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“gurmeet kanwal”

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  • Sharpening the Arsenal

    India's Evolving Nuclear Deterrence Policy

    by Gurmeet Kanwal ...
    Speaking in Delhi in November 2016, Manohar Parrikar, India's then Defence Minister, said there should be an element of unpredictability in the country's military strategy. He wondered whether India's nuclear doctrine should be constrained by a 'no-first-use' posture. The essence of the defence minister's introspection was that ambiguity enhances deterrence. This view has been expressed by several ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Intimacy

    Clinical, Cultural, Digital and Developmental Perspectives

    Edited by Gurmeet Kanwal, Salman Akhtar ...
    Intimacy: Clinical, Cultural, Digital and Developmental Perspectives applies a contemporary, psychoanalytic lens to the many facets of intimacy between people, from romantic and sexual relationships, to friendliness, as well as the ways intimacy is mediated by new digital technologies.Identifying commonalities and differences between a range of approaches, including Classical Freudian, attachment ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The New Arthashastra

    A Security Strategy for India

    by Gurmeet Kanwal ...
    For a country that has fought five wars and is hemmed in by nuclear-armed states, India surprisingly does not have a formally declared national security strategy.All the major powers of the world publish documents that spell out their national interests, identify their threats -- political, economic, diplomatic or with regard to security -- and draw up policies to deal with them. The absence of a ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Arming without Aiming

    India's Military Modernization

    by Sunil Dasgupta, Stephen P. Cohen ...
    India has long been motivated to modernize its military, and it now has the resources. But so far, the drive to rebuild has lacked a critical component-strategic military planning. India's approach of arming without strategic purpose remains viable, however, as it seeks great-power accommodation of its rise and does not want to appear threatening. What should we anticipate from this effort in the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • India’s National Security

    Annual Review 2016-17

    Edited by Satish Kumar ...
    The global security environment in the last five years has been characterised by a state of ‘no war, no peace’ among major powers, resulting in a state of uncertainty about their national security objectives. For instance, the US has been concerned about the attitudes of Iran, Russia, North Korea, China, and others, and yet did not expect a direct military conflict with them. On the other hand, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The future of U.S.–India security cooperation

    Edited by Šumit Ganguly, M. Chris Mason ...
    This book deals with the evolution, current status and potential of U.S.-India strategic cooperation. From very modest beginnings, the U.S.-India strategic partnership has developed significantly over the last decade. In considerable part, this growth has stemmed from overlapping concerns about the rise and assertiveness of the People’s Republic of China, as well as the instability of Pakistan. ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • 7 Deadly Scenarios

    A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century

    by Andrew Krepinevich ...
    A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border. Major American cities are leveled by black-market nukes. China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown. Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons. What if the worst that could happen actually happens? How will we respond? Are we prepared?These are the questions that Andrew F. Krepinevich asks—and answers ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Solferino 21

    Warfare, Civilians and Humanitarians in the Twenty-First Century

    by Hugo Slim ...
    Warfare is at a tipping point today as it passes from the age of industrial warfare to a new era of computerized warfare and a renewed risk of "big war" between global powers. Humanitarian response is also developing fast as "big aid" demands more and more money and tries to digitalize and prepare for new needs in long wars and escalating climate crisis. This book starts with the founding moment ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Counterinsurgency

    by David Kilcullen ...
    David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare, a ground-breaking theorist whose ideas "are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the west" (Washington Post). Indeed, his vision of modern warfare powerfully influenced the United States' decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the Surge," now recognized as a ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Brave New War

    The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization

    by John Robb ...
    “For my money, John Robb, a former Air Force officer and tech guru, is the futurists' futurist.”--"Slate"The counterterrorism expert John Robb reveals how the same technology that has enabled globalization also allows terrorists and criminals to join forces against larger adversaries with relative ease and to carry out small, inexpensive actions--like sabotaging an oil pipeline--that generate a ... Read more

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  • Irregular War

    The New Threat from the Margins

    by Paul Rogers ...
    If the rise of Islamic State can overthrow powerful states in a matter of weeks, what kind of a secure future can the world expect? After more than a decade of the war on terror, security specialists thought that Islamist paramilitary movements were in decline; the threat from ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Boko Haram in Nigeria, al-Qaida in Yemen, the chaos in Libya and the return of the Taliban in ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Why We're Losing the War on Terror

    by Paul Rogers ...
    The war on terror is a lost cause. As the war heads towards its second decade, American security policy is in disarray – the Iraq War is a disaster, Afghanistan is deeply insecure and the al-Qaida movement remains as potent as ever with new generations of leaders coming to the fore.Well over 100,000 civilians have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, many tens of thousands have been detained without ... Read more

    $16.00 USD