Police and Counter-Insurgency: The Untold Story of Tripura’s COIN Campaign, by Kuldeep Kumar The role of the state police in combating insurgencies has not been given due acknowledgement in India despite the success stories of Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal where police... Mathew Sinu Simon | April-June 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
India’s National Security Annual Review 2016–17, edited by Satish Kumar The volume under review is the sixteenth in the series of the project supported by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS). The series... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | April-June 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Keeping India Safe: The Dilemma of Internal Security, by Vappala Balachandran The hedgehog’s or the porcupine’s dilemma is a metaphor about the challenges of coexistence. It describes a situation in which a group of hedgehogs seek to move close to one... Ghanshyam Katoch | April-June 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
The CRPF and Internal Security: A Perspective Analysis This article critically analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), as the prime agency of the Government of India, attending to manifold matters of internal... P.M. Nair | April-June 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Quest for Nagalim: Fault Lines and Challenges The Naga quest for independence is one of the longest-running struggles in the Indian subcontinent. Despite numerous attempts made in the past towards resolving the conflict, it continues to remain... Pradeep Singh Chhonkar | April-June 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Decentralisation, Autonomy and Effective Governance: Policy Options for Resolving the Kashmir Imbroglio This article looks at the essential conditions for a durable peace in Kashmir and argues that the Valley has been most peaceful only during an active, on-going peace process. The... Syed Jaleel Hussain | April-June 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Current Kashmir Imbroglio: Causes and the Way Ahead On 8 July 2016, a group of soldiers and policemen surrounded a house in Bumdoora village of south Kashmir. As search of the house started, one policeman was fired at... D.S. Hooda | April-June 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Oli’s India visit: Resetting bilateral relations for mutual benefit The purposes of the visit have been achieved and a new phase of relationship has begun with India acknowledging Nepal as an ‘equal partner’. Nihar R. Nayak | April 11, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Will North Korea Denuclearise? Kim will drive the hardest bargain possible and be willing to make only small concessions like maintaining some type of a freeze on future tests of missiles and nuclear weapons. Ashok Sajjanhar | April 09, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Crippling the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force The Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force officer corps has a challenging task at hand to preserve the operational capability of the force as well as address the genuine concerns being... Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | April 09, 2018 | IDSA Comments
