A Longue Durée Perspective on Military Science in India This article posits that military science has been one of the most neglected subjects in Indian history in practice and in scholarship. Greater, popular scholarly focus tends to be mostly... P. K. Gautam | January-March 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Continuance of Declaration on Disturbed Area in Nagaland is a Decision based on Perception without Foresight The declaration of the Disturbed Area provision is fundamentally at odds with the mutually accommodative integration endeavour of the Nagas with the Indian Union as envisioned in the 2015 framework... Gautam Sen | January 16, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Nigerian Air Force and COIN Operations The Nigerian Air Force’s impending acquisition of the JF-17 is a cautionary tale of the need for armed forces everywhere to assess their respective operational environment in a realistic manner... Kishore Kumar Khera | January 16, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Act Africa – A Case for Soft Diplomacy More concentration on the soft diplomatic efforts with greater emphasis on people to people connects and carrying out capacity building where people matter should be the focus of the government.... Swaim Prakash Singh | January-June 2018 | Africa Trends
Radicalisation in South East Africa: A case study of Mozambique The distinct feature of radicalisation in Mozambique is that local issues enable the Ansar ul Sunna to conduct its nefarious activities. So rather than take a hard approach, it would... Mathew Sinu Simon | January-June 2018 | Africa Trends
Is Liberia ready to keep its own peace? After the UNMIL exit, sustaining the peace that was achieved with the help of UN peacekeepers is the most significant challenge before the government. It needs a comprehensive vision, more... Rajeesh Kumar | January-June 2018 | Africa Trends
Military Expenditure in Africa An audit of required military capabilities and therefore, military expenditure in Africa, is essential. Efforts need to focus on scaling down of conventional military capabilities. An appropriate step taken in... Kishore Kumar Khera | January-June 2018 | Africa Trends
Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI of Pakistan by Hein G. Kiessling The work of intelligence agencies is a grey area and any attempt to ‘lift the veil’ is an uphill task, shrouded in uncertainty and doubt, and suspect as to the... Vishal Kumar Verma | January-March 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
India’s Pathways for Regional Prominence in Asia-Pacific: Prospects and Challenges Asian geopolitics currently represents a complex blending of power and paradox, both stable and fluid, with change occurring against an unresolved tension between the direction of economic growth and that... Abhay Kumar Singh | January-March 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Balochistan, the British and the Great Game: The Struggle for the Bolan Pass, Gateway to India by T.A. Heathcote The book traces the history and events of the nineteenth century in a sparsely populated desert area of Asia, Balochistan, an area (inhabited by the tribal Baloch people) and brings... Y.M. Bammi | January-March 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
