Asian Defence Review

2007
 

With the shift of global power from West to East, we have entered the era of an Asia centred century. The rise of China and India, the recovery and resurgence of Russia on one side and Japan on the other, and the nature of the international order are leading to enormous changes. Changes in the military, economic and political dynamics of Asia are accelerating. Historically, changes in the international order and equations of power among nations have been almost inevitably accompanied by conflicts and wars.

The challenge ahead of the international community in general and Asian countries in particular would be how to ensure that this is avoided, and competition, so necessary to shaping the future, is managed below the levels of armed conflict. This is crucial for most countries like India so that their comprehensive national development can progress without adverse developments. In order to work toward such goals, it is necessary to look at security and military related issues as objectively as possible.

This volume, a resource base for the professional and the general reader, is the second in the series of the annual publication of the Centre for Air Power Studies under this and knowledge gap in current strategic literature dealing with military strategy, defence policies and trends in military particular, it covers some of the important areas that effect Asian countries and the development in Asian countries, with a focus on China, India and Pakistan, to provide the requisite regional balance…

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About the Editor

Air Commodore Jasjit Singh, AVSM, VrC, VM, IAF (retd), a veteran distinguished fighter pilot and former Director of Operations of the Indian Air Force, is Director of the New Delhi-based Centre for Air Power Studies since 2002. He headed India's premier think tank. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi during 1987-2001. He has published extensively on strategic and security issues including two dozen books which also include: Air Power in Modern Warfare (1985); Non-provocative Defence (1989); Nuclear India (1998); Kargil 1999: Pakistan s Fourth War for Kashmir (\ 999); and India s Defence Spending (2001).

Visiting lecturer at defence and war colleges in India and abroad. Editorial Adviser (Defence and Strategic Affairs) to the Indian Express Group of newspapers. Was Convenor of the Task Force to establish the National Security Council in 1998. Member of National Security Advisory Board (1990, 1998-2001). Former Member of International Commission for Peace. Former Member International Commission for a New Asia.