Cyber war: the next threat to national security and what to do about it? by Richard A. Clarke and Robert K. Knake War, in the age of the ‘Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA)’ has changed its nature and tactics. Use of sophisticated systems has made it difficult to penetrate defences. Cyber war,... Chandra Kamal Borah | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Role of Historical Legacy in India’s Relations with Territories to its East The ability of history to intrude into the present has often been underestimated. Nowhere is this more evident than in India’s relations with territories to its immediate east. Colonial rule... Udai Bhanu Singh | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Harnessing Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges: Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean Region Based on the work of the Maritime Security Working Group within the Strategic Studies Network (SSN), this report provides both diagnosis and prescriptions regarding security threats in the Indian Ocean... Untitled | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Boko Haram: The Multifaceted Story of Terror and Cultism Nigeria is currently going through a very delicate phase. The kidnapping of more than 275 Chibok schoolgirls by the terrorist organisation Boko Haram shocked not only Nigeria but the international... Aslam Khan | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Boko Haram: Insurgency and the War against Terrorism in the Lake Chad Region The Boko Haram insurgency has emerged as one of the greatest threats to human security in Africa, and the Lake Chad region in particular. This is a region with a... Samuel Oyewole | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Bringing Fear to the Perpetrators: Humanitarian Cyber Operations as Evidence Gathering and Deterrence Humanitarian cyber operations would allow democratic states to utilise cyber operations as a humanitarian intervention to capture information and create a foundation for decision making for collective international action supported... Jan Kallberg | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Interpreting China’s Third Plenum Xi Jinping’s new reformist approach of 2013 is a close reflection of Deng Xiaoping’s prescription of 1978. The Chinese political leadership is tightening its political grip and loosening economic control.... Keshab Chandra Ratha , Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Challenges to the Revision of the Nepal–India 1950 Peace and Friendship Treaty The contemporary strategic and political environment has gone through tremendous changes in comparison to the context in which the 1950 treaty was signed. The Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s August... Rohit Karki , Lekhnath Paudel | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Nuclear Security in Asia: Problems and Challenges The importance of nuclear security in Asia needs to be focused upon in view of the emerging challenges of nuclear proliferation, growing nuclear arsenals, expanding civilian nuclear energy programmes, weak... Reshmi Kazi | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
South China Sea: India’s Maritime Gateway to the Pacific This article looks at India’s interests and strategy in the South China Sea (SCS). First, it highlights India’s maritime interests and discusses the relevance of the SCS to these interests.... Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
