Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace and Defence Sector: Strategy of India Additive manufacturing (AM), also popularly known as 3-D printing, is revolutionising the global manufacturing landscape. The proliferation of AM technology has had a huge impact on the design and production... Prakash Panneerselvam | January-March 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Turkey’s Afrin Offensive can pitch Ankara against both Washington and Moscow Turkey's resolve to dislodge the Democratic Union Party (PYD) from Afrin, a Kurdish enclave in northern Syria adjacent to the Turkish border, will be seriously tested by the US and... Md. Muddassir Quamar | January 22, 2018 | IDSA Comments
High Command: British Military Leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, by Christopher L. Elliott Defeats are orphans and very educative. Most defeats are, in fact, manifestation of erroneous judgments or equipment failure, or a combinations of the two. In case the defeats are of... Kishore Kumar Khera | January-March 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Fighting Falcon: The End of an Era? Is the termination of an unprecedented 40-year production run of the F-16 an indication of the beginning of the end for this versatile combat aircraft? Kishore Kumar Khera | January 19, 2018 | IDSA Comments
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
