The Increasing Complexity of the Internationalised Syrian Conflict Into its third year, the Syrian conflict has been fuelled by a multiplicity of interest groups and countries, overshadowing the initial cause of the protests. Gains for either side in... Melissa M. Cyrill | July 08, 2013 | Issue Brief
Evolution of Aerial Combat Trends towards direct energy weapons (DEW), though yet to be fully mature and battle proven, indicate a major shift in the conduct of aerial combat in the coming decades. Vivek Kapur | July 08, 2013 | Issue Brief
India Enters New Era of Space Navigation One of the biggest advantages of the navigational satellite, once the system gets fully operational, is to reduce the dependency on the GPS. This would make India largely self-sufficient in... Ajey Lele | July 08, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Reinventing Defence Procurement in India: Lessons from Other Countries and An Integrative Framework Over the past decade, defence capital acquisition reforms have enhanced standardization, transparency and bigger acquisition budgets. Yet the system grapples with delays, cost escalations and gaps in operational preparedness. This... Vandana Kumar | July 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Maoist Threat As a nation, we have a tendency to react once a crisis overtakes us. This holds good in the case of natural disasters like the annual floods in the North-East,... Deepak Kapoor | July 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Role of the Indian Military in Disasters It needs to be noted that discipline and efficiency is the first demand in disaster response and relief tasks, which are often dangerous missions and quite naturally the military brings... P. K. Gautam | July 05, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap 2013 The objective of the TPCR is to give an opportunity to the Indian industry to draw up business plans for developing technologies which could be transformed into capabilities required by... Amit Cowshish | July 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Political Economy of Madrassa Education in Bangladesh: Genesis, Growth and Impact , by Abu Barkat, Rowshan Ara, M. Taheruddin, Farid M. Zahid and Md. Badiuzzaman Madrassas in Bangladesh have seen a rapid increase in their number in recent years. As per 2008 estimates, 9,827,742 students were enrolled in 54,130 Madrassas in the country. That meant... Anshuman Behera | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Fundamentalism: Prophecy and Protest in the Age of Globalisation by Torkel Brekke The book is based on the premise that ‘fundamentalism’ that gives an impression of antiquity is a modern phenomenon and ‘relatively a recent thing’ (p. 17). It explains fundamentalism as... Saurabh Mishra | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
The Prabhakaran Saga: The Rise and Fall of an Eelam Warrior , by S. Murari V.Prabhakaran, the man who took up arms at the age of 17 and led one of the world's most ruthless terrorist organisations to realise the dream of the Tamil Eelam,... Gulbin Sultana | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
