National Security and Strategic Studies
Defence
A Diplomatic View Of the MMRCA Deal

India’s tender for 126 Medium Range Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) has been the object of intensive and prolonged international interest. Such a massive order for advanced aircraft by a single country for procurement from the international...

Modernising the Motivational Context of the Indian Armed Forces

Dietmar Rothermund and Harman Kulke state that the non-revolutionary transfer of power from the British Empire to the Indian Republic enabled it to inherit intact the instrumentalities of governance like the armed forces and the civil and police...

Defence Capability Vs Defence Expenditure

One of the most keenly watched part of the Union budget is the allocations of funds for defence expenditure. Given the prevailing security environment, modernization of the armed forces and keeping them militarily prepared is a major challenge...

Enhancing the Indo-US Defence Relations: Dissecting the Three ‘Foundational’ Agreements

Introduction
The international environment remains in flux. Even though there is a belief that major wars are unlikely yet history has the uncanny knack of surprising us; it is therefore encumbent for nation states while abjuring...

Restructuring of Indian National Security Architecture

A great deal of soul searching followed 26/11 on the efficacy of the national institutions, responsible for national security in India, and their methodologies. A universal conclusion was that they are inadequate in several ways. As a result,...

Acquisition of C-17 Boeing Transport Aircraft


On 22 Apr, the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency notified the US Congress about the proposed sale of ten C-17 Boeing Globe Master III Transport aircraft to India, This is an important step forward in the US Foreign military...

Acquisition of C-17 Boeing Transport Aircraft


On 22 Apr, the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency notified the US Congress about the proposed sale of ten C-17 Boeing Globe Master III Transport aircraft to India, This is an important step forward in the US Foreign military...

Op Moshtarak: Post Surge Operations in Afghanistan

Courtesy the Iraq diversion, the critical Counter- Terrorist campaign in Afghanistan had been deliberately underfunded and under-resourced for nearly a decade. The situation began to deteriorate steadily from 2005 onwards and the Taliban steadily...

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