Military Education in India: Missing the Forest for the Trees India’s Professional Military Education (PME) system is weighted towards the tactical level in all stages of professional development. This results in inadequate exposure of its senior leadership to strategic studies, thus inhibiting the provision of qualitative advice at the strategic level. While combat as an instrument of warfare is focused on at all levels, it fails to relate to war as an instrument of politics. It underlines the absence of an effort to build a broader vision that incorporates the entire constellation of forces. Prakash Menon | October 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
An Assessment of Organisational Change in the Indian Army The article analyses military change in the context of the Indian Army, with specific focus on organisational innovation and change. In doing so, it analyses two case studies: restructuring of the army after the Sino-Indian War of 1962; and mechanisation based on the 1975 expert committee recommendations. On the basis of these case studies, the article assesses the drivers and desirables for organisational change in the Indian Army, with the further aim of deriving policy recommendations which are especially apt in light of the ongoing transformation of the army. Vivek Chadha | October 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
INS Kochi and the ‘Big-Warship’ Debate Nothing conveys strategic intent as effectively as the large conventional warship whose mere presence can provide a decisive psychological advantage in strategic scenarios. Abhijit Singh | October 09, 2015 | IDSA Comments
The Need for Haste on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir: China Pakistan Economic Corridor Needs a Counter Strategy An India-China Silk Route Corridor could have multiple advantages for both countries without at the same time compromising their security concerns. P. Stobdan | October 07, 2015 | Policy Brief
Russian Military Intervention in Syria Will the action of Russia make it easier to find a negotiated political agreement on transition among Syrians? Most unlikely. K. P. Fabian | October 06, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Sri Lanka: Would a Domestic Judicial Mechanism Deliver Justice to the Tamils? International oversight in the form of a panel of judges and the UNHRC mechanism in general are likely to help address the apprehensions of the Tamils about a domestic investigation mechanism. Smruti S. Pattanaik | October 06, 2015 | IDSA Comments
The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare: Achilles goes Asymmetrical, by Pauline M. Karin The process of ‘War’, whether waged for noble or ignoble ends and for long considered a valid instrument of state policy, is broadly interpreted along the Clausewitzian dictum of the ‘application of organised violence for political ends’. The United Nations (UN) outlaws the proposition that states can use force for resolving their disputes. Raghavendra Mishra | October 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
China as a Peer of the United States: Implications of the Joint Statement of September 25, 2015 China is emerging as a peer and partner of the United States in international affairs. India’s response should be to work with China to make the ‘Asian Century’ a reality and shape the future global agenda. Mukul Sanwal | October 01, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Reaffirming India’s Ties with Palestine Prime Minister Modi’s meeting with President Abbas in New York reaffirms the government’s commitment to maintain continuity in India’s Palestine policy. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | October 01, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Aftermath of the Enactment of Controversial Statutes in Manipur The political imbroglio in Manipur has to be analysed through the prism of likely political gains and losses for the State`s major players, in juxtaposition to the scenario prevailing in adjoining States as well as inclinations of the Central Government. Gautam Sen | September 29, 2015 | IDSA Comments
