Ethics and Morals in the Armed Forces: A Framework for Positive Action Value systems form the spine of modern society, religion and every individual’s conscience with moral codes defining ‘appropriate’ and ‘expected’ activity. Ethics refer to an individual’s actions that are consistent with such value systems. While the former constitutes a basic human marker of right behaviour and conduct, the latter are a set of guidelines that define acceptable behaviour and practices for a certain group of individuals or society. Dhruv C Katoch | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Needed: A Better Appraisal System for Better Leaders There has been a palpable decline in the standards of morals, ethics and values as observed by officers in the armed forces and the bond between officers and men has weakened. This could be because officers with the requisite qualities are not adequately groomed to rise to the level of battalion commanders. The present appraisal system is largely to blame, it being based on a single Annual Confidential Report. A further drawback is that only superior officers report on a ratee. Inputs for appraisal need to be drawn from multiple sources geared towards a ‘360 degree evaluation’. Gurmeet Kanwal | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Ethics and Military Leadership ‘Ethics’ derived from the Greek word ‘Ethicos’, means character or manners and guide actions thereby becoming a ‘normative discipline’. Military Ethics applies to a specialized realm and has developed principles appropriate to it over time to help guide future operations. The armed forces must be always ethically led to uphold the defence of the nation and its national interests. Ethical leadership embodying the ideals of the profession of arms entails creating ethical command climates that set the conditions for positive outcomes and ethical behaviour. S.R.R. Aiyengar | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Professional Ethics for the Armed Forces in War and Peace This article looks at the current situation in the armed forces, which has been in the news for all wrong reasons recently. The author undertakes an analysis of the causes of this state of affairs and suggests that the armed forces, which were well known for their ethics and code of conduct, need to review the situation and take radical steps to ensure a return to their ethics, values and traditions. Ian Cardozo | April 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Changing Face of International Media in Africa Making a breakthrough in the complicated arena of news media broadcasting requires more than a generous dosage of money and technology, especially if it involves diminishing the influence of traditional players in the media-scape of the continent. Sneha Bhura | April 2013 | Africa Trends
Perspectives on Crisis in Central African Republic The Central African Republic's political crisis is driven by international politics and resource competition. Ahana Banerjee | April 2013 | Africa Trends
Crisis in Eastern Congo and the Role of External Actors The crisis in eastern DRC cannot be resolved by merely accusing countries like Rwanda and Uganda of interference; Kinshasa has to review its response to the crisis. Keerthi Sampath Kumar | April 2013 | Africa Trends
BRICS comes of age at Durban BRICS is not challenging the existing world order. It is seeking a place in the sun for developing countries. It is looking at alternative approaches but there is no desire to seek confrontation with the West. Arvind Gupta | April 01, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Democracy in Pakistan a Distant Dream Like all its predecessors, the government that just completed its tenure miserably failed to promote what a democratic state is supposed to first and foremost, namely, foster the multi-faceted development of all its citizens. Jagdish N Singh | April 01, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: Under the Jackboot Publisher: Genesis Publications ISBN: 81-7020-680-4 Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), which is the territory which Pakistan had acquired through aggression way back in 1947, remains as a no-man's-land which the world community seems to have forgotten. Comprising of nearly one-third of the original sovereign state of Jammu and Kashmir, it represents one of the biggest human tragedies of the contemporary political map of the world. E-Copy available Jasjit Singh | | Book
