This issue includes a wide-ranging selection of articles on China’s A2AD concept, naval aviation, operations analysis, quality assurance in procurements, nuclear terrorism, SIMI and challenges for the Indian Air Force in view of its approaching centenary. It also includes a perspective on instability in Pakistan.

From the Managing Editor

Perspectives

• Instability in Pakistan
  — Deepak Kapoor

Focus

• China’s ‘Anti-ship Ballistic Missile’ based Anti-access Concept : Implications of a Southward Re-orientation
  — Kamlesh K. Agnihotri
• Transformation of Indian Naval Aviation Post New Inductions
  — Rikeesh Sharma
• Naval Operations Analysis in the Indian Ocean Region A Review
  — Arnab Das
• Challenges for Indian Air Force: 2032
  — Vivek Kapur
• Changing the Course of War through Targeted Aerial Strikes : Afghanistan 2008–09
  — Mayank S. Bubna
• Efficiency of Quality Assurance in Army Procurements
  — Mahendra Prasad
• Logistics Support Agreement : A Closer Look at the Impact on India-US Strategic Relationship
  — Saroj Bishoyi
• Nuclear Terrorism: Inevitable But Preventable?
  — Raj Shukla
• The Significance of 2020 in the Sino-Indian Context
  — Mandip Singh
• The Students Islamic Movement of India : The Story So Far
  — Anshuman Behera

Commentary

• The Limits of the India-United Kingdom Defence Relationship
  — S. Kalyanaraman
• India, to the South China Sea and Beyond
  — Saloni Salil

Book Review

• A Soldier’s General: An Autobiography by General J.J. Singh
  — Vivek Chadha
• Peace is Everybody’s Business by Arjun Ray
  — Mandip Singh
• Decoding the International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities by Ajey Lele (ed.)
  — Harsh V. Pant