This issue contains incisive and analytical articles on the maritime security conundrum in the Indian Ocean Region, China’s Three Warfares’ strategy vis-a-vis India, an exposition of the military history of the Chola empire of south India, and a critical assessment of the achievements and shortfalls of the DRDO.

From the Managing Editor

Perspective

• Letter to the Editor
  — H.C. Dutta

Focus

• Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean: A Changing Kaleidoscope
  — Sarabjeet Singh Parmar
• China’s ‘Three Warfares’ and India
  — Abhijit Singh
• The Cholas: Some Enduring Issues of Statecraft, Military Matters and International Relations
  — P.K. Gautam
• Strategic Perspectives on Growth Phases and Long-term Techno-economic Performance of India’s DRDO
  — R. Gopalaswami and G. Satheesh Reddy

Book Reviews

• The Rise of the Indian Navy: Internal Vulnerabilities, External Challenges, edited by Harsh V. Pant, UK: Ashgate
  — Rakesh Chopra
• Samudra Manthan: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the
  Indo-Pacific, by C. Raja Mohan
  — Mandip Singh
• Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia: From Antiquity to the Present, by Kaushik Roy
  — Jean Langlois-Berthelot
• The Rational Believer: Choices and Decisions in Madrasas of Pakistan, by Masooda Bano
  — Y.M. Bammi