This combined issue features perspectives on human capital for the DMA and UN peacekeeping; and four incisive articles on achieving jointness in war, Mahan’s influence on Japanese maritime strategy, illicit drug trafficking and terror finance, and the evolving role of the IFA in defence. Five book reviews complete the issue.

Contents

Editorial

Perspective

Human Capital for the Department of Military Affairs
-Prakash Menon

United Nations Peace Operations: Personal Experiences and Reflections
– Satish Nambiar

Focus

Achieving Jointness in War: One Theatre < One Strategy
– Ashish Singh

Influence of Alfred Thayer Mahan on Japanese Maritime Strategy
– Himadri Bose

Illicit Drug Trafficking and Financing of Terrorism: The Case of Islamic State, Al Qaeda and their Affiliate Groups
– Yashasvi Chandra

International Trends and the Evolving Role of the Integrated Financial Adviser in Defence
– Sumati Kumar

Book Reviews
Naval Modernisation in Southeast Asia: Problems and Prospects for Small and Medium Navies, edited by Geoffrey Till and Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto
– Roby Thomas

Power and Diplomacy: India’s Foreign Policies during the Cold War, by Zorawar Daulet Singh
– Nazir Ahmad Mir

India and China in Asia: Between Equilibrium and Equations, edited by Jagannath P. Panda
– Prashant Kumar Singh

The Absent Dialogue: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Military in India, by Anit Mukherjee
– Kishore Kumar Khera

China’s India War: Collision Course on the Roof of the World, by Bertil Lintner
– Daniel Balazs

Acknowledgement of Referees for Vol. 13, Nos 1– 4 143

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