The Attempted Coup in Turkey: What Next? Erdogan and Gulen were allies until 2013 when a corruption scandal erupted and Gulen’s followers in the judiciary and police investigated ministers and officials close to Erdogan. K. P. Fabian | July 20, 2016 | IDSA Comments
A Security Council for the 21st Century: Challenges & Prospects Security Council reform has proved over the years to be a stubborn and elusive goal, but it remains firmly within our reach if we muster the courage and determination to... E. Courtenay Rattray | July 20, 2016 | Issue Brief
Philippine Naval Weakness Hampers Response to South China Sea Award As the need for a modern and capable naval force grows ever more urgent, it remains to be seen if the Philippine Navy’s latest modernisation plans will become a reality... Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | July 19, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse by Paul Staniland Insurgency and rebellion are often common lexicons appearing in scholarly works on conflict. Perhaps the reason for this could be the possible magnitude of impact of such events on overall... Shyam Hari | July 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
Operation Golden Bird: Revisiting Counter-Insurgency on the India-Myanmar Border Operation Golden Bird, conducted along the Indo-Myanmar border in the North-Eastern state of Mizoram under the aegis of 57 Mountain Division (57 Mtn Div) in April–May 1995, has often been... Rumel Dahiya | July 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
Die in Battle, Do not Despair: The Indians on Gallipoli 1915, by Peter Stanley The First World War of 1914-1918 was a very significant event in the history of the world. It led to the dissolution of five empires and redrawing of the map... Adil Chhina | July 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
Online Radicalisation: The Example of Burhan Wani Effective use of social media fuelled Wani’s rise to prominence. His skills in this domain radicalised youth in greater numbers than had previously been achieved using more conventional methods. Prabha Rao | July 16, 2016 | Issue Brief
UNIFIL: The Many Challenges of Successful Peacekeeping Nations from the developed world have rarely participated in complex and difficult UN peacekeeping operations (PKOs) while those from the developing world have rich peacekeeping experience. The United Nations Interim... A.K. Bardalai | July 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
Progress with the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Insights from four regional workshops held in 2016 On 3 November I was invited to speak at an international conference in Brussels organised by the European Union (EU) Non-Proliferation Consortium.1 The session was called: The Biological and Toxin…... Jean Pascal Zanders | July-December 2016 | CBW Magazine
Peace in South Sudan in the aftermath of the July 2016 Crisis Events of July 2016 have shattered the progress towards peace in South Sudan. The international community needs to put in more efforts to ensure that leaders of warring factions fulfill... Adarsha Verma | July-September 2016 | Africa Trends
