Data Theft: Implications for Economic and National Security With the digitisation of services, such as in the case of governance and banking, or the electronic means of conducting commerce or trade, a large amount of data is generated,... Munish Sharma | January 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Military Robots: Mapping the Moral Landscape, by Jai Galliott The ethical use of the military robots is a serious concern and in the last few years this debate has gained significant momentum on various human rights as well as... Tushar Shrivastav | January 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Not War, Not Peace? Motivating Pakistan to Prevent Cross- Border Terrorism, by George Perkovich and Toby Dalton The book—Not War, Not Peace? Motivating Pakistan to Prevent Cross-Border Terrorism—seems well-timed as it was released just few months before the surgical strikes conducted by Indian forces across the Line... Soumya Awasthi | January 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Fatah at the Crossroads Abbas needs to take steps for a gradual change of guard in the Fatah within a specified time-frame to keep the cause of Palestinian statehood alive. Gautam Sen | January 04, 2017 | IDSA Comments
China’s Creeping Maritime Assertiveness The Chinese stance towards the December 15, 2016 incident relating to the seizure of USN UUV by PLA Navy has been extraordinarily ambiguous. Abhay Kumar Singh | January 03, 2017 | Issue Brief
The State of the State of Syria The partial cease-fire brokered and imposed by Russia and Turkey, with Iran’s concurrence, on Assad and the ‘moderates’, might mark a turning point in Syria’s tortuous journey since 2011. K. P. Fabian | January 02, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Modi’s stand-alone visit to Israel? A standalone visit to Israel will not only be in line with Modi’s engagement with the Middle East but would also send a powerful message to the international community that... P. R. Kumaraswamy | January 02, 2017 | IDSA Comments
A Requiem for 2016 Higher Defence Management, Civil-military relations and force modernisation were three critical areas in which there was little or no movement in the year gone by. Amit Cowshish | January 02, 2017 | IDSA Comments
The Arthasastra in a Transcultural Perspective: Comparing Kautilya with Sun-Zi, Nizam al-Mulk, Barani and Machiavelli Publisher: Pentagon Press This book is the product of a collaborative effort by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi; South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University; and Institute of... Michael Liebig , Saurabh Mishra | | Book
Fifty Years of the Outer Space Treaty: Tracing the Journey Publisher: Pentagon Press Developments in the outer space arena post the erstwhile USSR launching the first man-made satellite Sputnik in space on 4 October 1957 have transformed the world significantly.... Ajey Lele | | Book
