The Great Game in Afghanistan: Rajiv Gandhi, General Zia, and the Unending War, by Kallol Bhattacherjee A journalist by profession, Kallol Bhattacherjee has written extensively on South Asian affairs and on conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. In writing The Great Game in Afghanistan,... N. Bahri | July-September 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
From Smart Power to Sharp Power: How China Promotes her National Interests Authoritarian regimes are increasingly taking recourse to sharp power as a preferred means of realising national interests. Sharp power weaves an intricate web of responses short of war, such as... Mandip Singh | July-September 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
India’s Quest for Recognition India’s quest for being recognized even as a regional power, let alone a global power, requires a balanced and simultaneous growth of its economic and military capabilities. Deepak Kapoor | July 25, 2018 | IDSA Comments
The 2018 Meeting of States Parties (MSP) on Biological Weapons Convention: An Assessment The Eighth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention which was held in Geneva during 07-25 November 2016 had an extremely disappointing outcome. This Review Conference, as is now widely…... Manish | July-December 2018 | CBW Magazine
Stop Turning a Blind Eye to Tear Gas Misuse Riot control agents (RCAs), which are commonly known as tear gas and pepper spray, are defined by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as “any chemical not listed” in one of…... Michael Crowley | July-December 2018 | CBW Magazine
China’s Hydro Ambitions and the Brahmaputra The upper riparian China is uniquely positioned to influence the flow of Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra into lower riparian India. In the absence of a water sharing treaty, the Chinese decision to... Shreya Bhattacharya | July 23, 2018 | Backgrounder
Unpacking UK Combat Air Strategy The UK Combat Air Strategy unveiled on July 16, 2018 can actually be termed as the Combat Aircraft Industry Strategy. India, with a nearly non-existing aircraft industry, can benefit by... Kishore Kumar Khera | July 23, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Indian Aircraft Industry: Possible Innovations for Success in the Twenty-First Century, by Vivek Kapur Taking off in 1940 with the establishment of Hindustan Aircraft Limited (later named Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL), the Indian aviation industry has grown in spurts over the past seven... Kishore Kumar Khera | July-September 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
India’s Defence Diplomacy with Southeast Asia: An Impetus to Act East India’s Act East policy is delivering results its approach towards Southeast Asia. India’s improving stature in the region along with other key geopolitical players has heralded its arrival as a... Vignesh Ram | July-September 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Kautilya’s Arthashastra: Indian Strategic Culture and Grand Strategic Preferences The utility of the theory of strategic culture to explain the choices nation-states make is still to be convincingly proven. Alastair Iain Johnston has provided a viable notion of strategic... Kajari Kamal | July-September 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
