Ricin: Feral Wolf to Hunting Dog! History Ricin is a protein, naturally synthesized by the castor bean plant. The castor bean contains 3- 5% of Ricin in it. It was discovered by Stillmark first in 1888…... Mrinmayee Bhushan | July-December 2017 | CBW Magazine
India’s Wars: A Military History, 1947–1971, by Arjun Subramaniam In this first of two volumes, Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam offers excellent and concise histories of India’s wars and military operations, starting with the rescue and partial liberation of... S. Kalyanaraman | July 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Transfer of Defence Technology: Exploring the Avenues for India India has been the recipient of transfers of defence technology predominantly through the licensed manufacture mode which, while being cheap and easy to implement, has some major limitations. This article... Kevin A. Desouza | July 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Public–Private Partnership for MRO in Defence: Application to Aerospace and Land Systems This article examines the various aspects of employing public–private partnership (PPP) for carrying out maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activities for aerospace and land forces in India. PPP in MRO... Chandrika Kaushik | July 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Protracted Brazilian Crisis In the backdrop of various corruption scandals marring the political scenario in Brazil, the 2018 general elections will probably be marked by uncertainties and contradictions of the competing coalition politics. Erik Ribeiro | July 21, 2017 | Issue Brief
Quantum Computing and its Impact on Cryptography Advances in technology has brought into focus the need to have double assurance on data security, especially with the world moving from classical to Quantum Computing, which latter has the... Kritika Roy | July 19, 2017 | Backgrounder
China-Pakistan Water Axis on the Indus Consisting of five major hydropower projects including the Diamer Bhasha Dam, the North Indus Cascade will cut across Gilgit Baltistan as well as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Priyanka Singh | July 19, 2017 | Issue Brief
War Crimes, Atrocity and Justice, by Michael J. Shapiro Human history has been witness to many war crimes and atrocities. But it is only in the twentieth century that one sees institutionalised, global attempts to fix responsibility for such... Uma Purushothaman | July 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Malabar Exercises: An Appraisal India should take the lead in forming an overarching security quad along with Australia, Japan and the US in the Indo-Pacific region. Adarsha Verma | July 18, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Aspects of Leadership: Ethics, Law and Spirituality by Carroll Connelley and Paolo Tripodi Leadership and ethics have inseparable connect and have been an integral part of the discourse on leadership in general and military leadership in particular. This consistent focus on the subject... Vivek Chadha | July 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
