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Improving Efficiency Through Data-Driven Decision-Making In A Military Environment
Abstract: In today’s world, the challenge for military leaders is not the lack of data or information, but the management of a large amount of data and information. Due to the diversity and complexity, this quantity of data or information often cannot be evaluated by the commander and his staff with the required quality and… Read More
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Military Leader’s Identity, Role, And Competencies: Interrelated Aspects Of Leader Development
Abstract: Leader development includes obtaining certain competencies. For more internalised adoption of the officer’s role, it is necessary to raise cadets’ self-awareness and clarify future role expectations so cadets can identify and verify their future role. Several learning activities may help reveal one’s identity and develop such intrapersonal skills to achieve life-long self-directed development of… Read More
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Globalization And Great Power Competition
Abstract: Rather than weaken nation-states, globalization forces have contributed to expanding and hardening national government power around the globe. This dynamic, which has resulted in a global uptick in an authoritarian government, impacts how great power competition between the United States and China will play out over the 21st century. Each power’s response to globalization… Read More
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Why Was The Chinese Nuclear Program So Efficient?
Abstract: On the 16th October 1964, at 1500 hours local time, the People’s Republic of China became the 5th nation in the world to join the so-called nuclear powers club[1], successfully detonating a twenty-two-kiloton atomic fission bomb (‘Miss Qui’)[2] in the Taklamakan Desert. The astonishing fact is that Mao’s China managed to accomplish this feat… Read More
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How Hong Kong Resists China
Abstract: The nature and underlying causes of what is happening in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have a long trajectory. While the international community began to hear about the protests in Hong Kong only a few years ago, the reality is that the tension between both parties goes back to Hong Kong’s roots, from… Read More
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From Arctic Power To Arctic Leader? Russia’s High North Strategy
Abstract: Russia is the only non-NATO country among all Arctic neighbouring nations. It is uniquely placed, both in terms of the capacities it possesses and the challenges it faces while operating in the Arctic. The US, unlike Russia in the Arctic region, enjoys the support of the majority of the Arctic states. However, possessing the… Read More
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International Relations And Rationality: A Theoretical Test Of Rational Choice And Cognitive Limits
Abstract: Are states rational actors? If so, why do states in the Asia-Pacific make different security strategies despite the relatively equal security setting? This paper seeks to test two theories: Rational Choice Theory (RCT) and the Cognitive Limits Theory (CLT) in the Asia-Pacific. In the said region, pro-American middle powers neighbour the People’s Republic of… Read More
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Modernisation Via Indigenisation – The Indian Air Force
Abstract: Although the Indian Armed Forces are considered one of the most capable military forces in the world, most of its inventory is import-dependent. The Government of India has been striving to focus on and attain indigenisation since 1983. The current government is boosting the indigenous defence manufacturing sector under the larger goal of Aatmanirbhar… Read More
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Narco-Terrorism In Jammu And Kashmir: Navigating The Physical And Informational Domains
Abstract: As the means of terror financing in the Indian Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have been contained through concerted efforts by the state, the consequent dearth of funds for militants in the valley is reflected through visible operational constraints. Further, a sudden spike in cases of drug seizures near the Line… Read More
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Using Geoeconomics To Contain China
Abstract: Geoeconomics is at the heart of containment strategy as China mounted its belligerence and violated the global rule-based order. This led to an emerging consensus at the global level powered by the US to tackle the imminent threats posed by China within the established framework of international order. The US’s underlying intent is to… Read More
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