Changing Roles of Navies in the Contemporary World Order with Specific Reference to the Indian Navy As a mature and responsible maritime power, India has a clear self-interest in what happens in her geo-strategic maritime areas of interest. Consequently, the maritime security of India and its... Sureesh Mehta | April 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Resolution of Tibet a will-o’-the-wisp For decades, the issue of Tibetan autonomy has been a bone of contention between China and the Tibetan government in exile. While Beijing considers Tibet an integral part of China,... Pranamita Baruah | April 13, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Af-Pak Plan: Responding to Holbrooke’s Diplomacy Much as the text of Obama’s new ‘Af-Pak’ plan echoes India’s traditional concerns, it may turn out to be contrary to India’s interest with unseen implications in the longer term.... P. Stobdan | April 13, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Domestic Support, National Interest and the US War on Terror Pakistan’s counter-terrorism performance has received much attention. However, the United States’ capacity to sustain the ‘War on Terror’ needs greater attention, because Washington is the principal state leading the global... Kartik Bommakanti | April 13, 2009 | IDSA Comments
North Korea continues to defy the world True to its planned schedule, North Korea defied warnings from the international community on 5 April 2009, launching a rocket capable of reaching Alaska and Hawaii. As was expected, it... Rajaram Panda | April 13, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Optimal Resource Allocations for Defence and Inter/Intra Service Sharing Ideally, resource allocation needs to be based on the strategic goals to be achieved. Presently, we follow incremental budget process, which is widely accepted as suboptimal. Therefore, there is a... Kishore Kumar Khera | April 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Swine Flu: A Potential Pandemic A global hysteria has surfaced with the outbreak of Swine Flu in Mexico, the United States (US), Canada, Spain and Britain. In Geneva, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced…... Reshmi Kazi | April-June 2009 | CBW Magazine
Terror Forecast : RNBC Terrorism? Terror is not new to India. Modern man is living in a violent world and undeniably, societal threshold of violence is rising. As a result, ‘People’ are already inoculated against…... R V Athavale | April-June 2009 | CBW Magazine
India’s Defence Spending: A Trend Analysis In past two decades, the Army has witnessed a decrease in its share in the overall budget, whereas the Navy and the Air Force have increased their respective shares. This... Laxman Kumar Behera | April 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Planning for Sound Defence Budgets Greater attention is needed in the areas of formulating a national security strategy in a systematic manner; effecting greater synergy between defence and national plans; capabilities-based planning and greater integration... N. S. Sisodia | April 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
