Social Media and the Encryption Challenge The need of the moment is an encryption policy that does not come in the way of innovation but at the same time reduces undue opportunities for criminal and terrorist... Arul R | April 22, 2016 | IDSA Comments
China Remains a Proliferation Concern in the Indian Subcontinent China’s continuing complicity in nuclear proliferation networks would weaken the global nuclear security regime. Hence, China must cooperate with the international community for reinvesting the benefits achieved by the Nuclear... Reshmi Kazi | April 22, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Satellite for SAARC: Pakistan’s Missed Opportunity SAARC satellite was an opportunity for Pakistan to display its enthusiasm for space cooperation with India, but its strategic calculations appear to have ‘jammed’ its vision. Ajey Lele | April 19, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Continued Israeli Settlement Policy in the Occupied Territories Settler entrenchment has reached a point where no peaceful assimilation of the entire West Bank into a compact territory of a future Palestine state and a harmonious division of Jerusalem... Gautam Sen | April 19, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Revisiting the 1965 War The 1965 war was an unexpected one, forced on India by Pakistan. Yet, India rose as one to face the threat to her safety and integrity, and defeated the designs... Y.M. Bammi | April 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
Equilibrium in Higher Defence Organisation and the Need for Restructuring The article deals with the issue of the necessity of identifying and maintaining equilibrium between the two key constituents of the higher defence organisation (HDO) of the country, namely, the... Rajneesh Singh | April 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
Peacekeeping or Peace Enforcement: Principal Dilemma Surrounding United Nations Peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic Of Congo The TCC have to shed their colonial legacies and participate in UN peacekeeping on equal terms rather than merely being service providers. It is necessary that the UNSC decisions are... Vikrant Deshpande | April-June 2016 | Africa Trends
Security Council Resolution 2292 on Libya: Respite or Hazard? Libya today is a highly fragmented state with porous borders and unidentified alliance formations. In this scenario, a resolution to partially lift the arms embargo may have widespread undesirable consequences. Untitled | April-June 2016 | Africa Trends
The Mauritius-India Naval Relationship: Naval Diplomacy 2.0 At relatively little cost to either party, a mutually beneficial partnership has evolved over the decades, with the NCG and India being inextricably intertwined. It is to the credit of... Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | April-June 2016 | Africa Trends
War and State-Building in Afghanistan: Historical and Modern Perspectives, edited by Scott Gates and Kaushik Roy War and State-Building in Afghanistan deals with one of South Asia’s most turbulent states, Afghanistan, and its socio-political and military conditions. This book also traces the processes that have shaped... Manas Dutta | April 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
