29th Plenary Meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime and India’s Membership Expediting India’s membership process would be a win-win situation for both India and the MTCR. The prevailing uncertainty will end for India and the MTCR will get an effective and positive member. Rajiv Nayan October 16, 2015 IDSA Comments
China Borders: Settlement and Conflicts—Selected Papers, by Neville Maxwell This book is a compilation of papers written by journalist Neville Maxwell over a career span of five decades. Those who look at China–India relations closely, notably the border dispute, will know that Neville Maxwell is not new to the India–China border discourse. Accredited to The Times, he was their South Asia correspondent in New Delhi during the tumultuous years from 1959–62, when he extensively covered the Indo-China War of 1962. Mandip Singh October 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
‘Arriving in the Nick of Time’: The Indian Corps in France, 1914–15 Today, military historians as well as those dealing with colonial South Asian history tend to overlook the fact that during the First World War, the Indian Army was Britain’s strategic reserve. It vitally despatched over 150,000 troops to the Western Front to shore-up the British sector in the critical period of 1914-1915. To the Indian sepoys who crossed the kala pani to fight, die or be wounded in the trenches there, it was a jarring initiation into modern industrialised warfare. Chandar S. Sundaram October 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
Indo-US Defence Cooperation: Harvesting Defence Technologies There are no laid down procedures for procurement of technology per se. Existing procedures relate to procurement of equipment, weapons systems, platforms and other tangible capabilities. Amit Cowshish October 13, 2015 IDSA Comments
Asymmetrical Threat Perceptions in India–China Relations, by Tien-sze Fang Tien-sze Fang’s Asymmetrical Threat Perceptions in India–China Relations makes a comparative study of the threat perceptions of the two countries vis-à-vis each other. The book endorses the view that although both the countries have security concerns from each other, the threat perception in India is far more acute than in China. This asymmetry defines the relations between the two countries. Prashant Kumar Singh October 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
Indian Defence Offset Policy: An Impact Analysis The article assesses the impact of defence offset policy on the Indian defence industry, by taking into account two key parameters—foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and exports. It observes that the offset policy has a mixed impact. On the positive side, the offset policy seems to have an impact on certain types of exports. On the negative side, the policy has not been a catalyst in bringing in foreign investment and technology inflows into the Indian defence industry, nor has it been successful in promoting its high-end manufacturing. Laxman Kumar Behera October 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
Birth of UNLFWSEA: Internal Dynamics and Implications for India’s North-East A distinctive feature of insurgency in India’s North-East and neighbouring Myanmar has been the tendency among rebel groups to form alliances. Cooperation is deemed advantageous in a hostile terrain, against a powerful and better organised enemy. Several coalitions were formed in Myanmar by the separatist insurgent outfits with well-defined objectives which, however, failed to produce any significant impact on the campaign for independence of the region. Rajeev Bhattacharyya October 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
Military Education in India: Missing the Forest for the Trees India’s Professional Military Education (PME) system is weighted towards the tactical level in all stages of professional development. This results in inadequate exposure of its senior leadership to strategic studies, thus inhibiting the provision of qualitative advice at the strategic level. While combat as an instrument of warfare is focused on at all levels, it fails to relate to war as an instrument of politics. It underlines the absence of an effort to build a broader vision that incorporates the entire constellation of forces. Prakash Menon October 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
An Assessment of Organisational Change in the Indian Army The article analyses military change in the context of the Indian Army, with specific focus on organisational innovation and change. In doing so, it analyses two case studies: restructuring of the army after the Sino-Indian War of 1962; and mechanisation based on the 1975 expert committee recommendations. On the basis of these case studies, the article assesses the drivers and desirables for organisational change in the Indian Army, with the further aim of deriving policy recommendations which are especially apt in light of the ongoing transformation of the army. Vivek Chadha October 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
INS Kochi and the ‘Big-Warship’ Debate Nothing conveys strategic intent as effectively as the large conventional warship whose mere presence can provide a decisive psychological advantage in strategic scenarios. Abhijit Singh October 09, 2015 IDSA Comments
