Transfer of Defence Technology: Understanding the Nuances and Making it Work for India Publisher: KW Publishers In recent years, transfer of defence technology to India, as an alternate route to indigenous development, has been frequently brought up with widely varying views from the Indian defence technology fraternity. Some lament its failure to help India achieve self-reliance, while others suggest it can enable India to leapfrog ahead. While it has been paradoxically found to be more expensive than outright purchase of defence systems, there are indications that countries such as Israel, South Korea and China have gained immensely from it. While there has been a flood of ToT proposals from foreign OEMs after the launch of the Make in India initiative, there have been few proposals which have materialised and a miniscule number successfully implemented. Acknowledging the need to unravel these mysteries, this book attempts to throw light on the entire range of connected aspects from a brief historical perspective to an understanding of its fundamentals and nuances, to how ToT should be aligned with national goals and there on to its implementation issues. Initially addressing the conventional mode and its complexities, it expands to touch upon the others, then the unconventional ones, the facilitators such as offsets and the transaction in its widest sense. Thus enveloping the complete spectrum, it brings its insights together to converge on a possibly successful arrangement for India. Written in an explorative, questioning style, this book will intrigue interested readers and propel the Indian defence technology community to dwell on its findings and suggestions for the formulation of a cogent way forward. ISBN: 978-93-89137-17-0, Price: ?.980/- E-copy available Kevin A. Desouza | | Book
Persian Gulf 2016-17: India’s Relations with the Region Publisher: Pentagon Press The Persian Gulf-2016-17 is fifth in the series published by MEI @ ND and first in collaboration with the IDSA. It Examines India’s bilateral relations with the region and focusses on developments during 2015 and 2016. It gives a comprehensive account of the strategic, political, economic and cultural aspects of bilateral developments and also provides in depth analysis of internal dynamics of the Persian Gulf countries. ISBN: 978-93-86618-19-1, Price: ? 1295 E-copy available P. R. Kumaraswamy , Meena Singh Roy | | Book
India and Africa: Common Security Challenges for the Next Decade Publisher: Pentagon Press Over the coming decade, converging global security challenges will necessitate combined efforts by states to manage threats and maximise opportunities. Among the most significant challenges that India and Africa will face in paricular, are reforms in global governance institutions, maritime security threats in the Indian Ocean, energy insecurity and the rise of extremism and terrorism. This volume combines Indian and African perspectives with regard to the common security challenges they are likely to face in the foreseeable future. ISBN 978-81-8274-860-6, Price: ?. 595 E-copy available Ruchita Beri | | Book
China Year Book 2015 – China’s Transition under Xi Jinping Publisher: Pentagon Press This volume is an outcome of the annual exercise of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi (IDSA) to understand and track China and its developmental course. As a flagship publication of the East Asia Centre in IDSA, the China Year Book (CYB) 2015 is an undertaking to comperehensively analyse China's state transformation internally and externally. To what extent China will smoothly transit to its power quest is still an open query. This volume is an exercise to bring this debate to the fore. ISBN 978-81-8274-907-8, Price: ?. 1995 E-copy available Jagannath P. Panda | | Book
Indian Defence Industry: An Agenda for Making in India Publisher: Pentagon Press This book thoroughly probes the Indian Defence industry and the policies pertaining to it. Based on hard core evidence, it identifies the key shortcomings of this vital sector and provides a detailed roadmap for the Modi government’s ambitious ‘Make in India’ programme to succeed in defence production sector. Though written with a clear focus on influencing policy making, the book is presented in an accessible format to be easily understood by the wider strategic community. ISBN 978-81-8274-905-4, Price: ?. 995 E-copy available Laxman Kumar Behera | | Book
Indigenisation: Key to Self-Sufficiency and Strategic Capability Publisher: Pentagon Press The book attempts to study the defence industrialisation process that has been adopted by the militarily developed and developing nations to analyse, orient and adapt their best practices to the Indian defence industry and technological base. The analysis reveals that there is a requirement to re-assess, re-align & re-model the Indian defence industry apparatus in line with the vision of accelerating indigenisation, self-sufficiency and strategic capability, as pertaining to military systems. ISBN 978-81-8274-892-7, Price: ?. 1295 E-copy available Ranjit Ghosh | | Book
Rajpal Punia & Damini Punia, Operation Khukri: The True Story Behind Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as part of the United Nations Rajpal Punia & Damini Punia, Operation Khukri: The True Story Behind Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as part of the United Nations, Penguin Random House, India, 2021.ISBN (hardcover): 9780143453369 R. Vignesh | January-December 2021 | Africa Trends
The Rise of China: Implications for India by Harsh V. Pant ; Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior: Growing Power and Alarm by George J. Gilboy and Eric Heginbotham; A Resurgent China: South Asian Perspectives by S.D. Muni K. Santhanam | | Strategic Analysis
In the Hegemon’s Shadow: Leading States and the Rise of Regional Powers by Evan Braden Montgomery | | Strategic Analysis
