US-Venezuela Stand-off: Impact on Global Oil Prices With US sanctions in place on the Venezuelan oil industry, global oil prices are set to rise once again, which may have major geopolitical and geo-economic consequences. Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Chithra Purushothaman February 20, 2019 IDSA Comments
Consolidating India-Iran Cooperation While Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif’s visit has created a better environment, the challenge lies in sustaining the current momentum Nagapushpa Devendra February 14, 2019 IDSA Comments
Interim Defence Budget 2019-20 The eight per cent hike in the interim defence budget 2019-20 is bound to further intensify the resource problem of the MoD, which is already battling a massive shortage of funds. Laxman Kumar Behera February 04, 2019 Issue Brief
Defence Budget 2019-20: The Slide Continues Defence capability building and capability sustenance have been adversely affected over the past decade because of inadequate allocations and the status quo approach of the Defence Services. Vinay Kaushal February 04, 2019 IDSA Comments
One Year of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement Although the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement has been able to mainstream the Pashtun issue and has inspired popular empathy, its anti-establishment thrust has made it a soft target for the pro-establishment media and political actors. Zainab Akhter January 28, 2019 IDSA Comments
India’s National Security: Annual Review 2018 National security refers to securing a nation’s citizens, territory, resources, assets, ideologies, institutions, and interests against threats which may emanate from changing geopolitical state of affairs, changing relations between nations, groups, races, sects, advancing technology and changing ideology. In the prevailing complex geopolitical scenario, India’s national security is facing new challenges and acquiring new dimensions with every passing year. Atul Pant January-March 2019 Journal of Defence Studies
India’s Domestic Debate over China’s Growing Strategic Presence in the Indian Ocean This article seeks to capture the domestic debate in India over China’s activities in the Indian Ocean. It engages the critical geopolitical articulation around formal, practical and popular geopolitics, and provides a narrow perspective on the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). It begins with a look at how India and China perceive the IOR, which is crucial to understand how the Indian Ocean is framed in the public consciousness in India. Rajdeep Pakanati January-March 2019 Journal of Defence Studies
Debating Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems Technology and the armed forces have a symbiotic relationship. Many technologies which are presently used in day-to-day life, like the Internet or navigation systems (global positioning system [GPS]), actually have a link to, or are derived from, military innovations. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one arena of present generation technology that militaries have been developing mainly for two purposes: first, for juxtaposing it on their existing defence architecture for its performance enhancement; and second, for developing new types of militarily instruments and weapon systems. Ajey Lele January-March 2019 Journal of Defence Studies
Time to Bolster Global Biological and Chemical Defense Capabilities The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)1 and 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention2 (CWC) serve as the norms against the use of biological and chemical weapons, respectively. However, recent biological and chemical… Continue reading Time to Bolster Global Biological and Chemical Defense Capabilities Daniel M Gerstein January-June 2019 CBW Magazine
Agro-Warfare: Attack on Crops and Livestock The outbreak of two dreadful world wars led to the emergence of the need to develop better and sophisticated weapon systems to defeat the enemy. On both sides of the… Continue reading Agro-Warfare: Attack on Crops and Livestock Tanvi Kaur January-June 2019 CBW Magazine
