Indian Perceptions of China’s Maritime Silk Road Idea The Maritime Silk Road (MSR) idea is part of this wider attempt by China to construct multiple lines of communication to its economic heartland in eastern China since the early... Zorawar Daulet Singh | October 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
Energy and Security in South Asia: Cooperation or Conflict? by Charles K. Ebinger South Asia, with its legacy of suspicion, mistrust, ethnic sectarianism, and political parochialism would have fallen off the global map had it not been for its large and growing populations.... Rakesh Chopra | October 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
North East in BCIM-EC: Problems and Prospects Widespread problems have made the operating environment ‘dysfunctional and inefficient’. Some of this is on account of inscrutable issues like ‘integration of the services with the MoD’ or ‘civil-military relations’... Rupak Bhattacharjee | October 14, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Embedding India in Asia: Reaffirming the Indo-Pacific Concept The emergence of the Indo-Pacific as a new geopolitical frame of reference is embedded in the growing strategic importance of the maritime domain and the rise of states that have... Chietigj Bajpaee | October 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
Pakistan the Garrison State: Origins, Evolution, Consequences 1947–2011 by Ishtiaq Ahmed Pakistan has had a distinctive and chequered trajectory since its creation in August 1947, following the partition of British India, and was conceived on the basis of the contested two-nation... C Uday Bhaskar | October 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
Statecraft and Intelligence Analysis in the Kautilya-Arthashastra In the Kautilya-Arthashastra, espionage and other ‘operational’ activities of the secret service—notably ‘active measures’ and ‘covert action’—are addressed often and in detail. In contrast, Kautilya seems to say very little... Michael Liebig | October 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
Fighting Back: What Governments Can Do about Terrorism, edited by Paul Shemella The scourge of terrorism is not new. However, its relevance andprominence in public discourse has seen a marked rise after 9/11. Whilea lot of writings concentrated on the immediate aftermath... Vivek Chadha | October 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
Ceasefire in Ukraine: An Assessment While the ceasefire is a much needed respite yet it does raise two questions: What made the key players arrive at such agreements? Can these deals facilitate the initiation of... Rajorshi Roy | October 10, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Pakistan’s Dangerous Game of Brinkmanship The recent heavy firing by the Pakistani army is to gain public sympathy and providing it greater flexibility in the flawed civil-military relations. It is an orchestrated plan to provoke... Arun Sahgal | October 10, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Settling border disputes with Nepal and Bangladesh Given that the onus for settling the border disputes with Nepal and Bangladesh is on India, the Indian government has to demonstrate political wisdom in evolving political framework that would... Pushpita Das | October 10, 2014 | IDSA Comments
