Rajneesh Singh

Democracies of the world have many similarities, notwithstanding the differences in the system of governance and the governmental structure. The decision making by the Higher Defence Organisation (HDO) and the government of the United States and India face similar challenges regardless of the threat perception and the role, size and the employment of the military.

• Published: 2014
• Monograph

All is not right with the Indian Higher Defence Organisation (HDO) became public knowledge, perhaps for the first time, after the Kargil War in 1999. There have been significant changes in the geo-strategic situation and the nature of threat faced by India over the years and yet little has changed in the higher defence management and the HDO of the country.

• Published: 2014
• Monograph

While Israel is determined to destroy Hamas, terrorist groups are known to survive the loss of their leaders and members.

• Published: December 01, 2023
• Issue Brief

The 4 November 2023 attack on the Pakistan Air Force base by an affiliate of the TTP highlights the threat posed by the group to the Pakistani state.

• Published: November 16, 2023
• Issue Brief

The United States and its allies have taken significant steps in recent years to decouple from China in the field of advanced chip manufacturing.

• Published: October 26, 2023
• Issue Brief

On 24 February 2022, President Vladimir Putin announced 'special military operation' in Ukraine. This triggered a series of sanctions by the West, resulting in restrictions on Russia's financial institutions, including its central bank and energy export, among others.

• Published: 2023
• Monograph

The complexity and interconnection of global supply chains has heightened the realisation of the need for supply chain resilience and self-reliance in production.

• Published: August 17, 2023
• IDSA Comments

The Wagner Group has become an indispensable tool of hybrid warfare for the Russian state

• Published: May 31, 2023
• Issue Brief

The article deals with the issue of the necessity of identifying and maintaining equilibrium between the two key constituents of the higher defence organisation (HDO) of the country, namely, the civil bureaucrats and the service officers. In India, the military and the bureaucracy share a very delicate relationship. Though the protocol issues between the various appointments have been defined by the government, there is a requirement of greater clarity in the working relationship between them.

• Published: April 2016
• Journal of Defence Studies

The Chairman COSC will neither be the Commander of India’s Armed Forces nor will he be able to do justice to his advisory role because of the constraints that will affect his functioning in the present system.

• Published: August 07, 2012
• IDSA Comments