Human Resources in Security Sector: An Integrated Model for the 21st Century The challenge of management of human resources may be the most profound in the security sector in the years ahead given transformations happening globally and enhancement of human potential and... Rahul K. Bhonsle | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
An American Solution to India’s Defence Acquisition Problem? India’s increasing reliance on FMS route is indicative of its desperation to bridge the gaps in its defence preparedness and shows the weakness of the Defence Procurement Procedure. Laxman Kumar Behera | October 08, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Afghanistan: A Firewall is Better than Partition India has been fairly successful in firewalling the radical blowback emanating from Pakistan in the past and need not be overly worried about the impending US withdrawal. Harinder Singh , Sushant Sareen | October 07, 2010 | Issue Brief
The Second US-ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in New York The second US-ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in New York hints at concerns about China’s assertiveness and acknowledges a role for US balancing. Udai Bhanu Singh | October 07, 2010 | IDSA Comments
18th Amendment: Making a Mockery of Democracy in Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan government seems to be in a desperate hurry to bring about all the necessary revisions in the constitution to strengthen the Executive Presidency without any provision of... Gulbin Sultana | October 07, 2010 | IDSA Comments
The Ghost of September 12 in Turkey From a broader perspective, the referendum and the debates around it should be seen as the latest example of the domestic transformation of Turkish politics especially since the AKP came... Mehmet Ozkan | October 07, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Cold Start and ‘The Sehjra Option’ The Cold Start doctrine is an innovative exercise. While Cold Start discusses how to start the campaign, equal thinking needs to attend how to end it. On the conventional level,... Ali Ahmed | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Salient Issues Affecting Defence Manpower in India Manpower costs are increasingly becoming unmanageable and are driving national security planners towards thinking creatively about what used to be called ‘affordable defence’. Despite leap-frogging from third to fourth generation... Gurmeet Kanwal | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Social Networking: Boon or Bane for the Armed Forces The social networking sites can be exploited by the cyber operators by infiltration and influencing the opinion where feasible. Cyber espionage has already became the cornerstone of some nations, where... Suyash Sharma | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
India, Israel, and the Defence Taboo Cutting off defence ties with Israel will not in any way be the ‘magic’ bullet that will lead to the resolution of the intractable Palestine conflict. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | September 30, 2010 | IDSA Comments
