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
BEML Disinvestment: What about the other DPSUs and OFs? The BEML model of disinvestment needs to be applied to the rest of the Defence Public Sector Undertakings as well as Ordnance Factories. Laxman Kumar Behera | January 20, 2017 | IDSA Comments
China’s White Paper on Asia Pacific Security Cooperation: An Assessment Through this white paper, China has affirmed its regional ambitions and aims to shape the regional security agenda in the Asia Pacific on its stated terms. Abhay Kumar Singh | January 19, 2017 | Issue Brief
Yersinia pestis, Biological Warfare, and Bioterrorism Preface I teach a graduate seminar course at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey titled “Chemical and Biological Weapons and Arms Control.” Last semester a student asked me,…... Raymond A. Zilinskas | January-June 2017 | CBW Magazine
The Decline of the Cuban Armed Forces While the Cuban armed forces are but a shadow of their former self with unserviceable equipment and massive reductions in personnel strength, the country still retains combat capabilities far in... Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | January 18, 2017 | IDSA Comments
