Special Address at the National Seminar on Defence Acquisition The present defence procurement and management structures in the Ministry of Defence were set up in 2001 in terms of the recommendations of the Group of Ministers on reforming national... S. Banerjee | January 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Bangladeshi Illegal Migration into Assam: Issues and Concerns from the Field The issue of Bangladeshi illegal migration has troubled the state of Assam for decades now. Assamese political and social discourses fear that this unchecked migration from across the border will... Namrata Goswami | January 14, 2010 | Issue Brief
Global War on Terror and the Africa Link Across the globe, a crucial but largely unseen and unheard of force in the Global War on Terrorism is emerging – young, hardened, militant, radicalized recruits from Africa – a... Mayank Bubna | January 14, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Sub-Conventional Warfare Requirements, Impact and Way Ahead Clear higher level directions, strategic and tactical directives are essential for the Army and other security forces trained and equipped for conventional warfare to operate in an extremely challenging and... K C Dixit | January 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Maoists rhetoric on India-Nepal Relations India should clarify through actions and words that it has no intention of interfering in Nepal, that it respects Nepal’s sovereignty and that it is ready to work with any... Nihar R. Nayak | January 13, 2010 | IDSA Comments
End of Al Majid ‘Chemical’ Ali International focus was repositioned back to Iraq as Saddam Hussein’s cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid was sentenced and eventually hanged to death in Baghdad on January 25, 2010. Commonly known as…... Priyanka Singh | January-March 2010 | CBW Magazine
What Would Make the Multi-National Anti-Piracy Efforts Off Somalia More Effective? The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted unanimously on 30 November 2009 to extend for another 12 months a mandate for member countries to conduct anti-piracy operations off the coast... Ashok Sawhney | January 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Looking Ahead If India indeed considers itself to be a rising power, it cannot remain a passive in the face of instability all around it. Ramesh Phadke | January 12, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Arms Acquisition Competitiveness: Relevant International Experiences Even though the Indian government has begun to encourage participation of private sector in defence systems production, it is not technologically competitive in the global market. The Chinese are giving... Ravinder Pal Singh | January 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Threats Emanating From Weapons of Mass Destruction Introduction The safety and security of the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), commonly, characterized as nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in the current international security environment has become a dominant…... Arvind Kumar | January-March 2010 | CBW Magazine
