Inside the Terrifying World of Jaish-e-Mohammed, by Abhinav Pandya In the aftermath of the terror attack in Pahalgam, Abhinav Pandya’s book Inside the Terrifying World of Jaish-e-Mohammed, assumes significant relevance as it offers a comprehensive analysis of the operational... Anushka Chavan | October-December 2025 | Journal of Defence Studies
Mao’s Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy, by Toshi Yoshihara, Georgetown University Press, 2022, pp. 158 Mao’s Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy delves into Mao’s initial efforts to build a naval force, tracing the development of the People’s... Himadri Bose | October-December 2025 | Journal of Defence Studies
The AUKUS Submarine Roadmap: A Bridge Too Far? The year 2025 has proven to be a particularly challenging period for the AUKUS trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). The developments... R. Vignesh | October-December 2025 | Journal of Defence Studies
Evolving Competitive Militant Landscape of Pakistan and its Implications The Pakistani policymakers and academia did not envisage an escalation of attacks in Pakistan after the ascendancy of the Afghan Taliban in August 2021.1 In fact, many commentators and analysts... Harsh Behere | October-December 2025 | Journal of Defence Studies
Crossing Lines: Drugs, Insurgency and Disorder in the Indo-Myanmar Borderlands The intensification of drug trafficking across the Indo-Myanmar border presents a significant challenge to both political and socio-economic stability in the region. This illicit trade not only exacerbates insurgent activities... Manashi Parashar | October-December 2025 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Tribal Connect to Maoist Insurgency in India: The Historical Context and Alleviation Measures by the Government Left Wing Extremism (LWE) or Maoism in India has been an ongoing internal security challenge since the late 1960s. The current phase of this insurgency has its ground zero in... Shashank Ranjan | October-December 2025 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Political Economy of South Korea’s Arms Trade with India: Challenges and Prospects South Korea’s rapid rise as a manufacturing powerhouse and a leading export-oriented economy was made possible due to the active role of the ‘developmental state’ in the country. Despite adopting... Ranjit Kumar Dhawan | October-December 2025 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Budgetary Conundrum of the Indian Armed Forces: A Military Perspective India’s defence budget is a subject of intense scrutiny and debate, drawing the attention of a diverse range of stakeholders, including economists, defence experts and policymakers. The defence budget must... Dheeraj Kumar Singh , Munish Matta | October-December 2025 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Evolution and Future of Mobile Artillery: Technological Advances, History and Future of Artillery Warfare This article explores the evolution of mobile artillery, from oxen-drawn cannons and camel-mounted swivel guns to today’s self-propelled, precision-guided systems. It highlights how battlefield mobility, rapid fire-and-move tactics, and integration... Amit Sharma | October-December 2025 | Journal of Defence Studies
Clamour for Going Nuclear Gains Traction in South Korea The nuclear issue has been simmering in South Korea for quite some time. During Park Chung-hee’s regime, there was a serious move to revisit the country’s nuclear option as a... Rajaram Panda | October-December 2025 | Journal of Defence Studies
