The issue discusses vulnerabilities in the capital acquisition process, maritime security cooperation, privatisation of anti-piracy operations, cloud computing’s relevance for defence, Pakistan’s biological weapons programme and how marine eco-concerns impact India’s maritime strategy.

Editorial

Letter to the Editor

Perspective

• Vulnerabilities in the Capital Acquisition Process
  — Amit Cowshish

Focus

• Exploring Risks and Vulnerabilities: An Alternate Approach to Maritime Security Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region
  — Lee Cordner
• Troubled Waters: Exploring the Emerging Dynamics between Navies and Private Security Companies in Anti-piracy Operations
  — Riddhi Shah
• Relevance of Cloud Computing for Defence
  — Ajey Lele and Munish Sharma
• Pakistan and Biological Weapons
  — Dany Shoham
• Marine Eco-concern and its Impact on the Indian Maritime Strategy
  — Arnab Das

Review Essay

• India’s Military Conflicts and Diplomacy: An Inside View of Decision-making, by General V.P. Malik, Noida: Harper Collins
  — Gautam Sen

Book Reviews

• Red Revolution 2020 and Beyond: Strategic Challenges to Resolve Naxalism, by V.K. Ahluwalia
  — Prakash Singh
• Proxy Warfare, by Andrew Mumford
  — Sanjiv Tomar
• The New Soldier in the Age of Asymmetric Conflict, by Rumu Sarkar
  — P.K. Chakravorty