Falling Standard of Values in the Army: Dilution of Norms is the Root Cause As human beings are a product of their environment and society, their interpretation of morals, ethics and value system differ. In a traditional culture like ours, attitudes are moulded by... Mrinal Suman | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Roots of Moral Decline in the Armed Forces: Time to Reclaim our Izzat The precipitate decline in moral and ethical values, as well as the steep fall in standards of private and public conduct, in recent years, has been accompanied by a concurrent... Arun Prakash | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
BRICS comes of age at Durban BRICS is not challenging the existing world order. It is seeking a place in the sun for developing countries. It is looking at alternative approaches but there is no desire... Arvind Gupta | April 01, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Democracy in Pakistan a Distant Dream Like all its predecessors, the government that just completed its tenure miserably failed to promote what a democratic state is supposed to first and foremost, namely, foster the multi-faceted development... Jagdish N Singh | April 01, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: Under the Jackboot Publisher: Genesis Publications ISBN: 81-7020-680-4 Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), which is the territory which Pakistan had acquired through aggression way back in 1947, remains as a no-man's-land which the world... Jasjit Singh | | Book
The Changing Face of International Media in Africa Making a breakthrough in the complicated arena of news media broadcasting requires more than a generous dosage of money and technology, especially if it involves diminishing the influence of traditional... Sneha Bhura | April 2013 | Africa Trends
Perspectives on Crisis in Central African Republic The Central African Republic's political crisis is driven by international politics and resource competition. Ahana Banerjee | April 2013 | Africa Trends
Crisis in Eastern Congo and the Role of External Actors The crisis in eastern DRC cannot be resolved by merely accusing countries like Rwanda and Uganda of interference; Kinshasa has to review its response to the crisis. Keerthi Sampath Kumar | April 2013 | Africa Trends
More Ethnic Riots in Myanmar: Disturbances in Meikhtila Unless the leaders of varying political hue and institutional oligarchs, including the military and, above all, Su Kyi, show political wisdom, incidents such as those in Meikhtila, Yamethin, and state... Gautam Sen | March 28, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Five Highlights of FY 2012-13 FY 2013-14 has transited into the annals of the MoD but picking up a few messages from it and carrying forward the unfinished agenda to the next year would be... Amit Cowshish | March 28, 2013 | IDSA Comments
