Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb, by Feroz Hassan Khan Brigadier Feroz Hassan Khan (Retd) brings to bear the right credentialsto this six year effort under review. The career Pakistan Army officer andJohns Hopkins University graduate (1989–91), currently a faculty... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | January 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
New Perspective for Oceanographic Studies in the Indian Ocean Region India’s location in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) compels it to play a larger strategic role in the region. The growing energy needs of China—with the Gulf continuing to be... Arnab Das | January 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
Directed Energy Weapons for the Indian Armed Forces Military planners believe that the ‘blast and fragmentation’ type conventional weapons cannot advance much further technologically.The next chapter in weapons technology development is expected to be realized from Directed Energy... Bishwajit Bose | January 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
China’s Gorbachov Angst Till China’s economy gallops along developing at 9 per cent annually, there is little chance that domestic dissidence will get out of hand. But China’s Gorbachov moment will arrive if... R. S. Kalha | January 16, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Measures for Improving Management of National Security Foremost on the government’s defence and national security reforms agenda should be the formulation of a comprehensive National Security Strategy (NSS), including that for internal security. The NSS should be... Gurmeet Kanwal | January 16, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Post-CHOGM Dilemmas of Rajapaksa There is a view in Lanka that CHOGM did more harm than good and many, in fact, are questioning the wisdom of the government to host the meet. However, the... Gulbin Sultana | January 15, 2014 | IDSA Comments
A Fractured Peace Achieving a lasting and successful peace would involve addressing the root causes of the tension and a commitment to keeping peace. The world is looking to see how the youngest... George Thomas | January-March 2014 | Africa Trends
African Countries and the UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka The vote reflected a geopolitical contest wherein the West still has considerable influence and the Chinese influence is on the rise. The discussion and the voting pattern of the African... Saurabh Mishra | January-March 2014 | Africa Trends
Crisis in Central African Republic The UN resolution comes not a moment too soon but the actual deployment of troops is still a few months away as modalities about the troop contributing nations and funding... Divita Shandilya | January-March 2014 | Africa Trends
India and Maldives: Ties Must Be Consolidated President Yameen decision to visit India soon after his election in November 2013, is an indication that he wants to put India-Maldives relations on a positive track which had received... Arvind Gupta | January 13, 2014 | Policy Brief
