Challenge Inspection Regime of the CWC: Salient Features* Introduction The Chemical Weapons Convention 1993 (CWC) entrered into force (EIF) in April 1997 and presently has 190 members covering nearly 98% of the world population. The Organisation for Prohibition…... H.R. Naidu Gade | July-December 2013 | CBW Magazine
Jointness in Strategic Capabilities: Can we avoid it? Jointness has so far eluded the Indian Armed Forces. All thinking officers in the services are aware that much more jointness cannot be avoided if the Indian Armed Forces are... Raja Menon | August 2007 | Journal of Defence Studies
Indian Defence Acquisition: Time for Change The latest Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) Performance Report on Defence Services (No. 4 of 2007) has once again exposed the problems involved in Indian defence acquisition. The report has... Laxman Kumar Behera | August 03, 2007 | IDSA Comments
The Imperative of Finalising the Nuclear Deal by 2008 Even though the Indo-US nuclear deal has passed one more hurdle with the completion of the 123 Agreement to the satisfaction of both governments, the remaining hurdles include the signing... Cherian Samuel | August 03, 2007 | IDSA Comments
The Emerging Islamic Militancy in North-East India The emergence of several Islamic militant groups in North-East India and their ability to forge close ties with the region's most violent militant groups like the United Liberation Front of... M. Amarjeet Singh | August 03, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Tackling the Challenge Posed by Amateur Terrorists After a month of global media frenzy, alliterative headlines, statements by senior politicians across continents, charges and rebuttals, the terrorist attempts in London and Glasgow appear to be finally gaining... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | August 01, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Jointness: An Indian Strategic Culture Perspective Integration of battlefield assets, be it man or machine, has been a time worn cliché in warfare. The orchestration of forces with dissimilar characteristics such as the infantry, charioteers, elephants... Rahul K. Bhonsle | August 2007 | Journal of Defence Studies
India-Bangladesh Relations after the Foreign Secretary Level Talks The recently concluded Foreign Secretary level talks in Dhaka between India and Bangladesh saw agreement on three broad issues. The first of these related to sharing of intelligence pertaining to... Smruti S. Pattanaik | July 17, 2007 | IDSA Comments
India and the Container Security Initiative While the amorphous threat of terrorism can be extrapolated on the basis of what happened on 9/11, this constitutes only the 'visible horizon' of the extent of the terrorists' innovation.... Gurpreet S Khurana | July 17, 2007 | IDSA Comments
India and the US-India Agreement for Civil Nuclear Cooperation Although it is nearly two years since the July 18, 2005 Joint Statement between President George Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced their intention to facilitate civil nuclear commerce... G. Balachandran | July 03, 2007 | IDSA Comments
