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National Security

Published on Mar 12, 2020

This series of papers examines critical issues related to India’s defence policy challenges. It focuses on the Indian armed forces’ structures, postures, and processes, and presents policy recommendations to improve India’s military preparedness across domains. The series includes papers at the intersection of Indian foreign and defence policies.

Publications

From Kargil to Balakot: The continuing challenges to India’s modern air power
Indian Foreign Policy | Internal Security | Indian Defence May 22, 2023

From Kargil to Balakot: The continuing challenges to India’s modern air power

Most leading air forces around the world were quick to learn from the experiences of the US Air Force between the Vietnam War in the 1960s and the Gulf War ...
Angad Singh
Ideological shift, public support and social media: The ‘New’ in Kashmir’s ‘New Militancy’
Indian Foreign Policy | Internal Security | Indian Defence Jan 10, 2020

Ideological shift, public support and social media: The ‘New’ in Kashmir’s ‘New Militancy’

The new militant movement in Kashmir, which began with Burhan Wani in the southern areas, has escalated the conflict in the Valley. While militancy is not new in Kashmir, the ...
Khalid Shah
Soft Kill’ or ‘Hard Kill’? The requirements for India’s space and counter-space capabilities
Space | Indian Defence Nov 15, 2019

Soft Kill’ or ‘Hard Kill’? The requirements for India’s space and counter-space capabilities

Despite testing and confirming the acquisition of Kinetic Energy Weapons (KEW)—an integral part of strategic defence systems that are an alternative to nuclear warheads—India remains in need of a more ...
Kartik Bommakanti
The Islamic State in India’s Kerala: A primer
Terrorism | Internal Security Oct 15, 2019

The Islamic State in India’s Kerala: A primer

With a Muslim population of over 200 million, the third largest in the world next only to Indonesia and Pakistan, India was thought of by analysts to be fertile ground ...
Kabir Taneja | Mohammed Sinan Siyech
Maritime terrorism in Asia: An assessment
Neighbourhood | Defence and Security | Terrorism | Maritime Security Oct 14, 2019

Maritime terrorism in Asia: An assessment

This paper evaluates the possibility of an increase in maritime terrorist violence in Asia, based on a recounting and analysis of some of the most recent past incidents in these ...
Abhijitha Singh
Conventional submarines move to centrestage
Maritime Governance Architecture Sep 03, 2019

Conventional submarines move to centrestage

This brief traces the history of the development and deployment of conventional submarines. It analyses their shortcomings and examines how these have been progressively addressed over the years, particularly in ...
Monty Khanna
Electronic and cyber warfare: A comparative analysis of the PLA and the Indian Army
Cyber Security Jul 17, 2019

Electronic and cyber warfare: A comparative analysis of the PLA and the Indian Army

Cyber Warfare (CW) and Electronic Warfare (EW) are crucial to combat in modern warfare. Both are products of Signals Intelligence and constitute one part of Information Warfare (IW) and what ...
Kartik Bommakanti
Half a century of India’s Maoist insurgency: An appraisal of state response
Domestic Politics and Governance | Internal Security Jun 13, 2019

Half a century of India’s Maoist insurgency: An appraisal of state response

In 2006, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh named  Maoist insurgency as “the single biggest internal-security challenge”[i] the country has ever faced. He would repeat the same warning in the succeeding four ...
Niranjan Sahoo
The Indian Air Force, Sub-Conventional operations and Balakot: A practitioner’s perspective
Internal Security | Indian Defence May 13, 2019

The Indian Air Force, Sub-Conventional operations and Balakot: A practitioner’s perspective

India’s employment of offensive air power in sub-conventional operations has evolved rather slowly for several reasons, primary of which is the quest for restraint in the application of force against ...
Arjun Subramaniam