IN THIS VOLUME: Doklam: India at an Inflection Point in its Quest for Regional/Global Power Status - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) Directed Energy Weapons: Game Changer Or A Damp Squib? - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Advances in Technology: Battlefield Helicopters - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Space: The Force Multiplier For Air Power - Air Marshal Anil Chopra MiG-35, F-16, Gripen or Better Choice? - Sumit Walia Look Long, Look Deep: China’s Airborne Warning and Control Systems - Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Chhatwal Our Armed Forces: Do We Take Them Seriously? - Sanjiv Khanna China’s ‘Contentious’ Path To War? - Anant Mishra Balancing Politics and Power: Prognosis of China’s Military Build-up - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Embrace the Future of Kashmir - Lt Gen Subrata Saha Resurgence of Ulfa (I) in Assam: Implications for Internal Security - Indrajit Sharma & Dr N Mohandas Singh Naval Combat Systems: Evolution and Future Perspectives - Cmde Arun Kumar Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi Deepening India-Israel Ties: Changing Landscape of the Indian Defence Sector - Ketan Salhotra Indo-Israel Relations: Make with India - Tamir Eshel Strategic Partnership with Private Players: An Overview - Danvir Singh Pax Britannica Whittled Down to an Island Kingdom: (Intrigues that Built an Empire: Intrigued by Wheels of History) - Lt Gen PG Kamath North Korea - A Delinquent State? - Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja The Offset Policy - A Decade in Retrospect - Dr SN Misra Pakistan for Balochistan, not Balochis - RSN Singh Army’s Battlefield Support System: Fielding Initially Planned by 2017 could take Another Decade - Lt Gen Prakash Katoch China has done India a Favor - Dr Amarjit Singh Shekatkar Committee Report: Genuine ‘Reforms’ or Cosmetic ‘Re-grouping’? - Gp Capt TP Srivastava Who made North Korea a nuclear power? Dr A.Q. Khan? - Sumit Walia

India has the world’s fourth largest military and one of the biggest defence budgets. It asserts its political and military profile in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region. The nation has been in the midst of an ambitious plan to modernize its largely Soviet-era arms since the late 1990s and has spent billions of dollars on latest high-tech military technology. This handbook: canvasses over 60 years of Indian defence policy and the major debates that have shaped it; discusses several key themes such as the origins of the modern armed forces in India; military doctrine and policy; internal and external challenges; and nuclearization and its consequences; includes contributions by well-known scholars, experts in the field and policymakers; and provides an annotated bibliography for further research. Presented in an accessible format, this lucidly written handbook will be an indispensable resource for scholars and researchers of security and defence studies, international relations and political science, as well as for government think tanks and policymakers.

IN THIS VOLUME: World Sans a Global Policeman: Turmoil as Us Exits - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT : India’s Defence Forces: A 5 Years Review - Danvir Singh Modernisation of the Indian Air Force - Air Marshal Anil Chopra UAVs & UCAVs: The Next Generation Threat - Lt Col Mukund Bhardwaj Deconstructing the Rafale Ambiguity - Sumit Walia Tibet Infrastructure: New Panacea for the Middle Kingdom? - Claude Arpi Xi Jinping’s World-Class Military: Not Only Fights, But also Wins Wars - Dr Amrita Jash From Teaching to Learning a Lesson: China’s Nightmare in Pakistan - Dr Sundaram Rajasimman Unmanned Platforms in the IAF: The Need to Bolster - Gp Capt AK Sachdev ‘Make in India’ and the Indian Aerospace Industry: Quo Vadis? - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Indo-US Military Ties in the Regime of Air Power - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Is China Preparing for a conflict with India? - Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Chhatwal Did India ever formulate a Kashmir Policy? - RSN Singh Afghanistan: Thinking in Terms of Hindu Kush - Dr Sundaram Rajasimman Defence Forces and National Budget - Lt Gen Harwant Singh Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi

IN THIS VOLUME:- • India Under a Hybrid Attack? – Lt Gen JS Bajwa • Artificial Intelligence in Military Aviation – Air Marshal Anil Chopra • FDI in Defence Manufacturing-26-49-100 percent – Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja • Equipment Sustainability: Key to Army’s Operational Readiness – Lt Gen NB Singh • The F-21 will Truly be a Game-Changer for the Indian Air Force, Indian Industry and India-US Strategic Ties – William L. Blair • Indo-US Defence “Make in India” Aviation Initiative – Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Indo-Israel Defence: Cooperation and Future Prospects – Gp Capt AK Sachdev • IAF’S Unmanned Capability: Prospects for Indigenisation – Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Smoke! Smoke on the Horizon: CNS Shandong (山东) – Dr Sundaram Rajasimman • Defence for the $5 Trillion Indian Economy – Navneet Bhushan • Approaches to Carrier Warfare: A Comparative Perspective – Dr Sundaram Rajasimman • De-radicalization: Chief of Defence Staff Hit the Bull’s Eye – RSN Singh • Strengthening India’s Ability: To Prevent Future Wars – Col JK Achuthan • Is China-Myanmar Economic Corridor turning out to be another CPEC for India? – Maj Gen SB Asthana • Countering UAS/UAV: Recent Developments – Lt Col Nikhil Kapoor • London Bridge to Kashmir and Beyond: What Makes Jammu & Kashmir So Important? – Philip B Haney & JM Phelps • Aerospace and Defence News – Priya Tyagi • Defence Expo 2020: The Ultimate Display of Military Technology – Danivr Singh

IN THIS VOLUME: • An Era of Wars, No Wars Nether Peace!! - Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW INTERVIEW - by Lt Gen JS Bajwa • Interview of COAS General Manoj Pande ----------------------------------------------- • Indian Lighthouse Guides the World to Raisina - Ramananda Sengupta • IAF Celebrates its 90th Air Force Day at Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh - Arun Khanna • Rotary Wing Platforms: India’s Great Indigenisation Story - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Countering Stealth Technology in Military Aviation - Brig Arvind Dhananjayan • The Road to Zorawar - Lt Gen NB Singh • IAF’s Squadron Strength: Crystal Gazing at the Next Two Decades - Gp Capt AK Sachdev • The Ukraine Conflict: A Blueprint for Future Wars - Lt Gen Harinder Singh • The IAF’s Weapons Systems Branch: A Prognosis - Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Pakistan’s Internal Situation: Its Impact on its Military Readiness - Danvir Singh • The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and the Decline of US Leadership - Dr Sundaram Rajasimman • Ethico-Legal issues of Transnational Drone Strikes against Terror Groups and Misuse of Drones for Terrorism - Col Guru Saday Batabyal • Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi • Islamic State in Khorasan province’s Central Asia Outreach: Its Potential Fallout on China - Dr V Balasubramaniyan • India Responds to Turkey in Trouble: Proactive Diplomacy at its Best - Neeraj Mahajan