Foreign Policy and Sea Power: India’s Maritime Role Flux The core argument this article makes is that India’s maritime worldview and role conceptions have not only been evolving since the 1950s, but they have also been closely interlinked with... Zorawar Daulet Singh | October 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
War from the Ground Up: Twenty-first-century Combat as Politics, by Emile Simpson War from the Ground Up is not easy reading. The author’s erudition, bolstered by a wealth of detail and historical context, makes this one of the more serious studies on... Alok Deb | October 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Examining the US Defence Acquisition Apparatus: What can India Learn? The United States (US) defence acquisition apparatus, arguably the biggest in the world, has undergone several reforms in the past 100 years. The reforms, which have focused on both structural... Laxman Kumar Behera | October 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Standing Committee on Defence’s Prescription for increasing Capital Budget May Not Work The Thirty-first Report of the Standing Committee on Defence (SCoD)1 was submitted to Parliament on 9 March 2017. The report examined the capital outlay for the defence services for the... Amit Cowshish | October 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
EMP Weapons and the New Equation of War Besides military targets, a number of strategic civilian targets, like urban data and communication centres, stock exchanges, factories and other centres of gravity could also be attacked by e-bombs. Atul Pant | October 13, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Lull at Doklam: Time for a Holistic Strategic Review While the crisis has been defused for the time being, the probability of a future flare up cannot be ruled out. A holistic strategic review ought to be carried out... G.G. Dwivedi | October 06, 2017 | IDSA Comments
The Darkening Web: The War for Cyberspace, by Alexander Klimburg The introduction to Alexander Klimburg’s book, The Darkening Web: The War for Cyberspace, begins by referencing the Indian parable of the Blind Men of Hindoostan and the elephant to bring... Cherian Samuel | October 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Need for Sector-Specific Ease-of-Doing Business Indices Sector-specific micro parameters that have a bearing on the ease of doing business need to be identified and quantified. Amit Cowshish | October 05, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System: Issues and Challenges Implementation of high-tech solutions without adequately trained personnel is unlikely to help the Border Security Force achieve the goal of foolproof border surveillance. Pushpita Das | October 04, 2017 | Issue Brief
Fallout of the Rohingya Issue on Bangladesh`s Domestic Politics With the Bangladesh general elections not far away in 2018, and the unlikely scenario of the Rohingya problem being fully resolved in the next few months, the issue is likely... Gautam Sen | October 03, 2017 | IDSA Comments
