The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan, by T.C.A. Raghavan ‘The People Next Door’ is the name of a 1968 television (TV) series made into a 1970 Hollywood movie, a 1996 TV film, a 2008 novel, again a 2016 TV... Ghanshyam Katoch | October-December 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Emerging Contours of Maritime Security Architecture under the Belt and Road Initiative The revival of the centuries-old ‘Silk Road at Sea’ into a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (MSR) is an integral part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The... Abhay Kumar Singh | October-December 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Defending Japan: Reviewing the 2018 White Paper Three key developments unfolded in Japan in August 2018: the Ministry of Defence (MOD) released its annual Defence White Paper; requested a 2.1 per cent increase in the 2019 budget;... Titli Basu | October-December 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Japan’s Self-Defense Forces: A Decade after Reorganisation Japan banks heavily on her security alliance with the United States (US) to ensure availability of requisite military capability in the region. China’s economic and military capabilities have grown in... Kishore Kumar Khera | October-December 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Approach to Battle: Training the Indian Army during the Second World War, by Alan Jeffreys From entering the portals of a military academy till retirement, an officer remains deeply involved with training. From the initial days as a subaltern to, later on, assuming the responsibilities... Alok Deb | October-December 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Decoding the Expansion Plans of the United States Air Force How different will the USAF look after the proposed restructuring with 74 additional squadrons? Will there be a trade-off between quality and quantity? Kishore Kumar Khera | September 28, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Nepal-China Transit Agreement: An Evaluation Nepal’s quest for an alternate transit country with a view to reducing its dependence on India succeeded with the finalisation of the text for the Protocol of Transit Transport Agreement... Nihar R. Nayak | September 27, 2018 | Issue Brief
Issues in Defence Costing It is important to pay greater attention to the system of costing followed by the MoD given that costing errors could result in the sanctioning of an unaffordable procurement programme,... Amit Cowshish | September 27, 2018 | IDSA Comments
CAATSA Sanctions and India While 11 of the 12 prescribed sanctions will have little or no effect on India-Russia defence relations, the twelfth, unless waived, has the potential to completely derail the India-US Defence... G. Balachandran | September 26, 2018 | IDSA Comments
China Looks to Africa to Reduce Trade Dependence on the US China may or may not succeed in transforming Africa into a substitute market. If it does, the bilateral trade relationship is likely to become more unbalanced and tilted in its... Anand Kumar | September 18, 2018 | IDSA Comments
