म्यांमार चुनाव 2026: संवैधानिक बहाली या सैन्य वर्चस्व का नया अध्याय? गृहयुद्ध के बीच हुए म्यांमार चुनाव के बाद भी पुराने सवाल जस के तस बने हुए हैं। Om Prakash Das | February 17, 2026 | Issue Brief
India’s BRICS Presidency: Challenges and Opportunities India’s success as the 2026 BRICS Chair will depend on its ability to keep the group focused on functional cooperation, including health, climate finance and multilateral reform. Ashok Sajjanhar | | Issue Brief
The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama, by Melvyn C. Goldstein The political status of Tibet in relation to China has been a contentious issue. It has invoked the question of the right of a people to self-determination. Melvyn C. Goldstein’s... Maitrayee Jha | October-December 2025 | Journal of Defence Studies
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
