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Selected Articles from IDR

The following are some of the selected articles from various print editions of Indian Defence Review. Subscribe Now to the print edition for a complete access to the remaining articles and features.

Democracy and Security

We are constantly led to believe that since elections are held regularly, India is therefore one of the most successful democracies in the world.  The truth unfortunately is different. The number of phases in which election is held in a particular area or a state, and the quantum of Read More »

Indian Energy Security

Setting the Right Priorities

Talking about energy security has become a fashion. Every now and then there is a conference on the subject or someone writes a scholarly article. The flavour of the season could be “equity oil” (buying stakes in oilfields overseas) or it could be “renewables ” such as Solar Read More »

Indian Hypocrisy And Security

For any cogent action against a potential or a festering problem, the rudimentary requirement for decision makers is to be convinced that there is a problem, and then define its import. This simple prerequisite, nevertheless, eludes India’s decision makers. Read More »

Indian Intelligence: The fiddling has to stop…

The evolution of the Indian intelligence community since 1947 has been on the basis of periodic reviews of our enquiries into perceived intelligence failures. After the Sino-Indian war of 1962, a review of the performance of the IB led to the creation of the Directorate-General of Security (DGS). Read More »

India’s Quest For An Indigenous Aircraft Carrier

It was indeed fortuitous for our navy that at the moment of India’s independence, those charged with planning for the nation’s embryonic maritime force included many men of vision. In 1948, within six months of freedom, a ten year naval expansion plan had been prepared, largely by Royal Navy officers serving on secondment, for consideration by the Government of India. Read More »

Interview with Bharat Verma, Editor Indian Defence Review

• ‘We saw the globe (and India) through foreigners’ eyes’
  

IDR Interview: Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Defence Production

  “…it is not correct to state that the progress of participation of  the private sector in defence production has been stalled.”

The process of opening the Indian defence industry to the private sector commenced in 2001. It gathered pace with the constitution of the Kelkar Committee. In the recent past, the Ministry of Defence has introduced many bold and innovative policy initiatives through periodic revision of the defence procurement procedure. Offsets have since been made mandatory for all high value imports. To obtain the Ministry’s views, Bharat Verma interviewed Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit Singh. The interview

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IDR Interview: Lt Gen S S Mehta, Director General, CII

  “…all competencies in the country, both in the public and the private sectors must be optimally harnessed.”

With a membership of close to 7500 manufacturing companies, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has been in the forefront in the promotion of defence-industry partnership. It has strived hard to bring various stake holders in the defence industry on a common platform to exchange views and resolve issues of dissonance. Bharat Verma caught up with CII’s dynamic Director General Lt Gen S S Mehta to elicit his views on various issues of common concern to the Indian defence industry.

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The Fall of the Dragon

Why should developments in the American housing / subprime market in 2007 and currently continuing into 2008 be of any interest to the defense analyst ? Well … probably it’s because what’s happening in subprime today has military implications and have the potential to change the balance of power globally. It is also the reason why a defense journal in New Delhi is carrying this article.

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