India’s Afghan Muddle: A Lost Opportunity by Harsh V. Pant The book provides a brief history of Afghanistan from ancient times to year 2014, and brings out the strategic interest of world powers in the country. It highlights that Afghanistan... Y.M. Bammi | January 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
Geostrategic Imperative of the Indo-Pacific Region: Emerging Trends and Regional Responses The global economic power shift from the West to East (Asia) and the increasing geostrategic significance of the Indo-Pacific region has resulted in cooperation and competition among the established and... Saroj Bishoyi | January 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
PrepCom: Setting the Stage for the ‘Eighth’ Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention On April 26, 2016, the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting for the Eighth Review Conference (RevCon) of the Biological Weapons Convention (or BWC) jump-started the Convention’s quinquennial review process which is…... Animesh Roul | January-June 2016 | CBW Magazine
Preparations for the Eighth Review Conference to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Numerous planning documents and policy statements are being generated in the lead-up to the Eighth Review Conference to the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) for which Ambassador György…... John Hart | January - June 2016 | CBW Magazine
India’s Policy towards WMD Weapons: Status and Trends Preventing the spread and buildup of nuclear weapons remains one of the highest priority international security challenges. Following the concerns over the spread of nuclear weapons, came the issue of…... Chandreyee Chakraborty | January-June 2016 | CBW Magazine
Honour and Fidelity: India’s Military Contribution to the Great War 1914–1918 by Amarinder Singh Three days after the ‘Great War’ was declared at midnight on the 4–5 August 1914, mobilisation orders were issued to marshal what would become the largest expeditionary force of that... Akash S. Goud | January 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
The South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia by Bill Hayton The South China Sea disputes have received considerable attention from international relations scholars, world leaders and policymakers in the recent decades. China’s aspirations in the region are challenged by the... Sampa Kundu | January 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
China’s Emergence as a Cyber Power Cyberspace is increasingly becoming an area of contestation among nation states. Similar to the physical domains of land, sea, air and space, superiority in the cyber domain enables a nation... Munish Sharma | January 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli – The Hero of the Hour India needs to take advantage of its historically close and friendly ties with Tanzania and step up its ties with that country, perhaps by scheduling a visit of Prime Minister... Debnath Shaw | January 22, 2016 | Issue Brief
The North Korean Nuclear Test: Quest for Deterrence The January 6 ‘thermonuclear’ test is the fourth in the series of nuclear tests in North Korea’s consistent quest to attain credible deterrence against the United States. Skand Tayal | January 22, 2016 | IDSA Comments
