Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy bid farewell to HE Mr Freddy Svane, Ambassador of Denmark to India, following his five-year tenure in India on 27 November… Continue ...
The India–Pakistan War of 1971 happened at the time when the US was developing a new balance of power relationship in Asia with US-ChinaPakistan at its core. This new balance of power initiative was ...
The ten years of Maoist insurgency followed by the political vacuum after the abolition of the monarchy and the delay in the drafting of the Constitution has given credence to the role of external ...
The only unfettered use of air power in India’s wars was in 1971, and it produced disproportionate and decisive outcomes. IAF’s air strategy, the extent of its role in contributing to the failure of ...
In Lahore, in 1999, Pakistan dropped its 'Kashmir first' approach and agreed to discuss it with India along with other issues. Later, under Musharraf, there was an offer to move beyond UN resolutions ...
The volume highlights various contemporary issues confronting the SAARC countires in the 21st century. The book is an indispensable compendium of primary documents collated by scholars of the South ...
This article examines issues related to exports by the nine major defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) under the broad categories of ships, aircrafts and sensors. It then analyses three key ...
Unmanned systems like drones are being deployed across battlefields the world over in numbers like never seen before, for a range of missions like surveillance, logistics, terrain-mapping to kinetic ...
A significant part of the globe is engaged currently in conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia, as also prospectively in the Pacific. Even as the conflicts simmer, glaring inadequacies have come to light ...
The development of drone technology, initially driven by military needs, dates back to 1849 when unmanned balloons were used to attack Venice. Over the past few decades, drones have expanded from ...
The Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 (DAP 2020) was created primarily to focus on self-reliance in the defence sector, which is considered crucial for an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’. The objective is to ...