Lest We Forgot: The Battle of Rezang La While recalling the 1962 conflict we often refer to India’s ‘humiliating defeat’ at Chinese hands and forget that the Jawan of the Indian Army invariably fought with exceptional bravery and valour in the most trying conditions often without winter clothing and in some cases even without adequate ammunition. Ramesh Phadke | November 18, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Crackdown on Northeast Insurgents: Dhaka Prepares for Hasina’s India Visit New Delhi and Dhaka may have reached a tacit understanding that Northeast rebels based in Bangladesh will be simply picked up and handed over to India. Anand Kumar | November 18, 2009 | IDSA Comments
India-Australia Relations: Off Again, On Again? India-Australia relations have become an intricate set of positives and negatives, with the former outweighing the latter. Kevin Rudd made an honest attempt to redress Indian grievances but he has to walk the talk to improve bilateral ties. Rahul Mishra | November 16, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Africa and Energy Security: Global Issues, Local Responses Publisher: Academic Foundation This book represents an effort to go beyond state-centred views of energy security, bridging local perspectives on energy resources and global framing of energy as a security concern. ISBN 13-978-81-7188-754-5, Price: ₹ 895/- Uttam Kumar Sinha , Ruchita Beri | | Book
South Asia: The Quest For Regional Cooperation Publisher: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses 2009 The papers in book outline the common challenges that the countries face, identify the factors that inhibit inter-state cooperation, acknowledge the costs of non-cooperation, and reaffirm the need for the states in South Asia to shed their differences and engage with each other in meaningful ways. ISBN 81-86019-61-8 E-copy available Ashok K. Behuria | | Book
Strategic Technologies for the Military: Breaking New Frontiers Publisher: SAGE India 2009 The book addresses five key technologies—near-space technology, robotics, directed energy weapons, nanotechnology and biotechnology—and explains why they are being considered for military applicability worldwide. ISBN 9788132102410 Ajey Lele | | Book
PLAAF at 60 With the inclusion of its Commander in the all powerful Central Military Commission, the PLA Air Force is well placed to play an ever more important role in China’s defence apparatus. Ramesh Phadke | November 12, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Diversion of Yarlung Tsangpo: A Probability Analysis The issue of water allocation and water rights of Bangladesh, India and China could form the basis of a framework on which joint cooperation among the three countries can be formulated. Medha Bisht | November 11, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Acquisition Reform – Lessons from Bernard Gray If India does not modernize in an evenly spread out manner, it will be faced either with the prospect of its armed forces not being prepared, or rushing to make purchases amidst crises, or creating needless hysteria when frenzied modernization occurs. Raj Shukla | November 10, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Indian Defence Industry Poised to Grow Even as the new amendments incentivise domestic companies to enter defence production, the government has made it clear that it wants a competitive environment in defence industry. Laxman Kumar Behera | November 10, 2009 | IDSA Comments
