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
Israel’s Iran Dilemma As the new government headed by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu takes charge in Jerusalem, it seems that there are no easy solutions to what Israel perceives to be its central... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | April 08, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Address at the Inaugaral Session of the Seminar on Defence Budget Defence budget accounts for a significant proportion of the central government expenditure. For the current year, the revenue and capital budgets of defence account for more than 20 and 80... H. K. Pannu | April 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
NATO in Afghanistan: Fault lines in the transatlantic alliance? An amicable resolution of issues between America and Europe on addressing the Afghan quagmire is unlikely given that the end state is not clearly defined. Shanthie Mariet D'Souza | April 02, 2009 | Special Feature
NATO at 60: A Reality Check The Alliance is facing a challenge in Afghanistan operationally and the issue of coherence organisationally. Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | April 02, 2009 | Special Feature
North Korea in International Limelight over its Space Development Programme North East Asia’s fragile peace is being threatened by North Korea’s planned launch between 4 and 8 April over Japanese territory of a communication satellite. The US and its allies... Pranamita Baruah , Rajaram Panda | April 02, 2009 | IDSA Comments
