The stereotypical image of Kautilya and his Arthashastra needs a conscious and proactive deconstruction and problematisation in the popular domain. To image the real Kautilya and his Arthashastra, one ...

Basic services such as electricity, transportation, mobile communication and banking are the core infrastructures on which modern societies and economies rest. The seamless functioning of these ...

In Central Asia, China and Russia are emphasizing upon raising levels of cooperation between themselves for mutual benefit over other competing players. In effect, they have split responsibilities in ...

Hypersonic weapons are weapons that move at speeds of Mach 5 or more. Presently, hypersonic weapon technology is a work in progress and these weapons are yet to become fully operational for military ...

Human Resource Management (HRM) in the Armed Forces is a vital issue because its strength has always been the soldier. This monograph analyses the challenges of HRM in the Armed Forces with specific ...

Director General, MP-IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy interacted with a 40-member delegation of the 81st edition of KIP by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, on 16 January 2025. The Talk was ...

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy became the member of Prime Ministers Museum & Library (PMML).

The discipline of defence diplomacy picked up salience as an important component of foreign policy with most major militaries by the end of the Cold War. Particularly, in the last three decades, it ...

This monograph is an attempt to examine American and Indian counterinsurgency experiences through the lens of historical context, organizational culture, and military capability. American and Indian ...

South Asia, home to nearly 1.9 billion people, remains one of the least integrated regions globally, despite its enormous economic potential and shared cultural ties. In an era where regional ...

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col DPK Pillay spoke to IANS on the 9th Armed Forces Veterans Day on 14 January 2025, and discussed diverse issues including the Uri attacks, China’s aggression ...

Mohanasakthivel J is a Research Analyst with the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. His area of research includes Foreign Policy Analysis, International ...