Management of Medical Stores in Indian Armed Forces Due to the large base and geographical spread of users, AFMSDs face difficulties in supplying the required stores to indenters. As a result, clientele satisfaction is affected. The pharmaceutical industry in India has developed over a period of time and there are reputed firms which have wide and reliable network to supply medical stores. Thus, hospitals/units located in peace stations can obtain their stores requirement directly from RC holder or the local market. The smaller units could be attached to the nearest hospitals functioning as DDOs. Arvind Kadyan April 2010 Journal of Defence Studies
India, China and the United States: The Triangle That Isn’t At the outset, I should like to clarify that I am not going to theorize or build models on global or regional international relations. I am also not going to speak on India and China as such as I have already spoken on it at some length some months ago at the Indian Council of World Affairs. If anyone would like to look through the text of that speech, she or he could get it from the ICWA or from me. This lecture is, in the nature of things, more China focussed. V. P. Dutta April 2010 Journal of Defence Studies
Hans Blix, Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters The end of the World War II brought new hopes of creating a better and more peaceful world. However, the beginning of the Cold War and the fierce arms race among the superpowers and allies dashed such optimism. Despite promises by the superpowers to disarm, even by the end of the Cold War, more than 50,000 nuclear weapons still posed security threat to the international community. In recent years, instead of improving, the climate for arms control and disarmament has deteriorated further. Pranamita Baruah April 2010 Journal of Defence Studies
The April Election and Prospects for Sustainable Peace in Sri Lanka The outcome of the April general election makes clear that Sri Lanka would be evolving its own model of post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation to address the causes of conflict. Darini Rajasingham Senanayake April 22, 2010 IDSA Comments
Francis Fukuyama (ed.), Blindside: How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild Cards in Global Politics (Washington D.C.: Brookings, 2007) The book seeks to illuminate policy choices available to American policy makers to deal with ‘low probability and high impact’ events like the September 11, 2001 attacks or the destruction… Continue reading Francis Fukuyama (ed.), Blindside: How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild Cards in Global Politics (Washington D.C.: Brookings, 2007) S. Samuel C. Rajiv April-June 2010 CBW Magazine
Lech Kaczynski: In Death too He Divides In death too, Lech Kaczynski has divided the nation first by the decision of the Polish authorities to give him a resting place at Wawel Castle and then by giving Russia an opportunity to make strong overtures that could blunt the opposition of all but the strongest pro-West parties of Poland. Thomas Mathew April 21, 2010 Special Feature
Nuclear targeting caveats Nuclear exchanges in accord with targeting limitation would serve as powerful nuclear signaling to the other side in case of deterrence breakdown. Ali Ahmed April 21, 2010 IDSA Comments
Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian (eds.), China and the New International Order Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian's edited book studies the issue of how China has been transformed and reshaped as a consequence of the new international order and how China's role has been redefined. The book also attempts to study the domestic sources of China's international behaviour. Its central premise is “how China can reshape the international order depends on whether China has such a capacity, which is a function of its domestic development. Avinash Godbole April 2010 Journal of Defence Studies
Likely Impact of Current Developments on the Pakistani State and its Army India has very little leverages in shaping a peaceful, stable and friendly Pakistan but its own progress can make Pakistani society, fearful of being left behind, force a change in the state’s policy orientation. Rumel Dahiya April 19, 2010 Issue Brief
Chinese Puzzle in India-Bangladesh Relations If the growth of Islamic extremism and terrorism in Bangladesh is a threat to Indian security, then the presence of China with which India’s interests have the potential to clash is also of security concern. Anand Kumar April 19, 2010 IDSA Comments