29th Plenary Meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime and India’s Membership Expediting India’s membership process would be a win-win situation for both India and the MTCR. The prevailing uncertainty will end for India and the MTCR will get an effective and... Rajiv Nayan | October 16, 2015 | IDSA Comments
China Borders: Settlement and Conflicts—Selected Papers, by Neville Maxwell This book is a compilation of papers written by journalist Neville Maxwell over a career span of five decades. Those who look at China–India relations closely, notably the border dispute,... Mandip Singh | October 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
‘Arriving in the Nick of Time’: The Indian Corps in France, 1914–15 Today, military historians as well as those dealing with colonial South Asian history tend to overlook the fact that during the First World War, the Indian Army was Britain’s strategic... Chandar S. Sundaram | October 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
Indo-US Defence Cooperation: Harvesting Defence Technologies There are no laid down procedures for procurement of technology per se. Existing procedures relate to procurement of equipment, weapons systems, platforms and other tangible capabilities. Amit Cowshish | October 13, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Asymmetrical Threat Perceptions in India–China Relations, by Tien-sze Fang Tien-sze Fang’s Asymmetrical Threat Perceptions in India–China Relations makes a comparative study of the threat perceptions of the two countries vis-à-vis each other. The book endorses the view that although... Prashant Kumar Singh | October 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
Indian Defence Offset Policy: An Impact Analysis The article assesses the impact of defence offset policy on the Indian defence industry, by taking into account two key parameters—foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and exports. It observes that... Laxman Kumar Behera | October 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
Birth of UNLFWSEA: Internal Dynamics and Implications for India’s North-East A distinctive feature of insurgency in India’s North-East and neighbouring Myanmar has been the tendency among rebel groups to form alliances. Cooperation is deemed advantageous in a hostile terrain, against... Rajeev Bhattacharyya | October 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
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,... 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... 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
