Managing Supersession in the Armed Forces: An HRM Approach Supersession is too important an aspect of organizational existence to be dismissed lightly. It is a situation to be managed jointly by the organization and affected individual with the clear... Suryakant Bal | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Promotion System in the Army: Dealing with Peacetime Atrophy In practice, it has been found that a peacetime army tends to atrophy and lose its war fighting orientation. It develops a lopsided emphasis on peacetime routine, spit and polish.... G. D. Bakshi | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
A Passage Through India? Given the fragility of ISAF’s southern lines of communication passing through Pakistan, India could consider offering a passage through its territory as a meaningful alternative. Harinder Singh | October 21, 2010 | IDSA Comments
26/11 Redux in Europe: Strategic Imperatives The current terrorist threat has reemphasised the importance of Europe, considered to be increasingly irrelevant in global security and strategic calculus. Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | October 21, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Can Prime Minister Singh push through a Nuclear Deal with Japan? The DPJ has relaxed its earlier rigid position and is no longer demanding that India join the NPT as a pre-condition for the nuclear pact. Rajaram Panda | October 21, 2010 | IDSA Comments
How ISI terrorises Pakistani Journalists Umar Cheema’s abduction and torture by ISI officials recently is part of the strong arm tactics employed by the Pakistan Army and its intelligence wing to force journalists to fall... Rajeev Sharma | October 19, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Afghanistan: India should keep a low profile for the present India must stay engaged, keep a low profile, earn the goodwill of the Afghan people through its multifaceted assistance programme, and stay away from any costly misadventure in the security... Arvind Gupta | October 18, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Revoking AFSPA Blown Out of Proportion The current spurt in violent activities in valley and death of civilians in police actions against unruly mobs is a cause of serious concern and requires introspection not only by... K C Dixit | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Declining Naxalism from Central Bihar The Naxal problem has become the biggest internal threat to the country. Especially after the comments of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2007, it has become a matter of... Satish Kumar | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
India and Japan: Exploring Strategic Potentials The strategic environment of the world, particularly in Asia, is in a state of dramatic flux. The overwhelming economic and military presence of the United States in Asia is on... Rajaram Panda | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
