This issue focuses on defence procurement, quality assurance in army procurements, changing concepts in maritime security, international law, and nuclear weapons and their influence on conflict situations. It also includes assessments of the Maoist threat in India as well as of the Chinese intrusion into Ladakh in April 2013.

From the Managing Editor

Perspective

• The Maoist Threat
  -- Deepak Kapoor

Focus

• Reinventing Defence Procurement in India: Lessons from Other Countries and An Integrative Framework
  -- Vandana Kumar
• Effectiveness of Quality Assurance in Army Procurements
  -- Mahendra Prasad
• From Protection of Shipping to Protection of Citizens and National Economies: Current Changes in Maritime Security
  -- Stefan Lundqvist
• Restraining Kargil: Nuclear Caution in the Shadow of Kashmir
  -- Brent Thomas Gerchicoff
• The Arrest of Argentine Warship ‘ARA Libertad’: Revisiting International Law Governing Warships, Sovereign Immunity, and Naval Diplomatic Roles
  -- B.M. Dimri

Commentary

• Chinese Intrusion into Ladakh: An Analysis
  -- Mandip Singh
• India’s Geostrategy and China: Mackinder versus Mahan?
  -- Zorawar Daulet Singh
• Political Abstention in War and the Influence of Nuclear Weapons: A New Research Puzzle
  -- Yogesh Joshi
• Effective Underwater Weapon Systems and the Indian Ocean Region
  -- Arnab Das

Book Reviews

• Aspects of Leadership: Ethics, Law and Spirituality by Carroll Connelley and Paolo Tripodi
  -- Vivek Chadha
• Learning by Doing: The PLA Trains at Home and Abroad by Roy Kamphausen, David Lai and Travis Tanner
  -- Prashant Kumar Singh
• Confronting the State: ULFA’s Quest for Sovereignty by Nani Gopal Mahanta
  -- Gulbin Sultana
• The Soldier and the State in India by Ayesha Ray
  -- P.K. Chakravorty