How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century, by Shyam Saran One of the first lessons a student of international politics is introduced to is that foreign policy is a compendium of continuity and change, of static and dynamic co-existence, mired... Shrabana Barua | October-December 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Repatriation of Rohingya Refugees: An Aberration on India’s Humanitarian Legacy To force all Rohingyas to return on the grounds of “threat to security” is against India’s humanitarian heritage. The government and its agencies are capable of sifting out Rohingya elements... D. Padma Kumar Pillay | October 16, 2018 | IDSA Comments
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Causes for Failure and Continuing Relevance Decades after the deployment of the first peacekeeping operation (PKO)—United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)—in 1948, the United Nations (UN) cannot boast of too many successes. The continued relevance of... A.K. Bardalai | October-December 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Soul of Armies: Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Military Culture in the US and UK, by Austin Long This book is a major contribution towards the field of military culture, one which has had shortage of literature traditionally. While the book primarily dwells on the counter-insurgency doctrine and... Vivek Mishra | October-December 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
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
