China consolidates claim in South China Sea China continues to pursue its agenda on the South China Sea, employing its political, diplomatic and military departments in a well-coordinated and planned manner. Mandip Singh | April 17, 2013 | IDSA Comments
BRICS and Stepping Stones: A New Global Pattern A global vision based on sustainable resource use for global prosperity can also overcome trust deficit within the BRICS grouping. Mukul Sanwal | April 12, 2013 | IDSA Comments
India abstains and exposes the Arms Trade Treaty By abstaining from voting on the global arms trade treaty, India has exposed the treaty’s loopholes in not addressing concerns about illegal transfer of arms to terrorist organisations, insurgents groups... Gurmeet Kanwal | April 08, 2013 | IDSA Comments
China nurtures its nuclear nexus with Pakistan China and Pakistan reached a formal agreement in February 2013 to construct a third nuclear reactor in Chashma. This has caused widespread nervousness while making the NSG look weak-kneed. Rajiv Nayan | April 05, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Building Army’s Human Resource for Sub-Conventional Warfare by K.C. Dixit The Indian Army today faces a very complex challenge. It is increasingly becoming clear that the kind of wars that were fought a few decades ago are not going to... Stuti Banerjee | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Restructuring India’s Military: Out of Box Options by Rear Admiral (Retd.) A.P. Revi This book, on a topical issue, is divided into nine chapters. The author has carried out extensive research and documented the process of the evolution of the existing models of... Y.M. Bammi | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
‘Strength One’ on the Moral Highway The erosion in moral values in the armed forces over the past few decades has left India’s political and military leadership bewildered and befuddled. No amount of preventive or curative... Vikram Taneja | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Ethics and Morals in the Armed Forces: A Framework for Positive Action Value systems form the spine of modern society, religion and every individual’s conscience with moral codes defining ‘appropriate’ and ‘expected’ activity. Ethics refer to an individual’s actions that are consistent... Dhruv C Katoch | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Needed: A Better Appraisal System for Better Leaders There has been a palpable decline in the standards of morals, ethics and values as observed by officers in the armed forces and the bond between officers and men has... Gurmeet Kanwal | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Ethics and Military Leadership ‘Ethics’ derived from the Greek word ‘Ethicos’, means character or manners and guide actions thereby becoming a ‘normative discipline’. Military Ethics applies to a specialized realm and has developed principles... S.R.R. Aiyengar | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
