The Assam-Nagaland Border Face Off Come August, Assam and Nagaland breathed a sigh of relief with the heavens opening up to an extent, bringing with it much respite to the local people from recurring floods... Namrata Goswami | August 17, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Anthrax Threat in Pakistan, Global Context and Regional Consequences Anthrax has come into focus yet again with a letter received by a high profile office. According to media reports, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani received a postal package…... Gunjan Singh | January-June 2012 | CBW Magazine
The Need to Enhance Diplomatic Impetus in India’s Global Energy Strategy Overseas energy being a key factor in India's economic development, it is necessary to think whether we need to treat the country's global quest for energy resources as a purely... J Nandakumar | August 16, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Civil Society, Chemical Industry and the Chemical Weapons Convention For many years, civil society has played an important role in the framing of the regime against chemical weapons. The 1925 Geneva Protocol, which prohibits the use of poison gas…... Ralf Trapp | July-December 2012 | CBW Magazine
NBC threats and India’s Preparedness The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had come as a major surprise to the international community primarily because the massive destructive capacity of the atom was only fictional before then.…... Soumya Tiwari | July-December 2012 | CBW Magazine
Jointness in India’s Military —What it is and What it Must Be Time and Space have collapsed in modern warfare. At one end, nations do not have the luxury of continuing to wage war for long durations. Apart from military, economic and... P. S. Das | August 2007 | Journal of Defence Studies
Bioterrorism and Combating Strategies-Select Readings, Editor: Anila V Menon, Amicus Book, the Icfai University Press (2007) The book “Bioterrorism and Combating Strategies-Select Readings is an edited volume by Anila V Menon. As the very title suggests, this book basically deals with various aspects of bioterrorism and…... Pranamita Baruah | | CBW Magazine
Need and Desirability for Establishment of a CDS System in India There is no doubt that India requires a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) system for its higher defence management. Those who argue otherwise should revisit the Indian experience and realize... K.K. Nayyar | August 2007 | Journal of Defence Studies
Syrian Civil War and the Chemical Weapons Use US President Barack Obama’s April 30, 2013 statement that the US would “…take military action against Syria if hard, effective evidence is found of use of chemical weapons and if…... Swati Bute | January-June 2013 | CBW Magazine
CBR Security: India’s Threats and Vulnerabilities Royal United Service Institute (RUSI; London) and Observer Research Foundation (ORF; New Delhi) recently completed a study titled “Chemical, Biological and Radiological Materials: An Analysis of Security Risks and Terrorist…... Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan | January-June 2012 | CBW Magazine
