Regional Powers in Libya Libya has ripened into a proxy war between the regional powers. While Qatar, Turkey and Sudan have been supporting the Libya Dawn and General National Congress (GNC) based in Tripoli,... Nachiket Khadkiwala | January-March 2015 | Africa Trends
Nigerian Elections: Challenges for the Mahammadu Buhari Government On March 28, 2015, Nigerians elected to power a new government after 16 years. Despite the constant threat of Boko Haram looming, the Nigerian people were not afraid and came... Kuhoo Saxena | January-March 2015 | Africa Trends
Combating Gulf Of Guinea Piracy – Between ‘Devil’ and the ‘Deep Sea’ Since 2012, the Gulf of Guinea has emerged as one of the most pirate-infested waters in the world, posing an urgent security threat to the maritime environment. While the total... Abhijit Singh | January-March 2015 | Africa Trends
Military Courts in Pakistan: A Soft Coup by the Pakistan Army? Why is the Pakistan military pushing for Military Courts when the country already has a fairly robust Anti Terrorism Act together with designated Anti Terrorism Courts set up specifically to... Arun Sahgal | January 14, 2015 | IDSA Comments
100 Years On: Strengthening the Norm against Chemical-Weapons Use In 22nd April, 1915, during the First World War (WWI), German forces used Chlorine gas for the first time, killing thousands of French troops in the battlefields in Ypres, Belgium.1…... Kapil Patil | January-June 2015 | CBW Magazine
Strategy: Key Thinkers by Thomas M. Kane Illuminated by the work of strategic classics, Thomas Kane shows that the link between military power and political goals has always been complex and continues to be so. This is... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | January 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
Science and Technology in China: Implications and Lessons for India, edited by Maharajakrishna Rasgotra China is India’s largest and most developed neighbour. Following the reform and opening-up policy adopted by the Chinese leadership in 1978, the country has developed at breath-taking speed. Today, the... Gunjan Singh | January 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
Beyond Forty Years of the BWC In shadow of many unprecedented terror attacks, disastrous toll taken by Ebola across the globe and dreadful spread of Swine Flu in India, the 40th anniversary of Biological Weapons Convention…... Anshu Joshi | January-June 2015 | CBW Magazine
When Counterinsurgency Wins: Sri Lanka’s Defeat of the Tamil Tigers by Ahmed S. Hashim The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-led insurgency in Sri Lanka was amongst the fiercest and most bloody low-intensity conflicts fought during the last two decades of the 20th century... Vivek Chadha | January 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
Did the Chinese Model of Growth Defeat Rajapaksa? During the Rajapaksa years, Sri Lanka experienced jobless growth, similar to the experience of many African countries where Chinese investment had increased exponentially in the last decade. Avinash Godbole | January 12, 2015 | IDSA Comments
