The Indian Space Programme in 2012: A Review While 2012 saw ISRO’s 100th space mission, its continued dependence on a single operational launch vehicle in the form of the PSLV has meant dependence on foreign launch services for... Radhakrishna Rao | January 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Transformation of Indian Naval Aviation Post New Inductions The need for credible surveillance over the high seas forms the bedrock and foundation of infallible maritime security, and Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) is the basic input for any successful maritime... Rikeesh Sharma | January 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
China’s ‘Anti-ship Ballistic Missile’ based Anti-access Concept: Implications of a Southward Re-orientation The Chinese efforts towards actualization of the ‘offshore defense’ concept which entails the conduct of campaigns in distant waters, strategic deterrence and counterattacks, has an inherent risk of bringing its... Kamlesh K. Agnihotri | January 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Instability in Pakistan What is happening in Pakistan today is no secret. It is a country ruled by a shaky coalition of political parties led by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). The government... Deepak Kapoor | January 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Peacemakers: India and the Quest for One World by Manu Bhagavan There have been several accounts of India's engagement with the United Nations but this book focuses particularly on the idea of One World, something greater than the UN. The need... Saurabh Mishra | January 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Two Decades of India’s Look East Policy: Partnership for Peace, Progress and Prosperity by Amar Nath Ram (ed.) Two Decades of India's Look East Policy edited by Amar Nath Ram is a compilationof scholarly contributions by 12 former ambassadors, an eminent academic-diplomat, a maritime strategy expert and a... Udai Bhanu Singh | January 2013 | Strategic Analysis
India–China Boundary Problem 1846–1947: History and Diplomacy by A.G. Noorani The Sino-Indian border dispute is one of the longest running border disputes in the world, which has so far eluded a solution. While China has settled its territorial disputes with... R N Das | January 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Advantage: How American Innovation Can Overcome the Asian Challenge by Adam Segal Advantage: How American Innovation Can Overcome the Asian Challenge follows a long line of books that tap into America's preoccupation with retaining its pole position as the repository of cutting... Cherian Samuel | January 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Hu Jintao: China’s Silent Ruler by Kerry Brown Chinese economic and military growth in the last decade has heightened interest in the country's functioning and political system. The world at large is highly intrigued by the way the... Gunjan Singh | January 2013 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Discursive Nationalism: Contending in Softer Realms by Bhavna Singh Chinese foreign and domestic policies cannot be understood without understanding the evolving nature of Chinese nationalism. Bhavna Singh's book on Chinese nationalism deals with this issue in a detailed manner.... Arvind Gupta | January 2013 | Strategic Analysis
