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Unending Violence in Pakistan Analysing the Trends

Publisher: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

The Pakistan Project of IDSA consists of a dedicated group of scholars studying Pakistan and watching the unfolding events and analysing the trends from the perspective of its implications for India and the region. “Unending Violence in Pakistan: Analysing the Trends, 2013-14” is the third report published by Pakistan Project.

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Understanding India’s Maoists

Publisher: Pentagon Press

The proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist), Maoists in short, also known in India as Naxalites, is the most lethal and largest of all such groups. Its ultimate aim is to capture/seize political/state power through protracted people’s war (PPW), on the lines propounded by Mao Tse Tung.

ISBN 978-81-8274-801-9,
Price: ?. 1295/-
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Core Concerns in Indian Defence and the Imperatives for Reforms

Publisher: Pentagon Press

India's current defence imperatives transcend the ideeological 'defence vs. butter' debate. Even while there may be no profound existential concerns, the geo-political reality of a deeply troubled neighbourhood, long legacy of border disputes with neighbours in the north and west and a widening spectrum of potential warfare from conventional and strategic to the asymmetric can be ignored at our own peril.

ISBN 978-81-8274-818-7,
Price: ?. 1095/-
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Indigenous Historical Knowledge: Kautilya and His Vocabulary (Volume II)

Publisher: Pentagon Press

This book is the second in a series of three volumes on “Kautilya and His Vocabulary” as a part of the “Indigenous Historical Knowledge” project undertaken by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. These volumes aim at initiating the study, internalisation, spread and consolidation of Kautilya's Arthashastra in the strategic domain. The four focus themes in the three volumes are foreign policy, intelligence, war and internal security as they relate to contemporary times.

ISBN 978-81-8274-866-8,
Price: ₹ 695.00
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P. K. Gautam , Saurabh Mishra , Arvind Gupta
2016
Book

The Role of Media in Promoting Regional Understanding in South Asia

Publisher: Pentagon Press

This book collates a wide spectrum of views across South Asia, including Myanmar, and debates the role of media in forging regional understanding and goodwill. The media's role in South Asia is essentially conceived as state-centric, adhering to the standard templates of nationalism. This inherent tendency has, at times, cost neutral and balanced coverage of events and issues. The contributors to this volume acknowledge the potential of the media as an institution which could/should, in addition to its routine reportage, focus on regional issues of common interest and promote regional understanding.

ISBN 978-81-8274-868-2,
Price: ₹ 995.00
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West Asia in Transition – Volume II

Publisher: Pentagon Press

West Asia in Transition-Volume II is the result of a project launched by the Delhi Policy Group (DPG) in 2016 to study the rapidly changing socio-political and economic structures as well as emerging trends in West Asia. The publication is a collection` of essays by senior diplomats, academics and young researchers on different aspects of the profound transformation taking place in the West Asian region.

ISBN: 978-93-86618-17-7,
Price: ?.1295/- $34.95/-
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Trilateral Nuclear Proliferation Pakistan’s Euro-Chinese Bomb

Privatisation of Security in the Post-Cold War Period

The end of the Cold War was celebrated among many circles as an end to the conflict determined pattern of global relations, which would ensure greater cooperation and peace. Such optimism, however, died soon.

A Call for Change: Higher Defence Management in India

This monograph examines higher defence management and defence reforms in India. It deliberately coincides with Cabinet discussing the Report of Naresh Chandra Committee on defence reforms and aims to initiate a debate on higher defence management and civil-military relations.

V. P. Malik , Arun Prakash , Anit Mukherjee , B D Jayal
2012
Monograph

Reconciling Doctrines: Prerequisite for Peace in South Asia

This paper suggests an approach towards building conditions necessary for peace between India and Pakistan. Identifying the Pakistani army as a power centre in Pakistan, the hypothesis is that a strategic dialogue with it would achieve doctrinal balancing and help mitigate its threat perception.