Reforming Financial Management in Defence The Government of India and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have initiated several reforms in the areas of budget and accounting. The reforms are ongoing and take into account the... Gur Saroop Sood | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Defence Equipment Acquisition: An Assessment The primary objective of inventory management for the defence forces is to sustain and update their capabilities to perform the tasks given to them. The study of defence equipment purchase... Dhirendra Singh | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Indian Foreign Policy and China The global political architecture is undergoing a transformation with power increasingly shifting from the West to the East, according to most political observers.1 The two most populous nations, China and... Harsh V. Pant | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Chinese Concepts and Capabilities of Information Warfare The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been sensitive to continuous changes in geo-political and geo-strategic contexts, as well as the changing nature of warfare. It has fashioned its responses by... Vinod Anand | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan’s Strategies in Central Asia “Pakistan provides the natural link between the SCO states to connect the Eurasian heartland with the Arabian Sea and South Asia … We offer the critical overland routes and connectivity... Meena Singh Roy | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
United States and the North Korean Nuclear Test With the not so unexpected North Korean nuclear test on October 9, 2006 the world has entered into yet another nuclear age. Regional tension is the inevitable corollary of the... Rajiv Nayan | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
North Korean Nuclear Crises: Challenges and Options for China The October 9 North Korean nuclear test has emerged as a major diplomatic challenge as well as an opportunity for China. China has sent mixed signals in response to the... Abanti Bhattacharya | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Japan’s Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Test The recent nuclear test carried out by North Korea in defiance of warnings by the international community has significantly raised Japan’s security concerns. The test conducted on October 9, 2006... Arpita Mathur | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
South Korean Response to the North Korean Nuclear Test The testing of a nuclear device by North Korea (hereafter the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – DPRK) on October 9 has brought to the fore South Korea’s (hereafter the... Raviprasad Narayanan | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
