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
Compact Fusion: Are the Energy Equations About to Change? Advanced technologies and supercomputing have accelerated the pace of research and development in the field of nuclear fusion. Atul Pant | January 10, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Drones: An Emerging Terror Tool From the days of their inception, remotely piloted aero models (known popularly as drones) have been feared as a means of spreading terror. Recently, the use of drones by terrorist... Atul Pant | January-March 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Doklam and the Indo-China Boundary On 19 December 2017, three days ahead of the scheduled 20th Round of Indo-China border talk between the Indian National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval, and China’s State Councillor, Yang... A.K. Bardalai | January-March 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
Inside the Enemy’s Computer: Identifying Cyber-Attackers, by Clement Guitton Attribution of cyberattacks is an impending issue in enabling a credible deterrent against both state and non-state actors. It applies equally to cases of a criminal nature as well as... Munish Sharma | January-March 2018 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Food versus Fuel Debate The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has proposed that the terms of the debate be moved from food versus fuel to food and fuel. Ekta Niranjan | January 04, 2018 | Backgrounder
The India-ASEAN Partnership at 25 A stronger partnership and enhanced cooperation should be prioritised by both sides if the full potential of this engagement is to be realised. Ashok Sajjanhar | January 04, 2018 | IDSA Comments
