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Contents

Editor’s Note

1. US-China Nuclear Dynamics
Rajesh Kumar

2. China’s Air Power Capabilities in the Indian Ocean: Challenges and Opportunities
Joshy M Paul

3. India’s Response Strategy to China-Pakistan Collusivity 
Swaim Prakash Singh

4. Air Space Management in Military Aviation
Dinesh Kumar Pandey

5. From Unguided Bombs to Precision Weapons
Rakesh Sinha

6. Ballistic Missile Defence in Southern Asia
Nasima Khatoon

7. The Age of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Cyber Conflict Complex
Khyati Singh

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Editor’s Note

1. The Hypersonic Missile Conundrum
Rajaram Nagappa

2. Space Sustainability: Strengthening Capabilities for Strategic Longevity
Harini Madhusudan

3. High Altitude Woes: What the Chinese are Hiding 
Shiv Sastry

4. The Geopolitical Impacts of Chinese Anti-Access/Area Denial Systems
Gaurav Sen

5. The Credibility of Aerial Combat Drones:Changing Equations 
Ingudam Yaipharemba Singh

6. Assessing India’s Energy Basket
Prachi Lokhande

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Editor’s Note

1. Russian Nuclear Weapons: Capabilities, Modernisation and Strategy
Abhishek Saxena

2. Hiding in Plain Sight: Assessing the Russian ‘Bastion’ Strategy
Anubhav S. Goswami

3. Russian Rare Earth Industry: High Reserve, Low Production? 
Neha Mishra

4. Explainable AI for Air War Operations
Sukhchain Singh

5. Conceptualising a Cloud Counter-Air Deception and Disorientation (CCADD) WEB
Shaurya Dhakate

6. Air Power Considerations for a Small State
Sten Arve

7. Indian Military Air base in Africa: A Futuristic Vision
Tanuj Pandey and Swaim Prakash Singh

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Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Challenges for Air Power to Fulfil Indian National Security Imperatives for the Next Two Decades
Anil Chopra

2. Emerging Trends in Warfare: Strategising for the Next Decade
Shirish Dhakate

3. Russo-Ukraine War: A Dozen Lessons for India
Swaim Prakash Singh

4. Mirved Missiles: Progression of Technology in Southern Asia
Silky Kaur

5. Integrated Deterrence: Understanding the New Defence Strategy
of USA
Kartike Garg

6. Is India Ready to Conquer Unmanned Aerial Warfare?
Megha Saravanan

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Developments in Air Defence Surveillance Systems
Daljit Singh

2. Transformation of Indian Aerospace Power: A Structural Appraisal
Diptendu Choudhury

3. Pacific Deterrence Initiative: America’s New Deterrence Mechanism in the Indo- Pacific
Joshy M Paul

4. The Changing Space Environment
TH Anand Rao

5. United Kingdom’s Nuclear Strategy: A Contemporary Analysis
Abhishek Saxena

6. Technology Trajectory for an Atmanirbhar Aero Engine
Sukhchain Singh

Book Review

The Beginning: A History of Military Aviation in India: 1901-1947
Arjun Subramaniam

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Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Blockchaining the Atmanirbhar IAF Fighter
Sukhchain Singh

2. AWACS: Enabler to Orchestrator of Air Operations
Swaim Prakash Singh

3. Infrastructure Developments at Chinese Air Bases in the Western Theatre Command
DK Pandey

4. The MIRVed Missile: The Technology and its Rationale during the Cold War
Silky Kaur

5. Defence and Civilian Applications of Rare Earth Elements
Neha Mishra

6. Indo-Israel Defence Cooperation: Strengthening Bonds
Anil Golani and Anu Sharma

Book Review

Air Power in the Age of Primacy: Air Warfare Since the Cold War
Anil Golani

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Scramble for Dominance in the Indo-Pacific and Role of Air Power
SP Singh

2. Syrian Conflict: Lessons and Trends for Air Power
Manish Khanna

3. Pakistan’s Nuclear Posture, Capability and Quest for Full-Spectrum Deterrence
Shalini Chawla

4. India’s Engagement with Bangladesh: Is China a Deterrent?
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury

5. Integrated Theatre Command: Perspective from the Field
Swaim Prakash Singh

6. Oman and UAE on China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Implications for India
Manish and Anu Sharma

Book Review

Radiance in Indian Sky: The Tejas Saga
Vijay Shankar Rana

Index

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Xi’s Nuclear Garden: Of Sprawling Silos and Sobering Messages 
Manpreet Sethi

2. Eagle Versus Dragon: The Intensifying US-China Nuclear Competition
Sanjana Gogna

3. Nuclear-Armed Hypersonic Delivery Systems— A Case Study of China
Granth Vanaik

4. Aerospace Power as a Deterrent 
Sanu Kainikara

5. Development of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and their Implications
Amitabh Mathur

6. China’s Naval Strategy towards the Indian Ocean under Xi Jinping
Joshy M Paul

7. France’s Indo-Pacific Strategy in 2021: Characteristics, Capabilities, Challenges and Opportunities
Mahima Duggal

Editor’s Note

1. Strategic Balance in the Indo-Pacific 
Anil Chopra

2. Lessons for Air Power from Ladakh
Harsha Kakar

3. Electronic Warfare: Changing Operational Concepts
Daljit Singh

4. Artificial Intelligence in Military Aviation
AK Sachdev

5. Welcome Steps towards an Indigenously Equipped Indian Air Force
Vivek Kapur

6. Airlift Wisdom of Yore
Ashok K Chordia

Editor’s Note

1. People’s Liberation Army strategic support Force: Implications and options for India
Anil Chopra

2. Artificial Intelligence: A Strategic Disruptor in Aerospace Power employment
Sukhchain Singh

3. Predicting Adversary’s Psyche and Intent using Artificial Intelligence China’s Nuclear Strategy
Shaurya Dhakate

4. Trends in Military Aviation technology
Vivek Kapur

5. Israel and the Changing Alignments in West Asia: Implications for India
Anu Sharma

6. Russia-China-Pakistan: Strange Bedfellows
AV Chandrasekaran.

Editor’s Note

1. Increasing Salience of Air Power
RKS Bhadauria

2. The Complex Art of Grand Strategy
Sanu Kainikara

3. China’s Nuclear Strategy
Sanjana Gogna

4. China’s Consolidation Strategy in the Near Seas 
Joshy M. Paul

5. The Elusive Quest for Stability in US-China Relations
Rushali Saha

6. NATO and the Responsibility to Protect in Libya:
Reassessing the Intervention
Khatu Jayesh Jayprakash

Index

Editor’s Note

1. Climate Change and Aviation 
Ajey Lele and Kritika Roy

2.  Us-Russia Relations and Failure of the Reset (2008-14)
Carl Jaison

3. Russia’s Evolving Eurasian Strategy
Poonam Mann

4. Changes in China’s Nuclear Thinking
Sanjana Gogna

5. China’s Emerging Role in the Korean Peninsula
Anu Sharma and Aditya Mani

6. Oil-Gas Diplomacy and Quest for Economic Autonomy:
Contrasting Case Study of Iraqi Kurdistan and Balochistan
Divya Malhotra

Index

Editor’s Note

1.  Jasjit Singh: The Nuclear Strategist with the Red Turban Climate Change and Aviation 
Manpreet Sethi

2.   Air Power and Effects-Based Operations: Lessons from the Past for Future Application
R Verma

3.  The Space Race and Pre-Sputnik Era
Martand Jha

4. South Asia under China’s Nuclear Shadow
Sanjana Gogna

5. China’s Naval Modernisation: Theory and Practice
Joshy M. Paul

Editor’s Note

CAPS Seminar on Air Power in No War-No Peace Scenario

    Speech Delivered by Hon’ble Defence Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh  

    Speech Delivered by Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Bipin Rawat

    Extract of Speech Delivered by Air Chief Mshl RKS Bhadauria

1.  COVID-19 and Pakistan: Emerging Political and Economic Crisis
Shalini Chawla

2.  Missile Capability of Pakistan 2010–2020
Nasima Khatoon

3. Understanding Japan’s Nuclear Power Dilemma and Assessing its Future Trajectory
Zoya Akhter Fathima

4. Space Lawfare: A ‘Legal’ Fight for the Heavens
Manu Midha

5. Geopolitics and Gas Pipelines: Case Study of
Natural Gas Pipelines
Vikas Nagal

Editor’s Note

1.  Challenges of Changing Geopolitics: India’s Options
RKS Bhadauria

2.  Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities and Associated Challenges
Nishant Gupta

3. China’s Aspirations and the Importance of History
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury

4. Understanding the Development and Future of Nuclear Energy in China
Zoya Akhter Fathima

5. A Comparative Assessment of India’s and China’s Development
Assistance in Nepal and Bhutan and Its Strategic Implications
Urmi Tat

6.  The Islamic State in Khorasan Province: Understanding Its Presence

Editor’s Note

1. Evolving Facets of Aerospace Power in a Changing World
BS Dhanoa

2.  Multiple Applications of Geospatial Analytics
Arvind Pandey

3. Capabilities and Trends in Conduct of Counter-Surface Force Operations in the Foreseeable Future
JPS Bains

4. Helicopters in the Indochina Wars: A “Politico-Military” Case Study
BS Nijjar

5. Doctrinal Approach to Had r by Indian Armed Forces: Time for Reorientation for Effective Disaster Response
A Shajahan

6. Iran and Afghanistan: A Complex Relationship
Anu Sharma and Swati Sinha

7. Arctic Security: Cooperation or Competition between Russia and USA
Stuti Banerjee and Indrani Talukdar

Index

Editor’s Note

1.  Air Power at Balakot: Exploiting Flexibility for Strategic Effect
Manpreet Sethi

2.  India’s Entry into the Anti-Satellite Club
Dhiraj Kukreja

3. War in Space: Is India Prepared?
Anil Chopra

4. Pakistan Air Force: Modernisation Trends
Shalini Chawla

5. Shifting Trends in Pakistan’s Military Cooperation: From USA to China
Granth Vanaik

5. Bangladesh Liberation War: Special Heliborne Operations (SHBO) in the Eastern Sector
BS Nijjar

5. China-Central Asia Ties under Xi Jinping
Sana Hashmi

Editor’s Note

1. INF Treaty: The Future and its Implications
Kanwal Sibal

2.  The Space Race in the Post-Sputnik Era
Martand Jha

3.  Military’s Role in Energy Security: A Strategic Review
Asheesh Shrivastava

4. Impressions of History on Japan-China Relations
Anushree Dutta

5. Nuclear Weapons and International Law
Sreoshi Sinha

6. Eurasia in the New Geo-political Order
Poonam Mann

7. India-Vietnam Strategic Partnership: Engaging with the Emerging Realities
Temjenmeren Ao

8. The Uprising in Syria: Is it a Sectarian Rise or Something Else?
Indrani Talukdar

Editor’s Note

1.  Combining Cyber with Air Force Operations
Ramesh Rai

2.   China’s Aviation Industry Pulling Ahead, Yet Critical Technology Challenges
Anil Chopra

3. China’s Active Defence Strategy: A Maritime Perspective
Joshy M. Paul

4. China and Russia: New Dreams or A Marriage of Convenience?
Bhavna Singh

5. Status of Global Nuclear Energy: A Survey
Zoya Akhter Fathima

6. Development as a Form of Diplomacy: Tracing its Roots and Relevance
Urmi Tat

7. Myanmar: Understanding Political and Social Dynamics
Jayesh Khatu

Editor’s Note

1.  National Security Management: Some Concerns
 N N Vohra

2.  India’s Priorities and Concerns in Afghanistan 
 Shalini Chawla

3. PLA Reforms: Political and Strategic Implications
 R K Narang

4. Air Power in Hybrid War
 Manmohan Bahadur

5. The Quest for Space Control
 T H Anand Rao

6. Organisational Governance of Cyber Space in India
 E Dilipraj and Ramnath Reghunadhan

7. Operation Rahat: A Task Force Commander’s Account
 Rajesh Isser

Editor’s Note

1. Massive Retaliation: Is the Threat Less than Credible?
 Manpreet Sethi

2.  Global Implications of Space Weaponisation
TH Anand Rao

3. Mass Attack by Drones: Facing the Challenge
Asheesh Shrivastava

4. National Approaches to Nuclear Civil Defence: An Assessment
Rohit Kaura

5. India-Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation: The Journey and its Future
Piyush Ghasiya

6. Iran and Russia: Building a Strategic Partnership
Anu Sharma

7. Connectivity: A Major Constraint in India’s Engagement with Central Asian Republics
Poonam Mann

8. China’s Military and Satellite Intelligence Programme 
Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharjee

Editor’s Note

1. Jasjit Singh Memorial Lecture
S Jaishankar

2. Air Power in Joint Operations: Primacy of Joint Training
KK Nohwar

3. Babur-3—Pakistan’s SLCM: Capability and Limitations
Rajaram Nagappa, Avinash P and Riffath Khaji

4. UAV Swarms: China’s Leap In Cutting-Edge Technologies
RK Narang

5. CSFO Lessons from Major International Wars/Campaigns
JPS Bains

6. US-North Korea Nuclear Relations: Revisiting the Past to Find Pointers for the Future
Hina Pandey

7. The Need for India to Bring an ‘Asian Perspective’ into the Arctic
Stuti Banerjee and Pooja Bhatt

8. Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Territorial Security of India: Tracing the Link and Impact
Cyriac S Pampackal

Editor’s Note

1. A New World Order: Is it in the Offing?
Dhiraj Kukreja

2. Salience of Air Power in India’s Future Trajectory
D Choudhury

3. CSFO Lessons from the Indian Wars
JPS Bains

4. Air Space Control: Challenges and Way Ahead
Anil Chopra

5. Reflections on India’s Space Programme
T H Anand Rao

6. India’s Drone Regulations-1.0: Progress, Policy Gaps and Future Trajectory
R K Narang

7. American Drone Attacks in Yemen: An Analysis
Dipanwita Chakravortty

8. The 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons
Sreoshi Sinha

Editor’s Note

1. China’s Rise and Future Trends in Sino-Indian Relations
Jayadeva Rande

2. South China Sea: An Area of Claims and Counter-Claims
Dhiraj Kukreja

3. Cyber Space: Reshaping the Contours of International Politics
 Ashish Gupta

4. Trends in The Russian Economy
 Arun Mohanty

5. Trust and Big Data in Coordinating Disaster Response
 Rajesh Isser

6. Analysis of Iran-China Relations
 Anu Sharma

7. Analysis of the American Action Plan for a New Middle East
 Amarjit Singh

Index
 

Editor’s Note

1. First BK Nehru Memorial Lecture
NN Vohra

2. Nuclear Proliferation from Pakistan: A Peep into the Past and Implications for the Future
Manpreet Sethi

3. China in the Asia-Pacific: Rising Opportunities, Deepening Concerns
Sana Hashmi

4. China’s Western Theatre Command: Implications for India
Temjenmeren Ao

5. Analysis of Permanent Court of Arbitration’s Verdict on the South China Sea
Pooja Bhatt

6. What If? Analysis of Military Decisions
Bharat Kumar

7. Operation Cactus: Some Parallels
Ashok K Chordia

7. Cyber Vigilantism, Terrorism and Guerrilla warfare: New Challenges, New Perspectives
Ashish Gupta

8. ISIS and Its Presumed Expansion into Central Asia: Implications for India
Poonam Mann

Editor’s Note

1. Does Higher Defence Organisation in India Require Major Surgery
Vinod Patney

2. China’s Military Reforms
 SL Narsimhan

3. Aerospace Power and Foreign Policy: Global and Indian Scenario
 SC Mukul

4. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in National Air Space
Manmohan Bahadur

5. Indisenisation of UAV s by India and Its Challenges 
R K Narang

6. Joint Helicopter Operations: A Pragmatic Approach
BS Nijjar

7. Back to the Future: An Analysis of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism
Jai Raina

Editor’s Note

1. Pakistan’s Non-Traditional Security Threats
Tilak Devasher

2. Integrated Theatre Commands: Does The Idea Suit India?
Ramesh Rai

3. Integrated Operations: More Than Jointmanship
Ashminder Singh Bahal

4. Combating Hybrid Threats: A Holistic Strategy
Arjun Subramaniam and Naishad Purohit

5. Cyber Astuteness: An Elusive Enabler of Military Dominance
Asheesh Shrivastava

6. Thinking Strategically
Ashish Singh

7. India’s Hydrocarbon Policy: Diversification, Diplomacy and Deals
Sai Deepthi Pavani

8. Evolution of US Policy on Climate Change: From President Obama to President Trump
Ishka Yadav

Editor’s Note

1. China’s Major Military Reforms and Their Implications for India
Jayadeva Ranade

2. South China Sea Dispute: Role of Regional Powers
Sana Hashmi

3. Building the Case for Sea-Based Nuclear Deterrent
Deep Jyoti Burman

4. Balancing Make in India: Aerospace Sector
Rajiv Kumar Narang

5. Cyber Deterrence: Strategic Imperatives and Operational Challenges
Ashish Gupta

6. Criticality Analysis and Protection of National Critical Information Infrastructures (NCIIs)
MK Sharma

7. Leadership Challenges in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Rajesh Isser

8. Indo-Russian Economic Cooperation: The Need for a New Vision
Chandra Rekha

9. Pivoting the Pacific: Two-Level Games and US Military Presence in Japan and the Philippines
Nidhi Prasad

Editor’s Note

1. Energising Indian Aerospace: The Changing Environment
Arup Raha

2. Cruise Missiles: New Concerns in India’s Threat Environment
Manpreet Sethi

3. Enter the PLA Rocket Force: Assessing China’s Missile Capabilities
Ravinder Singh Chhatwal

4. China’s ADIZ: Enforcement in East China Sea and Prospects for South China Sea
Tanmay Sharma

5. On China’s Soft Power
Temjenmeren Ao 

6. Disaster Management: Theory, Planning and Preparedness
Rajesh Isser

7. Technological and Regulatory Challenges in Integration of UAVs in Non-Segregated Air Space
RK Narang

8. Evolution of IAF Helicopters – I: Inception to 1971 Operations
BS Nijjar

9. A Paradox of Shifting Sands: India’s Relationship with the NPT
Jai Raina

Editor’s Note

1. The Unfolding Contours of 21st Century Naval Aviation
Arun Prakash

2. Military Leadership Training: Understanding and Mastering Personal Leadership
SC Mukul

3. Indian Air Power: Ambitions to Secure Aerospace
Manmohan Bahadur

4. ISIS: The New Terror
Dhiraj Kukreja

5. The Rationale for the Indian Nuclear ‘Exceptionalism’
Manisha Chaurasiya

6. Espionage, Intelligence and Exploitation in the Digital Age: Concurrent Manifestations of the Cyber Zeitgeist
Ashish Gupta

7. India’s Membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Opportunities and Challenges
Poonam Mann

8. Evolution of Russia-China Bilateral Relations
Chandra Rekha

Editor’s Note

1. Uri attack, India’s Response: What Next?
Shalini Chawla

2. The South China Sea: Troubled and Turbulent Waters
Pradeep Chauhan

3. Development of Aerospace Industry in China and Brazil
Vivek Kapur

4. Evolution of IAF Helicopters – II Consolidation Post-1971 War
BS Nijjar

5. Nuclear Security Summits: Journey So Far and What Next?
Sitakanta Mishra

6. Changing Contours of US-Iran Nuclear Relations
Hina Pandey

7. Role of the Media in Cultivating Perceptions and Impacting Power Equations: Case Study of US PSYOPS
Kriti Singh

Editor’s Note

1. Changing Nature of War
Shekhar Sinha

2. Indian Air Power: Its Impact In India’s Strategic Neighbourhood
Manmohan Bahadur

3. Genesis and Early Growth of the Indian Aircraft Industry
Vivek Kapur

4. The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism
Arjun Subramanian P

5. India’s Stand on Internet Governance: Oxymoronic or Opportunistic?
Ashish Gupta

6. India and the United States: Reinvigorating the ‘Energy’ Relationship
Stuti Banerjee

7. India-US Nuclear Pact: How Strategic Partnership got entangled in Domestic Politics
Poujenlung Gonmei

8. India’s Policy Options to Change Pakistan’s Behaviour
Ankit Kumar

Editor’s Note

1. Deterrence in Outer Space: The US Way
Manpreet Sethi

2. Cyber Attacks on Satellites: A Paradigm Shift in ASAT Application
P A Patil

3. Cost-Effectiveness and Utilisation of Air Power in Fourth Generation Warfare
Vivek Kapur

4. “Design and Make in India”: Military Aircraft
R K Narang

5. Management of Strategic Research and Development in Defence
Sumati Sidharth and Manoj Kumar

6. The United States and Iran Nuclear Deal
Stuti Banerjee

7. An Assessment of NPT Review Conference, 2015: Expectations, Obligations, Dilemmas and Opportunities
Hina Pandey

8. Extra-Regional Powers in IOR: Imperatives for India
Yogesh V Athawale

9. The Problems with China’s Xinjiang Policy: Linkages between Domestic and External Behaviour
Swati Arun

Editor’s Note

1. Aerospace Power in the Indian Context of Nation Building
K K Nair

2. India’s Aerospace Footprint in the IOR
RA Maslekar

3. Internet of Things: A new Paradigm for Military Operations
Ashish Gupta

4. Covert Cyber Capabilities of the US
Dilipraj E

5. Deconstructing Disaster Management: With Special Reference to Civil-Military Linkages
Nishant Gupta

6. The Senkaku Islands Dispute and Its Implications for the Pacific Island Chains
Amarjit Singh

7. Solar Powered Aviation: A New Revolution?
R K Narang

8. The Emergence of the Asian Defence Industry: Are China and Japan Going to Face a War in the ‘Business of War’
Prerna Gandhi

Editor’s Note

1. “India’s Security Challenges: Role of Aerospace Power”; Inaugural Address by CAS 12th Subroto Mukerjee Seminar
Arup Raha

2. Defence Production and Acquisition Policies: Suggestions for a Paradigm Shift
Dhirendra Singh

3. Indian Military Nuclear Programme: Trajectory and Future Course
Arjun Subramanian P.

4. Role of India, Pakistan, China in Afghanistan Post-US Drawdown
Shalini Chawla

5. Has the US Administration Gone Soft on China, Leading to its Rise?
Temjenmeren Ao

6. Cyber Attacks via Hardware Exploitation: An Insidious and Elusive Menace
Ashish Gupta

7. Development of the Aerospace Industry in US and USSR/Russia
Vivek Kapur

7. Human Systems Approach to a More Effective Application of Air Power
M Misra

Editor’s Note

1.  Conflicts and Aerospace Power in 21st Century
Arup Raha

2. Strategic Imperatives of Military Networks: Towards a Credible Military Cyber Power
M.K. Sharma

3. Deterrence and Dissuasion
Ashish Singh

4. IAF’s Development towards Greater Capability: 2032
Vivek Kapur

5. Transformation of the IAF: Towards Achieving a Greater Role in National Security Dynamics
Nishant Gupta

6. Why is China Exhibiting Belligerent Behavior?
Raj Mongia

7. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Evolution, Contemporary Relevance and Future Trajectory
Pravda P.

8. A Brief Look into formation of Japan’s Defence Policy
Prerna Gandhi

9. Russia’s Policy towards Central Asia in Post-Cold War Era
Chandra Rekha

Editor’s Note

1. Management of National Security: Some Concerns
 N.N. Vohra

2. Defending the Aircraft Carrier
Pradeep Chauhan

3. A National Security Strategy for India
Bhartendu Kumar Singh

4. Air Power: Future Challenges and Emerging Roles
Dhiraj Kukreja

5. Defence Beyond Design: Towards a New Nuclear Paradigm
Sitakanta Mishra

6. The INF Treaty: Its Successes, Failures and the Future
Debalina Ghoshal

7. Terror in the Deep and Dark Web
 E. Dilipraj

7. The Ukraine Imbroglio: Does It Impact India?
Chandra Rekha

7. Deconstructing Al Qaeda’s Terrorist Network in India
Aersh Danish

Editor’s Note

1. Coercion and Air Power
Manmohan Bahadur

2. US and Russian Airbases in Central Asia
Vivek Kapur

3. Cyber-Space: Implications for National Security
A.K. Tiwary

4. Ballistic Missile Defence in Asia
Arjun Subramanian P.

5. United States and Pakistan: Nuclear Security Issues
 Stuti Banerjee

6. Understanding the Crimean Episode
Amarjit Singh

7. The Irony of China-Japan Relations: Why do they ‘Cooperate’ Despite the ‘Conflict’?
Prerna Gandhi

7. Oman’s Strategic Location, Its Foreign Policy and Air Power Capabilities
Indrani Talukdar

Editor’s Note

1. Challenges of Air Power
Arup Raha

2. Counter-Strike: India’s Nuclear Strategy
Manpreet Sethi

3. National Security Scan: Are the Good Days Coming?
P.V. Naik

4. Attack Helicopters: Where Do We Use Them? Who Should Use Them and for What? 
A.G. Bewoor

5. The Simple Light Fighter Aircraft Reincarnated
Vivek Kapur

6. India and the “Indo-Pacific”
Prerna Gandhi

7. Iran’s Role in the Energy Security of the Caspian Basin
Ramu C M

7. Arctic Region: The New Geo-political Theatre of Russia
Chandra Rekha

7. Russia in the Arctic: Challenges and Prospects for Tapping Energy Resources
Trivun Sharma

Editor’s Note

1. Debating India’s Defence Expenditure: Problems and Prospects
Bhartendu Kumar Singh

2. Nuclear Disarmament and Non Proliferation: The Steps to Global Zero
Stuti Banerjee

3. Grand Strategic Approach: A Perspective
Prateek Kapil

4. Dragon’s Information Warfare: Implications for India
Raj Mongia

5. Geostrategic Implications of Environmental Change for Island Nations: A Case Study of Indo-Maldivian Equations
Dhanasree Jayaram

6. Addressing Nuclear Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Yeon Jung Ji

7. Closure of the Strait of Hormuz: Possibilities and Challenges for India
Rhea Abraham

8. Bhutan and China Relations: It’s Impact on India
Indrani Talukdar

9. South China Sea Imbroglio: An Indian Perspective
Sana Hashmi

10. Airship: A Viable Airlift Option
Ashok K Chordia

Index

Editor’s Note

1. Launch of Air Power Journal (in Retrospect)
D.C. Bakshi

2. Pakistan’s Ideological Slide into Jihad: Consequences and Prospects
Shalini Chawla

3. India’s Cyber Warfare Strategy in Next Decade
M.K. Sharma

4. Geo-Political Perspective: Tibet
Raj Mongia

5. Energising Aerospace Industry: A National Security Imperative
Nishant Gupta

6. Navigating the Arctic: Players from Asia
Ji Yeon-jung

7. Nuclear Safety-Security-Safeguards: The Intricate Interface
Sitakanta Mishra

8. Geo-Politics and Strategy Formulation
Prateek Kapil

9. Cyber Warfare and National Security
E. Dilipraj

10. The Afghanistan Refugee Crisis: Implications for Pakistan and Iran
Rhea Abraham

Editor’s Note

1. Is India’s Nuclear Deterrent Credible?
Shyam Saran

2. Air Maintenance 2025: Prospects and Limitations
Manmohan Bahadur

3. PLA Logistics Reforms
J.V. Singh

4. Examining China’s Space Strategy
Manpreet Sethi

5. China’s Readjustment Strategy
Vishal Nigam

6. Opportunities Unbound: Sustaining Multi-Dimensional Indo-Russian Relations
Lungthuiyang Riamei

7. Iran’s Air Power: Is it Powerful enough for the US?
Indrani Talukdar

8. Space: The Indian Odyssey
Rajat Jairath

9. Direction of the Nuclear Dragon
Arjun Subramanian P

Editor’s Note

1. Civil-Military Relations: Opportunities and Challenges
N.N. Vohra

2. National Security and Aerospace Power
Arup Raha

3. Using Nuclear Weapons First: “A Hell of an Alternative”
Manpreet Sethi

4. India’s Ballistic Missile Defence 
Arjun Subramanian P

5. Analysis of PLAAF Potential Against India
Ravinder Chhatwal

6. The Daulat Beg Oldi Crisis: Myths, Mistakes and Lessons in Dealing with China
Bhartendu Kumar Singh

7. Israel’s Concept of Cumulative Deterrence: Will it bring peace to the region?
Manmohan Bahadur

8. The Dynamics of Civil-Military Relations in Israel
Lungthuiyang Riamei

9. Forming India–Vietnam–Japan Trident
Ankit Kumar

10. Myanmar: The New Strategic Pawn in Asia Pacific?
Asha Mary Mathew

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. K. Subrahmanyam and India’s Strategic Culture
Shivshankar Menon

2. The Resurgence of Naxalism: Implications For India’s Security
S. Adhikari

3. New Frontiers of Military Leadership: Environmental Forays
Manoj Kumar

4. India-Iran Relations under the Shadow of India-US Strategic Partnership
Asif Shuja

5. The Need for Strategic Change in Regional Powers’ Policy toward Afghanistan for Political Stability
 K.N. Tennyson

6. Rashtriya Rifles in Kashmir: India’s Counter-Terrorism Force
Debalina Chatterjee

7. Shifting Strategies and Tactics of the US/NATO Forces and the Taliban in the Present Afghan War
Shelly Johny

8. Self-Reliance and Synergy in Aerospace Sector: The Road Ahead
S. N. Misra

9. Air Dominance over the Oceans
Jasjit Singh

INDEX

Editor’s Note

1. India-China Relations: Problems and Prospects
Kanwal Sibal

2. Quality Fundamentals in Support of Air Power
P.V. Athawale

3. Social Acceptance of Nuclear Power in India
Sitakanta Mishra

4. Nuclear Aspiration as a Hedging Strategy: The Case of Iran
Yeon Jung Ji

5. China’s Tibet Policy: Implications for India
 Sana Hashmi

6. PLA: Military Operations other than War (MOOTW)
J.V. Singh

7. The Umbrella Politics
Debalina Chatterjee

Editor’s Note

1. India’s National Security: Challenges and Issues
Shivshankar Menon

2. Robotic Air Logistics: A Transformational Capability in Warfare
Manmohan Bahadur

3. Revolution in Military Affairs
Raj Kumar Upadhyaya

4. Geo-Political Changes Driving China’s Aviation Industry
Vishal Nigam

5. Decoding Cyber Terrorism: Towards a Culture of International Co-Operation
M.K. Sharma

6. Siting of Indian Nuclear Plants: The Modus Operandi
Sitakanta Mishra

7. China’s Naval Strategy: Strategic Evolution and Emerging Concepts of Warfare
Shikha Aggarwal

8. India-Iran Relations: Challenges Ahead
K.N. Tennyson

9. The Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty: A Debate in Perpetuity
Hina Pandey

Editor’s Note

1. China in the Twenty-First Century: What India Needs to Know About China’s World View?
Shyam Saran

2. A Defining Moment of the Debate: Manned Versus Unmanned Platforms of Airpower
Manoj Kumar

3. Positioning of Israel with Its Neighbours and its Missile Defence System
Indrani Talukdar

4. Reforms in PLA Training
J.V. Singh

5. China’s Military Space Programme
K.K. Nair

6. The Politics and Strategy of Environmentalism
Dhanasree Jayaram

7. Chinese Acupuncture in an IAF-PAF face-off
Vikram Munshi

8. Nuclear Waste: India’s Gordian Knot?
Sitakanta Mishra

Editor’s Note

Contents

1. The Iranian Nuclear Issue: India’s Response
Asif Shuja

2. Interpreting China’s Grand Strategy
J. V. Singh

3. Chinese Space Programme: Influence of Chinese Strategic Culture on its Development 
Manu Midha

4. Defeating Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy
Manpreet Sethi

5. China’s Aircraft Carrier Ambitions
Nan Li and Christopher Weuve

6. Security Structures in the Gulf: Past and Present 
M. R. Khan

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Some Aspects of our Wars in Future
Jasjit Singh

2. Air Power in Stability and Anti-Terrorist Operations
Arjun Subramaniam

3. Air Power as an Instrument of Coercive Diplomacy
M. Bahadur

4. The Barriers to Military Transformation
Rajiv Puri

5. China’s Civil Aviation Industry
Vishal Nigam

6. Information Warfare: Elements and Forms
Rakesh Arora

7. The Changing Patterns of Global Climate Change Architecture 
Dhanasree Jayaram

8. West Asia: Ongoing Conflicts and India
Sharad Srivastava

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Impact of Offset Policy on India’s Defence Industrial Capability and Policy Issues
S.N. Misra

2. ATOMS FOR PEACE: Balancing the Promotion of Nuclear Energy and Non proliferation
 Hina Pandey

3. Chinese Defence Forces: Modernisation after 1980
 J. V. Singh

4. Contours of India’s Nuclear Safety
Sitakanta Mishra

5. Domestic Politics Surrounding the Iranian Nuclear Programme
Asif Shuja

6. Nuclear Weapons Proliferation in Asia: The Twenty-First Century Pattern
Yeon Jung Ji

7. Understanding China’s Military Strategy: A Study of the PLAAF
Shikha Aggarwal

Index

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. How to Minimise the Proliferation Impact of Nuclear Deterrence
Sverre Lodgaard

2. Patterns of Insurgency: Strategies and Doctrines
A. V. Chandrasekaran

3. Effect of Weather and Terrain on Airlift Operations
 A. K. Chordia

4. Training Future Environment Leaders
Manoj Kumar

5. Political Islam, Democracy and Arab Spring
M. R. Khan

6. Nuclear Doctrine and Deterrence: A Chinese Perspective
S. Rajasimman

7. The Rise of China and South Korea’s Strategic Flexibility
Yeon Jung Ji

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Air Power in Sub-Conventional Wars in the South Asian Region
Rajiv Ghose

2. Towards‘ Intelligent’ Cruise Missiles: Contours of Innovation
Sitakanta Mishra

3. Cyber Space Vulnerabilities and Challenges: Threats to National Security Dynamics
M.K. Sharma

4. NCW: The Double-Edged Sword
Sanjay Poduval

5. Combat Support Operations in the Indian Air Force: A Historical Appraisal
A.B.S. Chaudhry

6. Climate Change and National Security: Contrarian or Interrelated?
Manoj Kumar

7. India-Afghanistan Relations during  the Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan
K.N. Tennyson 

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Force Modernisation Challenges
P.K. Mehra

2. Indigenisation of Air-Launched Weapons
S. Bhanoji Rao

3. PLAAF in Transition 1979-93
Vishal Nigam

4. China’s Electronic and Cyber Warfare Capabilities
Sanjay Poduval

5. Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free World: Indian Perspectives
Swaran Singh

6. National Security Mechanism and the HDO
R. Venkataraman

7. Technology: A Historical Perspective
A.K. Singh

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. On Air Power
K.K. Jumbo Majumdar

2. Air Dominance and the Future of Air Power
Jasjit Singh

3. Integration of MoD and Defence Planning
R. Venkataraman

4. Asia in the Debate on American Grand Strategy
Michael J. Green

5. Defence Cooperation: A Case Study of India and Singapore
Pankaj Jha and Rahul Mishra

6. Afghanistan and the American Strategic Perspective
Sanjeev Bhadauria

7. Challenge for the Indian Military: Managing Ozone Depleting Substances
Manoj Kumar

8. Geo-politics of the Gulf 1971-1991
M.R. Khan

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. China’s Defence Industry:  Organisational Reforms
Wing Commander Vishal Nigam

2. Defining Strategic Culture
Wing Commander Arjun Sen

3. Likely Demands on Future Leaders
Lieutenant Colonel R. Ghose

4. Deception in Strategic Thinking: A Diagnosis
Shri S. Rajasimman

5. India’s Civil Nuclear Network:  A Reality Check
Shri Sitakanta Mishra

6. Pakistan’s Nuclear Delivery Systems
Ms Shalini Chawla

7. China’s Military Strategy: Perspectives from the White Papers on National Defence
Ms Shikha Aggarwal

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. National Defence and Aerospace Power
Fali H. Major

2. Building Air Dominance
T M Asthana

3. Future Shape, size and Role and Shape of Indian Air Force
PK Mehra

4. Analysis and assessment of Military Operational Requirement of AWACS in IAF
A B S Chaudhry

5. China’s Space Power
Srikanth Kondapalli

6. Missile Defence: Concepts and Technologies
Anand Sharma

7. The Evolution of the Cruise Missile Discourse: A Conceptual Construct
Sitakanta Mishra

8. Transformation in Military Logistic
JV Singh

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. North Korea’s Nuclear Tests
Jayadeva Ranade

2. Six Decades of Peacekeeping
E.R. Rajappan

3. Lowering the High Ground for  Effect-Based Operations
Kaza Lalitendra

4. AWACS and Aerostats: Roles and Missions
A.B.S. Chaudhry

5. The Evolution of Cruise Missile Technology
Sitakanta Mishra

6. Review of the Defence Budget
Amiya Kumar Ghosh

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Employment of Aerospace Power:  Regional Imperatives for Change
Fali Homi Major

2. India’s Tibet Problem
 Prem Shankar Jha

3. China’s Air Force in the Coming Decades: Trends and Implications
R. Ghose

4. Force Modernisation: Principles and Practice
Sujeet Sammadar

5. History and Evolution of Network-Centric Warfare
 Sanjay Poduval

6. Focussed and Dynamic Response Logistics
J.V. Singh

7. Air Dominance: Concept and Practice
Vinod Patney

8. Air Dominance in 4th Generation  and Irregular Warfare
Arjun Subramaniam

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Implications of China’s Navy Modernisation
Jayadeva Ranadev

2.  The Chinese Concept of Comprehensive National Power:  An Overview
P. K. Ghosh

3. Integrated Perspective Planning
A. V. Vaidya

4. Counter-Terrorism
Rajiv Ghose

5. CTBT Exhumed: Need India Worry?
Manpreet Sethi

6. Military-Media Relations: Can The Media be a Force Multiplier?
P. K. Mallick

7. The Most Dangerous Nation
Amarjit Singh

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. National Governance and Internal Security
N.N. Vohra

2. Joint Capability Requirements of India’s Armed Forces: 2008-2033
 Kapil Kak

3. Military Manpower: Managing Quality and Costs
Verghese Koithara

4. Defence Finance
A.V. Vaidya

5. Towards Continuous Military Education in the IAF: A Need for Yesterday
M. Misra

6. Space Security: Some Issues of Militarisation and Weaponisation
Kaza Lalitendra

7. Interface between Conventional and Nuclear Deterrence: A case for the Indian Subcontinent
G.D. Bakshi

8. False Gospel for Air Power Strategy? A Fresh Look at Giulio Douhet’s “Command of the Air”
Michael D. Pixley

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Aerial Warfare: The Indian Way
V.K. Verma

2.  Use of Air Power in Sri Lanka: Operation Pawan and Beyond
Arjun Subramaniam

3. Army Aviation in India
Rajiv Ghose

4. Dragon in Space: Implications for India
 Kaza Lalitendra

5. Nuclear Deterrence and Conventional War: A Test of India’s Nuclear Strategy
Manpreet Sethi

6. Defence Procurement Challenges and New Paradigm Shift
 J.V. Singh

7. Leveraging Offsets in Arms Trade: Options for India
V.N. Srinivas

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Indian Air Force in the Decades Ahead
F.H. Major

2.  Force Structuring and Doctrines of the IAF
Bhashyam Kasturi

3. Strategic Role of Air Power
Sanjeev Bedi

4. Electronic Warfare in the 21st Century
Sanjay Poduval

5. Modernisation of the Pakistan Air Force
Shalini Chawla

6. Inside the Labyrinth: NATO’s Mission in Afghanistan and Continuing Relevance of Pakistan
 Shelly Johny

7. Survivability of the Arsenal: The Essence of Successful Nuclear Deterrence
Manpreet Sethi

8. Planning for Legitimacy: A Joint Operational Approach to Public Affairs
Tadd Sholtis

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. The Rocky Road to Full Jointness
Benjamin S. Lambeth

2.  Indian Air Force: Building Indigenous Research Capability
T.M. Asthana

3. Why and How of Air Dominance
 A.V. Vaidya

4. Pakistan’s Navy: New Capabilities, New Roles?
Shalini Chawla

5. Weaponisation of Outer Space and National Security: Faultlines in the Law
 G.S. Sachdeva

6. Ballistic Missile Defence: Strategic Issues and Dilemmas
Anand Sharma

7. Defence Transformation: an Appraisal
P.K. Mallick

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Future of Aerospace in India: Status and Strategy
M.M. Pallam Raju

2.  Aerospace Power and Integrated Operations
N .A.K. Browne

3. Strategic Roles of Air Power Think, Plan, Equip and Train for It
A.S. Bahal

4. Interpreting China’s National Defence Policy
Gurmeet Kanwal

5. Offensive Air Power in the High Mountains
 R.G. Burli

6. AWACS: The Pivot of Aerospace Power
Atul Kumar Singh

7. Pakistan’s Defence Spending: Some Trends
Shalini Chawla

8. The Essence of Coercive Power: A Primer for Military Strategists
 Karl Mueller

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Aerospace Power in a Changing National Security Environment
F.H. Major

2.  Winning the Next War – Jointly
Jasjit Singh

3. Principles of War: Do They Require a Rethink?
A.V. Vaidya

4. Effect-Based Operations
Vinod Patney

5. From Winning to Deterring: China’s Changing Discourse on Defence
Srikanth Kondapalli

6. Pakistan’s Nuclear Doctrine and Strategy
Manpreet Sethi

7. Iranian Political System and the IRGC
Shelly Johny

8. Russia’s Air Defence Strategy
Atul K. Singh

9. The Information-Based RMA and the Principles of War
Leonard G. Litton

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. The Challenges Ahead for India’s Foreign Policy
Shivshankar Menon

2.  Strategic Reach – Strategic Depth and the Question of the IAF’s Strategic Posture
 Jasjit Singh

3. India’s Nuclear Doctrine: The Basis for Credible Deterrence
Manpreet Sethi

4. China’s ASAT Test: Implications and Options
 K.K. Nair

5. Force Multipliers and Transformation of Air Defence
Atul Kumar Singh

6. Military Power and Strategy of Iran
 Shelly Johny

7. US Defence Industry Trends
Ashok Sharma

8. The Impact of New Technologies in the Military Arena: Information Warfare
Paulo Fernando Viegas Nunes

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Financing Force Modernisation
Vinod K. Misra

2.  Airspace Management: A Synergised Approach
Atul Kumar Singh

3. Roles and Missions of the Indian Air Force – 2032 AD
Vinod Patney

4. Change and Continuity in Warfare: An Indian Experience
P.K. Mallick

5. Disinformation and National Defence
V.K. Verma

6. Network-Centric Warfare and Its Strategic Implications
M. Matheswaran

7. Leveraging Outer Space for National Security
 Ranjana Kaul

8. Pakistan’s Nuclear Posture: Implications of Indo-US Cooperation
Peter R. Lavoy

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Joint Operations in Modern Warfare
M. Sabharwal

2.  Brahmastra of Future Wars “The Brahmos”
R.S. Nagra

3. International Defence and Military Cooperation
A. Muthanna

4. Trends in Defence Expenditure: India, China and Pakistan
V.N. Srinivas

5. Military Modernisation in China: Some Implications for India
T.D. Joseph

6. Pakistan’s Conventional Arms Acquisitions: Priorities and Prospects
 Shalini Chawla

7. Indian Civil Aviation: A Revolution in the Making
R. Chidambaram

8. In Search of High Ground the Air Power Trinity and the Decisive Potential of Air Power
David K. Edmonds

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Indo-US Strategic Relations: The Nuclear Dimension
Manpreet Sethi

2.  India-China Relations: An Overview
Kapil Kak

3. China’s War Concepts
Gurmeet Kanwal

4. RMA with Chinese Characteristics
Vinod Anand

5. Doctrine, Strategy and Nuclear Weapons
Raiesh Raiagopalan

6. Military Aerospace Supply Chain
Samir Chabra

7. Indian Defence Procurement Policy
 V.N. Srinivas

8. The Epistemology of War Gaming
Robert C. Rubel

Contents

Editor’s Note

1. Management of our Defence: Role of the COSC
Jasjit Singh

2.  Budgetary Reform for Sustained Modernisation
Amiya Kumar Ghosh

3. Indian Defence Industry: Insulation Gradually Melting
A. Vinod Kumar

4. Satellite Reconnaissance, ISR and Counter-Measures
A.S. Bahal

5. UAVS: Capabilities and Trends a Case Study of the USA, Europe and Israel
Rajiv Goyal

6. Beyond Utility Targeting: Toward Axiological Air Operations
Wijninga

7. Ethics and Values in Military Leadership
Arjun Subramaniam

Contents

Editor’s Note

Air Power Essay Competition 2006

1. A Vision of India’s Maritime Power in the 21st Century
Arun Prakash

2.  Strategic Role of Air Power: How We Need to Think, Train and Fight in the Coming Years
Arjun Subramaniam

3. Interpreting the Lebanon War of 2006
Jasjit Singh

4. Leveraging Space Capabilities for India’s Defence
D.C. Kumaria

5. Defence Manpower in India: Some Salient Issues
Gurmeet Kanwal

6. Nuclear Security: Critical for Future Nuclear Expansion
Manpreet Sethi

7. Logistics Management Practices
Rahul K. Bhonsle

8. Has It Worked? The Goldwater Nichols Reorganisation Act
James R. Locher III