Indian Army in the East African Campaign in World War I During the Great War, seven Indian Expeditionary Forces (IEF) from 'A' to 'G' were employed of which IEF 'B' and IEF 'C' are of interest. In the four year period from 1914 to 1918 nearly 50,000 Indian troops passed through East Africa. At any one time in-theatre there were about 15,000 troops. P. K. Gautam | July-September 2015 | Africa Trends
UN-AU Cooperation in Peace and Security: Convergence and Divergence The emergence of the AU as a player in maintenance of peace and security should not mean prioritising regionalism over the true spirit of internationalism that the UN ought to represent. This may need a reform or two on both sides. Saurabh Mishra | July-September 2015 | Africa Trends
China’s New Security Law: Some Preliminary Observations By extending the notion of national security to the domains of space and the earth’s poles, the Chinese government has expressed its determination to undertake every measure to safeguard interests even in areas beyond the national border. Gunjan Singh | July 14, 2015 | IDSA Comments
China’s Preference for Border Peace and Control over Early Resolution Even if China has not stated that it cannot settle the border question with India in the immediate future, its actions certainly hint at its preference for border peace and control over an early resolution. M.S. Prathibha | July 14, 2015 | IDSA Comments
The 1965 Indo-Pak War: Through Today’s Lens This article seeks to analyse the lessons of the 1965 Indo-Pak war that are applicable today. It finds that the current army doctrine, Cold Start, has some similarities to the opening round of the 1965 war. It argues that even the attritionist strategy adopted in 1965 may have more to give today than the manoeuvre war approach of its more famous successor, the 1971 war. In particular, the article appraises Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s firm political control during the war and finds that it was ably reinforced by the prime ministers who were at the helm in India’s later wars. Ali Ahmed | July 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
Operation Gibraltar: An Uprising that Never Was Launched in early-August 1965, Operation Gibraltar was designed to infiltrate several columns of trained and well-armed Mujahids and Razakars, led by Pakistan Army Majors into Jammu and Kashmir. Under the cover of fire provided by the Pakistan Army deployed on the Cease Fire Line (CFL), the columns managed to infiltrate, but failed to create large-scale disturbances and did not receive support from the people. In fact, locals often provided information about the columns to the Indian Army, which led to their being captured or neutralised. P. K. Chakravarty , Gurmeet Kanwal | July 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Euro-Greece-Crisis: What Next? Will Europe sleepwalk into a Grexit and the attendant collapse of Euro and the European Union as it did in World War I about a hundred years ago? The answer depends mainly on Chancellor Merkel. K. P. Fabian | July 09, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Deciphering China’s Submarine Deployments in the Indian Ocean Region Indian Navy must focus fresh attention on the challenge posed by the Pakistan-China maritime nexus in the Western Indian Ocean. Abhijit Singh | July 08, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Talking Heads: Modi in Ufa Modi would find the Eurasian dynamics at odds with his vision of containing China along with the United States. He will have to display pragmatism for building greater convergence with China and Russia. P. Stobdan | July 08, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Modi’s Visit to Central Asia To reconnect with the Eurasian market, India needs to explore the option of a direct land-link through China, i.e., reviving the traditional Ladakh-Xinjiang axis as the natural gateway to Eurasia. P. Stobdan | July 06, 2015 | IDSA Comments
