CAPS Issue Brief is an occasional publication from CAPS on recent developments in Global Geo-politics, especially related to India's national security.
ISSUE BRIEF 2020
ISSUE BRIEF 2019
ISSUE BRIEF 2018
Biofuel Day: IAF's Contribution
Wg Cdr Asheesh Srivastava, Research Fellow, CAPS
14 August 2018
Understanding President Trump's JCPOA Decision
Ms Hina Pandey, Associate Fellow, CAPS
30 May 2018
The Yemeni Conundrum
Ms Anu Sharma, Research Associate, CAPS
16 May 2018
Crisis in the Maldives
Gp Capt Ashok K Chordia, Senior Fellow, CAPS
27 Feb 2018
Issue Brief 2016
ISSUE BRIEF 2015
Paris Attacks: A Wake Up Call
Gp Capt Ashok K Chordia, Senior Fellow, CAPS,
27 Nov 2015
Space Security and small Satellites: The Critical Need for International Law to Regulate Issues in Outer Space
Wg Cdr Kiran Krishnan Nair, Research Fellow, CAPS,
27 Oct 2015
Prime Minister Modi’s Central Asia Tour: An Assessment
Sana Hashmi, Associate Fellow, CAPS,
03 Aug 2015
The Fine Art of Delicate Balancing: Observations on President Obama’s India Visit
Hina Pandey, Associate Fellow, CAPS 12 Feb 2015
ISSUE BRIEF 2014
ANALYZING PAKISTAN’S SLIDE INTO EXTREMISM
By Dr. Shalini Chawla, Senior Fellow, CAPS
THE X-37B SPACE PLANE: SPACE MILITARISATION,
WEAPONISATION OR PLAIN EXPERIMENTATION
By Wg Cdr Kiran Krishnan Nair, Research Fellow, CAPS
IRAN'S MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AMIDST THE NUCLEAR DEAL
By Debalina Goshal
Associate Fellow, CAPS
CHINA’S NUCLEAR
UMBRELLA
TO UKRAINE
By Debalina Ghoshal
Associate Fellow, CAPS
INDIA’S CYBER SECURITY 2013: A REVIEW
By E. Dilipraj
Research Associate, CAPS
ISSUE BRIEF 2013
LANDMARK DEAL WITH IRAN
By AMB SHEEL KANT SHARMA
15 Dec 2013
How Do We Deal With Pakistan?
Dr Shalini Chawla
13 August 2013
ALL EYES ON MYANMAR 2015
Lt. Col. Mohinder Pal Singh
26 July 2013
PRESIDENT- ELECT HASSAN ROWHANI AND THE NUCLEAR ISSUE
Ambassador Sheel Kant Sharma
12 July 2013
AIRLIFT DURING DISASTERS : THE UTTARAKHAND EXPERIENCE
Group Captain Ashok K Chordia
11 July 2013
AIR SEA BATTLE AND THE X-47B
Arjun Subramanian P
25 June 2013
INDIA-CHINA STAND-OFF IN DEPSANG : SOME OBSERVATIONS
Sana Hashmi
10 June 2013
PAKISTAN ELECTIONS 2013 : OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES AHEAD
Dr.Shalini Chawla
15 May 2013
STRATEGIC SITUATION : INDIA PAKISTAN
Amb Sheel Kant Sharma
28 February 2013
CHALLENGES OF SECURING PAKISTAN'S
TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Dr.Shalini Chawla
14 February 2013
SEEKING CHANGE IN PAKISTAN : WELCOME MR.QADRI
Dr.Shalini Chawla
28 January 2013
CHINA'S LEADERSHIP CHANGES : SOME IMPLICATIONS
Air Commodore Jasjit Singh
15 January 2013
XI JINPING'S LEADERSHIP STYLE AND CHINA'S LIKELY POLICY DIRECTION
Jayadeva Ranade
11 January 2013
ISSUE BRIEF 2012
INDIA BMD : POINTERS AND FUTURE
Arjun Subramanian P.
28 December 2012
PPP : OPENING OF A NEW AVENUE IN INDIA'S CYBER SECURITY
E. Dilipraj
24 December 2012
MILITARY AND DEMOCRACY IN MYANMAR
Lt. Col. Mohinder Pal Singh
12 December 2012
CHINA : PLA, THE PARTY AND ANALYSIS
Jayadeva Ranade
10 December 2012
CHINA'S NEW MILITARY LEADERSHIP
Jayadeva Ranade
25 November 2012
CHINA'S FRESH OVERTURE TO TIBETANS
Jayadeva Ranade
30 October 2012
CAG APPRAISAL OF AERB : SOME
MISPLACED CONCERNS
Sitakanta Mishra
01 October 2012
PLA DELEGATES TO THE 18TH PARTY CONGRESS : A BRIEF ANALYSIS
Jayadeva Ranade
13 September 2012
SECURITY CHALLENGES FROM NAXALISM
Prof. Shekhar Adhikari
28 August 2012
CHINA ARTICULATES SHARP SUSPICIONS ABOUT US INTENTIONS
Jayadeva Ranade
13 August 2012
CHINA'S NEW CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION AFTER THE 18TH PARTY CONGRESS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
Jayadeva Ranade 26 July 2012
CHINA CROWDING INDIAN INFLUENCE OUT OF
SRILANKA
Jayadeva Ranade
13 July 2012
IRAN 2012 :ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR DIPLOMACY
Sheel Kant Sharma
13 June 2012
TECHNOLOGY : UNDERWRITER FOR CHINA'S SECURITY
Wg Cdr Vishal Nigam
28 May 2012
US-AFGHANISTAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT : ASSURANCES FOR AFGHANISTAN
Dr. Shalini Chawla
15 May 2012
CHINA'S ATTEMPT AT PLAYING BUDDIST POLITICS FAILS AND REVEALS SCHISMS IN PARTY'S UNITED FRONT
Jayadeva Ranade 14 May 2012
LONGER REACH AND ENABLING MORE OPTIONS : AGNI V
Arjun Subramanian.P
30 April 2012
INDIA AND CHINA : THE WAY FORWARD
Jayadeva Ranade
30 March 2012
CHINA : INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH NATIONAL PEOPLES CONGRESS
Jayadeva Ranade 14 March 2012
CHINA : DIFFERENCES IN POLITICAL THOUGHT AND STYLES MANIFESTED IN RUN UP TO 18TH CONGRESS
Jayadeva Ranade
13 January 2012
ISSUE BRIEF 2011
CHINA USES BUDDHISM FOR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Jayadeva Ranade
28 December 2011
RECENT US MOVES IN ASIA-PACIFIC COULD IMPACT CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS
Jayadeva Ranade
28 November 2011
CHINA’S EXPANDING MARITIME AMBITION & GROWING NAVAL POWER
Jayadeva Ranade
29 August 2011
CHINA USES 60th TAR ANNIVERSARY
TO UNDERMINE DALAI LAMA
Jayadeva Ranade
16 August 2011
REASSESSING INDIA'S ROLE
IN AFGHANISTAN
K.N. Tennyson
29 July 2011
CHINA’S YUAN PREPARING TO
CHALLENGE US DOLLAR ?
Jayadeva Ranade
15 April 2011
CHINA : SIGNS OF NERVOUSNESS ?
Jayadeva Ranade
15 March 2011
‘IMPLICATIONS OF THE KARMAPA RIVALRIES’
Jayadeva Ranade
14 February 2011
CHINA-US SUMMIT—WARY CO-EXISTENCE
Jayadeva Ranade
31 January 2011
JAPAN : PRIMING FOR NEW DEFENCE POSTURE
Prakash Pillai
11 January 2011
ISSUE BRIEF 2010
THE FRENCH NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPERIENCE :
DRAWING LESSONS FOR INDIA
Dr. Manpreet Sethi
14 December 2010
HIGH-LEVEL VISITS FROM CHINA :
NEW DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY
Jayadeva Ranade
06 December 2010
CHINA’S INFLUENCE IN INDO-US RELATIONS
Jayadeva Ranade
29 November 2010
CHINA’S RECENT POLICY OF ASSERTIVENESS
Jayadeva Ranade
12 November 2010
CHINA’S NEXT CHAIRMAN—XI JINPING
Jayadeva Ranade
25 October 2010
FACTORS DETERMINING INDO-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP :
CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
Prakash Pillai
29 September 2010
TIBET: COLOSSUS OF ASIA’S ENVIRONMENT
Jayadeva Ranade
30 July 2010
SINO-PAK NUCLEAR NEXUS AND INDIA’S CONCERNS
Devki Nandan
16 July 2010
EMP : THE NEXT WEAPON OF ELECTRONIC
MASS DESTRUCTION ARE WE PREPARED?
Aditi Malhotra
31 May 2010
CHINA’S INCREASING INROADS INTO NEPAL
Jayadeva Ranade
25 May 2010
RADIATION SAFETY :
HOW PREPARED ARE WE ?
Sitakanta Mishra
15 May 2010
US AIR POWER IN AFGHANISTAN : BALANCING KINETIC EFFECTS AND PITFALLS
Lt.Col.Rajiv Ghose
27 April 2010
US NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW 2010
Manpreet Sethi
20 April 2010
CHINA AND THE LATENT CYBER THREAT
Jayadeva Ranade
01 March 2010
CHINA’S INTERNAL POLICY :
IRON FIST IN A VELVET GLOVE
Jayadeva Ranade
15 February 2010
'CHINA RE-ENGAGES WITH DALAI LAMA : HOLLOW GESTURE’
Jayadeva Ranade
01 February 2010
‘MYANMAR— CHINK IN CHINA’S ARMOUR’
Jayadeva Ranade
01 January 2010
ISSUE BRIEF 2009
OBAMA VISIT TO CHINA :
INDIA’S CONCERNS
Shiv Poojan Prasad Pathak
15 December 2009
‘THE DALAI LAMA AND
INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS’
Jayadeva Ranade
01 December 2009
‘THE EMERGING US-CHINA ACCOMODATION’
Jayadeva Ranade
15 November 2009
CHINA TO DEVELOP SPACE
MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Wing Commander Sanjay Poduval
01November 2009
REVISITING THE 1962 WAR
Air Commodore Jasjit Singh, AVSM VrC VM
15 October 2009
NEW US ADMINISTRATION AND
INDO-US RELATIONS
Devki Nandan
01 October 2009
“EYES” IN SOUTHERN ASIAN SKIES
Wing Commander ABS Chaudhry
15 September 2009
INS ARIHANT AND CREDIBLE NUCLEAR DETERRENCE
Dr Manpreet Sethi
31 August 2009
US SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN
K. N. Tennyson
15 May 2009
THREAT TO PAKISTAN’S NUCLEAR COMPLEX: EXAGGERATED? UNDERESTIMATED? OR COMPLACENT?
Sitakanta Mishra
30 April 2009
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE FOR INDIA: NECESSITY, IMPERATIVES AND IMPLICATIONS
Wg Cdr Anand Sharma
15 April 2009
KAZAKHSTAN AND INDIA’S QUEST FOR ENERGY SECURITY
Rahul Mishra
15 March 2009
INDIA’S ARMY AVIATION : REVITALISATION AND OPTIMISATION
Lt Col R Ghosh
31 March 2009
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT COLLISION OF THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINES
Dr. Manpreet Sethi
15 February 2009
CHALLENGES BEFORE DRDO
A. K. Ghosh
02 January 2009
ISSUE BRIEF 2008
PAKISTAN’S ECONOMIC DESPERATION AND HIGH DEFENCE SPENDING
Shalini Chawla
28 November 2008
WAR THROUGH TERROR UNDER THE NUCLEAR UMBRELLA
Air Commodore Jasjit Singh (retd)
05 December 2008
DEFICIENCY IN AIR DEFENCE RADAR COVER
THE CAG REPORT 2007-08
Group Captain Atul Kumar Singh VSM
10 December 2008
