Editorial The Journal of Defence Studies (JDS) is presently in its 20th year of publication. Launched as an annual publication in 2007, JDS has been publishing four issues in a year... Vivek Chadha | April-June 2026 | Journal of Defence Studies
India at War: Empires, Battles and Nation Building Publisher: Vintage Books ‘A thought-provoking and important contribution to our understanding of India’s past’—Shashi Tharoor, author, parliamentarian and public intellectual ‘A valuable contribution to India’s military history by one who... D. Padma Kumar Pillay | | Book
Assessing Five Years of Taliban Rule in Afghanistan The Taliban have consolidated their position since taking over power, but the most significant obstacle remains their continued isolation by the international community. Priyanka Singh | | Issue Brief
Rethinking India’s Defence Offsets Policy The future of defence offsets policy should be measured by whether foreign procurement is being converted into measurable, cumulative and strategically relevant Indian capability. Rahul Wankhede | | Issue Brief
Lethal Autonomy in the Age of AI: Intersection of History, Technology and International Law The delegation of decisions over life and death has long been one of warfare's most enduring ethical, legal, and strategic dilemmas. The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed this... D. Padma Kumar Pillay | | Monograph
India’s Maritime Revival: ‘Character of the People’ And the Sea Power of a Nation Alfred Thayer Mahan identified six conditions of sea power, of which five have been extensively applied to India’s naval rise. The sixth, ‘character of the people’, remains largely absent from... Nimisha Kesarwani | July-August 2026 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Act East Policy: A Diplomatic Tool for Social Integration and National Security The success of foreign policy depends upon domestic conditions. India’s Act East Policy which travels through the North East Region, marked by heterogeneity in terms of geography, demography, culture, possibilities,... Deepika Singh | July-August 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Between Securitisation and Humanitarian Narrative: Rohingya Refugees in Indian Media Discourse This article examines how four Indian English-language news platforms represented Rohingya refugees between 2012 and 2021. It analyses 129 written online news items through qualitative content analysis and descriptive counts.... Zahid Sultan | July-August 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Sovereignty by Design: Assessing the Strategic Transformation of India’s Defence Industrial Base (DIB) Towards a G3 Order This article examines India’s Defence Industrial Base (DIB), tracing its shift from post-independence State monopolies to a contemporary ‘Sovereignty by Design’ framework. Analysing the emerging Public–Private–Foreign Consortium structure, the study... Sujit Thakur | July-August 2026 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Balancing Act: Neutrality, Diplomacy, and Humanitarian Aid in the Korean War The Korean War (1950–1953) stands as one of the earliest and most defining conflicts of the Cold War period, shaped by the geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the... D. Padma Kumar Pillay | July-August 2026 | Strategic Analysis
