Debating Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems Technology and the armed forces have a symbiotic relationship. Many technologies which are presently used in day-to-day life, like the Internet or navigation systems (global positioning system [GPS]), actually have a link to, or are derived from, military innovations. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one arena of present generation technology that militaries have been developing mainly for two purposes: first, for juxtaposing it on their existing defence architecture for its performance enhancement; and second, for developing new types of militarily instruments and weapon systems. Ajey Lele | January-March 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
Time to Bolster Global Biological and Chemical Defense Capabilities The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)1 and 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention2 (CWC) serve as the norms against the use of biological and chemical weapons, respectively. However, recent biological and chemical… Continue reading Time to Bolster Global Biological and Chemical Defense Capabilities Daniel M Gerstein | January-June 2019 | CBW Magazine
Agro-Warfare: Attack on Crops and Livestock The outbreak of two dreadful world wars led to the emergence of the need to develop better and sophisticated weapon systems to defeat the enemy. On both sides of the… Continue reading Agro-Warfare: Attack on Crops and Livestock Tanvi Kaur | January-June 2019 | CBW Magazine
Japan’s Strategic Calculations: Constraints and Responses As the East Asian regional order becomes fragmented, how is Prime Minister Shinzo Abe managing Tokyo’s strategic interests within the US-Japan-China relations? Titli Basu | January 17, 2019 | Issue Brief
United States Bio-surveillance Project in South Korea: A conflict between Traditional and Non-Traditional Security The Twenty-first century security environment is highly uncertain. The changing security paradigm has deepened and broadened the concept to a large extent. On the one hand, the traditional notion of… Continue reading United States Bio-surveillance Project in South Korea: A conflict between Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Vasudevan Mani Tripathi | January-June 2019 | CBW Magazine
The Strategy Trap: India and Pakistan Under the Nuclear Shadow Ever since India and Pakistan emerged as declared nuclear weapon states in 1998, national security ideation in both countries has factored in the nuclear dimension in significantly different ways. While Pakistan views its nuclear arsenal as an offensive weapon against what it perceives to be an existential threat from India and a conduit to wage a proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India has a nuanced perspective of nuclear weapons as primarily a credible deterrent and not a weapon of war fighting. Arjun Subramaniam | January-March 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
The New Saudi Initiative of ‘Arab and African Coastal States of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden’ Facing huge political and security challenges in the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia now looks westward to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden coast for a new regional security arrangement. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | January 15, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Deciphering Beijing’s Digital Connection in Africa As the digital infrastructure backed by China becomes increasingly prevalent in the African continent, it is also important for the latter to have enough oversight to ensure that these tools are not misused. Moreover, it would be more beneficial for Africa to allow other players to thrive in the region. Kritika Roy | January-June 2019 | Africa Trends
AMISOM amidst the Dangers of Al-Shabaab It will be difficult to build a set of genuine national security forces when there is no widespread agreement on what constitutes the Somali ‘nation’ and how it should be governed. The future of Somalia thus hangs in balance. Aarushi Vikram | January-June 2019 | Africa Trends
South African President’s visit to India enhances relations South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to India provided an opportunity to honour the contribution of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi and reinvigorate India’s relations with South Africa, a strategic partner and a leading economic power in Africa. Ruchita Beri | January-June 2019 | Africa Trends
