Private Security Sector: Force Multiplier for India’s Internal Security
Editor’s Note At 7 million, the Private Security Sector is double the strength of all our security forces put together. It’s a huge resource that can boost our internal security capabilities... Read more
India and Vietnam: Going beyond Brahmos
As India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar winds up the Singapore leg of his two-nation, south-east Asia sojourn and heads to Hanoi, the oft-repeated talk about India seeking to sale the B... Read more
Procurement Executive of India
Introduction A few good things are happening on the defence procurement landscape. It is good that the government took its time for the Dhirendra Singh Committee to give its report and incor... Read more
Capability Building in the Andamans: An Imperative Now
Editor’s Note The Indian Ocean and South China Sea are pivotal for global shipping. For the major economies in the Asia-Pacific, the lifeline for their energy raw material requirements pass... Read more
Fast Tracking Defence Procurements
There is something quite inexplicable about management of capital budget allocated to the armed forces. As a result, despite spending more than 5 lakh crore between 2002-03 and 2015-16, crit... Read more
Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) : Advantage India?
There has been much debate on Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) even before its signing between India and the United States. Essentially, the discourse has hinged around whe... Read more
Who benefited from inflated price of Agusta?
Even as former Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi is being quizzed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) again on Monday, several questions about the decision-making p... Read more
The Concept of ‘Reach’ in Grasping China’s ‘Active-Defence’ Strategy – Part II
Editor-in-Chief’s Note In this concluding part of the article the author provides the sum and substance of Part I of the article concisely to the reader before he goes onto explore the Chine... Read more
The Concept of ‘Reach’ in Grasping China’s ‘Active-Defence’ Strategy: Part I
Editor-in-Chief’s Note The author initiates his discourse on Chinese strategy by recalling foremost the core imperatives that drive the Communist Party of China and its stated core national ... Read more
Create theatre Commands, usher in military reforms quickly
As Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar begins his first official visit to China on Monday, his focus will be on keeping the military to military cooperation between India and China on an even... Read more