Defence Budget 2017-18: Chugging Along Budget is not just all about figures but also a statement of policy. The Defence Budget for 2017-18 contains no hint of any intention of the government to bring about... Amit Cowshish | February 02, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Defence Budget 2017-18: What the Macro-Economic Factors Foretell If the defence expenditure relationship to the GDP of 1.65 per cent is maintained, we may see a budget estimate (BE) for defence expenditure of Rs. 285,000 crores, against the... Vinay Kaushal | January 31, 2017 | Issue Brief
New Year Attack in Istanbul: Predictable and Preventable! While the New Year attack in Istanbul underscores Turkey’s endemic vulnerabilities, India too needs to be on guard. Messaging by the ISIS is often followed by action. Prabha Rao | January 30, 2017 | Issue Brief
Defence Budget 2017-18: Beyond the Numbers There is a need to go beyond stale issues and have a more meaningful and dispassionate discussion on how to make the best use of the allocations made for defence. Amit Cowshish | January 30, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Is India’s Nuclear Doctrine Credible? Recent debates by former officials and analysts on India’s nuclear doctrine highlight certain credibility problems. Two inter-related pillars of the doctrine—the pledge of ‘No-First Use’ (NFU) and the assurance of... Zorawar Daulet Singh | January 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Outer Space Treaty: 50 years later There is a need to rework the Outer Space Treaty and contemporize it to deal more directly with issues of the current era. Natallia Khaniejo | January 27, 2017 | Backgrounder
Defence Modernisation: A Silver Lining in the Dark Clouds? The presentation of the Union budget on February 1 is expected to ensure full utilisation of allocated funds and will ensure that ‘New Schemes’ can be processed, approved and contracted... Vinay Kaushal | January 27, 2017 | Issue Brief
Frontiers, Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies in South Asia, 1820-2013, by Kaushik Roy Frontiers, Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies in South Asia is a well written and intelligently composed monograph by Kaushik Roy, a leading expert in South Asian military studies. It primarily deals with... Manas Dutta | January 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
ALH Dhruv and the Indian Helicopter Industry: Unrealised Potential, Promises and Challenges For more than half a century, independent India’s aircraft manufacturing has been dominated by, and entirely limited to, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The helicopter, in particular, was seen almost exclusively... M. Matheswaran | January 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Preparing For The 4th Review Conference Of The Chemical Weapons Convention: Some Observations On Process And Outcomes The Fourth Special Session of the Conference of the States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (4th CWC Review Conference) will be held in 2018. A…... John Hart | January-June 2017 | CBW Magazine
