India’s Iraq Policy: Past, Present & Future Iraq is a vital country in the region. It is an essential part of India's extended neighbourhood, not merely for its ineluctable geopolitical and geo-economic significance but also because of its vast historical and cultural importance. Prabhat Jawla | 2023 | Monograph
Privatisation of Security in the Post-Cold War Period The end of the Cold War was celebrated among many circles as an end to the conflict determined pattern of global relations, which would ensure greater cooperation and peace. Such optimism, however, died soon. Shantanu Chakrabarti | 2009 | Monograph
In Pursuit of a Shield: US, Missile Defence and the Iran Threat The US pursuit of missile defence in order to counter and/or hedge against Iran's ballistic missile capabilities coupled with concerns generated by its nuclear programme has had significant strategic consequences. Iran on its part has pursued these capabilities as part of its asymmetric strategy to overcome its strategic vulnerabilities flowing from US encirclement, short-comings in force levels vis-a-vis neighbours and resource constraints in building effective conventional forces. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | 2012 | Monograph
Israel Confronts Iran: Rationales, Responses and Fallouts This study examines Israel's changing perception of Iran and the underlying reasons for the current Israeli tension, anxiety, verbal acrimony and fears. In deconstructing Israel's fears vis-à-vis Iran, the study looks at Israel's failures to revisit its erstwhile peripheral diplomacy and to make adequate changes. P. R. Kumaraswamy | 2012 | Monograph
A Call for Change: Higher Defence Management in India This monograph examines higher defence management and defence reforms in India. It deliberately coincides with Cabinet discussing the Report of Naresh Chandra Committee on defence reforms and aims to initiate a debate on higher defence management and civil-military relations. V. P. Malik , Arun Prakash , Anit Mukherjee , B D Jayal | 2012 | Monograph
Establishing India’s Military Readiness Concerns and Strategy Military readiness is perhaps one of the least studied and understood concepts in the field of strategic studies. In the absence of any significant literature in the public domain, defence policy makers and practitioners worldwide tend to define military readiness in several different ways. Harinder Singh | 2011 | Monograph
Southeast Asia-India Defence Relations in the Changing Regional Security Landscape The study analyses the nature of Southeast Asia-India defence relations, the reasons for the growth in ties and more important, the consequences of the defence relations. Bilveer Singh | 2011 | Monograph
Reconciling Doctrines: Prerequisite for Peace in South Asia This paper suggests an approach towards building conditions necessary for peace between India and Pakistan. Identifying the Pakistani army as a power centre in Pakistan, the hypothesis is that a strategic dialogue with it would achieve doctrinal balancing and help mitigate its threat perception. Ali Ahmed | 2010 | Monograph
Who Sets the Agenda? Does ‘Prime Time’ Really Pace Policy? At a time when the country is seeing crises - political, social and moral, the role of the media is rising in perception as never before. But how much does 'prime time' in the era of 24 hour news coverage actually impact policy? This monograph unpacks the perceived influence of the media in specific foreign policy episodes and argues that while it has introduced accountability and real-time responses to issues, it still has not been able to establish long term policy impact. Shruti Pandalai | 2013 | Monograph
