating the US Air Force Fighter Pilot in Air-to-Air Combat, 1950–1980 Warriors, with courage and integrity as their distinguishing traits, have been always respected. Skilful warriors, such as military aviators, have created a special place for themselves in the society. In this class, a very small section of fighter pilots has an iconic status. Adages like ‘All men are born equal, then a few become fighter pilots’ support this perception. Kishore Kumar Khera | January-March 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
An Era of True Fakes With increasing advances in artificial intelligence technologies and machine learning, a new era of deep fakes has emerged, which has the potential to weaken the fabric of democratic society. Kritika Roy | January 10, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Great Power Rivalry Reaches Africa With John Bolton conceding that the US has limited resources to compete with the tens of billions of dollars that China is pouring into Africa, it is not clear how effective America’s new Africa strategy would prove to be in containing China. Anand Kumar | January 09, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Biological Weapons: The Impact of New Technologies In June 2018, German police arrested a Tunisian man in Cologne for trying to build a biological weapon using the deadly toxin, ricin.1 In October 2018, researchers flagged a… Continue reading Biological Weapons: The Impact of New Technologies Shambhavi Naik | January-June 2019 | CBW Magazine
Turkey Treads a Fine Line in Syria In the light of Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, Ankara has adopted a cautious approach towards the Syrian Kurds and has decided to take Moscow’s concerns into account before making any move in northern Syria. Md. Muddassir Quamar | January 04, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos Article 108 of United Nations (UN) Charter states that the Charter can be amended if it is adopted by two-third members of the General Assembly and ratified by two-thirds of the members of UN, including the five Permanent Members, also known as the P-5. Changing international dynamics and the need for including hitherto unrepresented quarters further call for the restructuring of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The role of UNSC has changed over the years and Hardeep Singh Puri’s book discusses the role of UNSC in resolving the crisis spanning Asia and Europe. Lakshmi Priya | January-March 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
Will the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration solve the crisis? The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration embodies the international community’s collective commitments to promoting cooperation on migration and solve the growing migrant crisis. Rajeesh Kumar | January 02, 2019 | IDSA Comments
KARGIL: Past Perfect, Future Uncertain? Publisher: KW Publishers The Kargil conflict was fought 20 years ago. However, it continues to remain relevant for strategic analysts, military historians, academics, armed forces personnel and diplomats. This book, delves into the structures, planning processes and procedures adopted while pursuing diplomacy, higher direction of war and strategic communications, on both sides of the Line of Control during the Kargil conflict. In doing so, existing arguments are challenged and alternative conclusions drawn. This includes the debate around the decision not to cross the LoC during operations, the decision making process involved with the employment of air power and limitations of existing strategic communication structures of the armed forces, as observed during the conflict. The second part of the book employs Kargil and the succeeding 20 years, as the basis for analysing the changing character of war. This includes a study of its implications on the notion of victory and shifts needed while pursuing diplomacy, higher direction of war and strategic communications. It also introduces the concept of finite and infinite game theory to conflicts in the sub-continental context, in an attempt to contextualise it through a fresh perspective. ISBN: 978-93-89137-13-2, Price: ?.880/- E-copy available Vivek Chadha | | Book
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: Politics, Parties and Personalities Publisher: Pentagon Press This book is a rersult of research undertaken on the subject by the scholars associated with the IDSA project on Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) - also known as Pakistan Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK) - Which includes both the so-called "Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)" and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), was legally a part of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kahmir, which acceded to India in October 1947. The authors of this book seek to provide a critical analysis of the politics of the above mentioned two regions within PoK; throw light on the genesis and evolution of various political parties and interest groups, and acquaint the readers with different pesonalities playing important role in politics therein. The main aim of the publication is to help the scholars, analysts, and policy-makers to understand the dynamics of the political systems in PoK, the complex interaction of these systems with the government in Islamabad and the responses of the local leadership to Pakistan's strateghy of keeping them under strict control in the name of representative governance over the last 70 years. ISBN: 978-93-86618-67-2, Price: ₹1495/- E-copy available Surinder Kumar Sharma , Yaqoob-ul-Hassan , Ashok K. Behuria | | Book
US-Taliban Peace Talks and the Disquiet Trump seems to have reconciled himself to the fact that Afghanistan may become an ‘Islamic Emirate of Taliban’ with Sharia Law being imposed with or without the consent of the people. V. Mahalingam | January 01, 2019 | IDSA Comments
