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India and China had a glorious history of cultural and material exchanges, which developed into friendship and subsequently into camaraderie during first half of the twentieth century when both India...

India-Nepal relationship is wrought by the centuries old social-cultural, historical and geographic connections. India has over the years, consistently responded with a sense of urgency to the needs...

This book explores the multifaceted aspects of India's energy security concerns. It sheds light on India's energy insecurity and explores its various dimensions, its nature and extent. It examines...

Employment till now of our nascent Special Forces have been analyzed including whether our Special Forces have actually been employed or used as Special Forces or primarily used in counter insurgency...

In spite of the UN Convention, riparian nations pitch their respective claims and counterclaims based on their interest and interpretation. Water as an instrument and tool of bargain and trade-off...

Political democracy in India has not been followed by economic democracy. This is not to deny the frowth that India has registered over the last 63 years, especially over the last two decades, India...

This book has attempted to document the prominent indigenous games played by the Khasis and Jaintias tribes of Meghalaya, (India) in consultation with custodians and participants of this unique...

Today India and the U.S share a convergance of interests on many fronts. This has been mainly due to the rapid pace of changes in the Indo-Pacific region and the consequent shift in geo-political and...

The book "Integrated Force Projection by India" attempts to highlight the fact that a mere congregation of soldiers, sailors and airmen do not make a Regional Power. It emphasizes, without wandering...

Technology has empowered antagonism with the ability to form nearly enough factions to erode the power of the state. It has enabled the theft of secrets and the proliferation of dangerous knowledge...

Papers presented at the International Seminar on Internal Conflict in Nepal: Transnational Consequences, held on 4-5 June 2010, at Varanasi, organized in collaboration with Malaviya Centre for Peace...

"Published for Centre for Security Analysis, Chennai, India."Author: V. R. RaghavanPublisher: Vij BooksPublication Date: 40544Number of Pages: 276 pagesBinding: Political ScienceISBN-10:...

In a new approach to conflict management and subsequent resolution, instead of focusing on the causes of the conflicts alone, Centre for Security Analysis (CSA) explored the consequences of the...

This book gives an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of international humanitarian law or the laws of war. The author has traced the history of the laws of war and examined their relations with...

The author's earlier book, IP For EVERYONE: Ethics, Filing, Reflections, From An Indian Perspective, discussed core concepts of Intellectual Property Rights (Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Designs,...

Both Iran and Pakistan represent two distinct patterns of political systems and navigating their relationship is a very difficult task indeed. However, new developments between them in recent years...

Contributed articles presented in the conference, organised by Centre for Security Analysis and Dept. of Strategic and Regional Studies, University of Jammu, held during Sept. 2010, at University of...

This book provides an insight into lethal autonomous weapon systems and debates whether it would be morally correct to give machines the power to decide who lives and who dies on the battlefield...

A woman both in the eye of law and the society is not merely a person either in the gender or the existence. She has an inherent personality since birth called 'womanhood'. Unfortunately, a woman, in...

A woman both in the eye of law and the society is not merely a person either in the gender or the existence. She has an inherent personality since birth called 'womanhood'. Unfortunately, a woman, in...

The book throws light on some historical facts and spiritual matters. It also gives the glimpses of less known facets of modern military leaders like General Douglas - as well as his father, Gen...

Even the ideological enemies of Adolf Hitler will admit that he was a highly gifted and prolific speaker. The book is a compilation of some of the most memorable speeches that he gave.Author: P. K...

This is the little known story of a daring escape, by three young officers of Indian Army (IA), from a Japanese World War II Prisoner of War (POW) Camp, and their torturous trek to India and freedom...

The Maoists have taken up arms. Their focus is on tribals and lower caste people for support. Stress is on militarisation with hierarchy and building of 'People's Guerrilla Army' capable of...

The maritime domain plays a crucial role in the globalized economy, and for a country like India with an extensive coastline and a significant Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), maritime security and...

Papers presented at the ICSSR National Seminar on Maritime Security of India: the Coastal Security Challenges and Policy Options, organised by Postgraduate and Research Department of Political...

This book focuses on the relevance of space as a new domain towards enhancing war fighting capabilities. The book delves at length about the Chinese Space Programme and their military exploits. The...

War is generally characterised by extreme violence and destruction. The ongoing Russian-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts have demonstrated that war leads to suffering for both, whether the...