Strategy and Defence Review

Blending professional insight with strategic scholarship, this book examines India’s defence and security landscape in transition. From doctrinal shifts to the dynamics of hybrid warfare, it offers a lucid, research-driven perspective on the nation’s strategic choices and military preparedness in an uncertain global order.

In this Inaugural Edition:-

Theaterisation : To Be or Not to Be —Lt Gen DP Pandey (R)

Control of Air Littoral: Surface Forces Need to Look at Verticality —Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh (R)

Quantum Randomisation: A Politico-Military Doctrine for India —Col PK “Royal” Mehrishi (R)

India’s Future Tank: Need For a Parallel Approach —Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R)

Fortress India: Reclaiming the Idea of a Secure, Sustainable Nation —Shiv Kunal Verma

Nepal’s Gen-Z Revolt? US Influence, India’s Stakes, and a Regime in Flux —Aadi Achint

The 1962 Sino–Indian Conflict: How the US Sculpted the Sino–India Rift —Col Ajay K Raina (R)

The US-China Tango: Rise of G3 and Trouble for Taiwan —Lt Col JS Sodhi (R)

How Will India’s Rudra Brigade Shape the Future Battlefield? —Maj Gen Rajan Kochhar (R)

Evolving Global Conflict Terrain: From Territory, Trade, Terror to Technology —Lt Gen DP Pandey (R)

The Terrorism Paradox: Why the World Will Not Punish Pakistan —Brig (Dr) VS Dheman (R)

Timing Is Everything: Turning Geopolitical Pressures into Strategic Leverage Is Bharat's Strength —Maj Sunil Shetty (R)

War Without Borders: The Expanding Domains of Conflict —Maj Gen VS Ranade (R)

What is Keeping World War III at Bay: Nuclear Deterrence, Regional Conflicts or Economic Inter-Dependence? —Brig RA Singh (R)

Operation Sindoor—A perspective from both the Players —Air Marshal Raghu Rajan (R)

Odd Today, Pragmatic in the Long Run —Col Ajay K Raina (R)

Bharat Geopolitics in Iran and Countering the Dragon —Lt Col (Dr) Arnav Mukherji