Designing Sound Defence Offset Policies Policymakers need to ask themselves ‘What Really Makes Offsets Tick?’ in order to develop an objective framework based on sound principles repeatedly noticed in the offset regulations of ‘The Smarter... Sandeep Verma | April 17, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Using Temple Gold for Shoring up the Economy: Learning from Kautilya’s Arthashastra Kautilya argues that when the treasury gets depleted, concerted efforts become necessary for its replenishment and even recommends extraordinary measures in emergency situations. But the guiding principle should be what... P. K. Gautam | April 17, 2015 | IDSA Comments
China’s Biological Warfare Programme: An Integrative Study with Special Reference to Biological Weapons Capabilities This study attempts to profile China’s biological warfare programme (BWP), with special reference to biological weapons (BW) capabilities that exist in facilities affiliated with the defence establishment and the military.... Dany Shoham | April 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
Russia’s New Military Doctrine: An Overview The new military doctrine reflects Russia’s views on the changing geo-political order. It perceives key military risks as emanating primarily from the ‘West’ and dwells on measures to counter them. Rajorshi Roy | April 16, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Standing Committee on Defence (16th Lok Sabha): Striking Old Notes on Debut Three months after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was swept to power at the centre in the general elections held in April–May 2014 to the 16th Lok Sabha (the lower... Amit Cowshish | April 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Rise of the Bengal Tigers: The Growing Strategic Importance of the Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal region is now growing in economic and strategic importance. The good economic prospects of many Bay of Bengal states are making the region a cockpit for... David Brewster | April 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
India’s Doctrine Puzzle: Limiting War in South Asia, by Ali Ahmed India has often been accused of not having a strategic culture and, more recently, of not clearly enunciating its strategic and doctrinal thought. More often than not, this has led... Vivek Chadha | April 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
New Twist in the MMRCA Tail MoD will do well to set up a crack team of experts from all fields to work out the terms of the proposed IGA keeping in view the larger picture... Amit Cowshish | April 15, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Libyan Chaos Reaches European Shores The paucity of options for a solution will lead to increasing securitisation of migration in Europe. Meanwhile, the African Union should recognise that the migrant problem is as much theirs... Nachiket Khadkiwala | April-June 2015 | Africa Trends
India – Tanzania Ties Get A Fillip Despite the decline in piracy, there are other threats such as threat of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. The recent discovery of large deposits of natural gas off the country's... Ruchita Beri | April-June 2015 | Africa Trends
