Publications
USI Digest - Archives
Arrow Current Issue
Arrow Previous Issue
 
S. No. Title Page No.

March 2000 - August 2000, Vol II No 4 

1. A Commander Reflects General
Anthony C Zinni
1
2. Man Management in Low Intensity Conflict Environment 
Lt Col Rakesh Mehta
9
3. The US National Reconnaissance Office
B Raman
23
4. The Weaponization of Space : It Doesn't Happen in a Vaccum
Maj Howard D Belote
39
5. Managing Operational Information Through the Medium of Electronic Communication
Major MK McNally
54
6. Supercomputers, Test Ban Treaties, and the Virtual Bomb
Peter M Leltner
79
7. International Perspective on Maritime Boundary Disputes Involving Korea, Japan and China
Lewis M Alexander
107
8. PLAN Force Modernisation Objectives and Asia-Pacific Security
Prasun K Sengupta
 
9. Interview with Premier Zhu Rongji of the People's Republic of China 133
 

September 2000 - February 2001,  Vol.III No.5

     
1. Adaptive Enemies Achieving Victory by Avoiding Defeat
Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr.
1
2. Bringing the Armed Forces Into a New Millennium
General Sir Charles Guthrie, GCB, ADC, LVO, OBE.
16
3. Avoid Online Viruses by Vaccinating Your Computer
Janet Rae-Dupree
27
4. Morale in the Army: Contributory Factors
Brigadier Ram Raj Bali
31
5. Realistic Restraint: Seven Principles for Shaping a New National Security Strategy
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) & Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA)
50
6. Translating Peacekeeping into Combat Readiness
Captain Rich Morales
57
7. Combating Terrorism
Lieutenant Commander Thomas Rancich
63
8. Interoperability -A Maritime Approach
Vice Admiral W. J. E. Van Rijn
78
9. Exploring the Ocean of Space
Jim Watson
94
10. Operations on the Internet: Cyber Terrorism and Psychological Warfare
George Ballentyne
100
11. Network Centric: Is It Worth the Risk?
Commander William K. Lescher
120
12. Thinking Small : Technologies That Can Reduce Logistics Demand
Calvin Shipbaugh
133
 

March 2001 -August 2001, Vol. IV No.6

     
1. Afghanistan: The Anatomy of an Ongoing Conflict
Ali A. Jalali
1
2. Information Technology: Its Application at Unit and Field Formation Levels 
Lieutenant Colonel MU Nair
26
3. India's Emerging Nuclear Doctrine: Exemplifying the Lessons of the Nuclear Revolution
Ashley J. Tellis 
41
4. Germs on the Loose: Bioweapons Tests Tainted Sites Around the Globe
Eileen Choffnes
49
5. Strategies for Operations in Cities
Alice Hills 
62
6. Long Term Blue Water Ambitions of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Peter Lewis Young
81
7. Joint Strike: Missiles and Aircraft in Long-Range Land Attack
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Day KCB OBE BSc RAF
92
8. Report on the Findings and Recommendations Concerning the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Part I
General John M. Shalikashvili
100
9. Africa Watch -The Ethiopia - Eritrea Conflict: A Fragile Peace
Fiona Lorton
120
10. Korean War Lessons
General Frederick J. Kroesen
142
 
September 2001 -February 2002, Vol. IV No. 7
     
1. Are We Really at War?
Lieutenant Colonel Gary D. Solis
1
2. Squaring the Circle: Can Missile Defence and International Security Be Reconciled?
Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.
12
3. One China -Or Two?
Keith Suter
20
4. Special Report : Rising India and U.S. Policy Options in Asia
Teresita Schaffer and Mandavi Mehta
26
5. Globalization and Bangladesh's Security and Foreign Policies
Ruksana Kibria
42
6. Classical Fire Support vs. Parallel Fires
Lt. Col. Robert R. Leonhard
61
7. Dot.combat
Graham Warwick
71
8. Munitions of the Mind: Strategic Information Operations
Lt. Col. Robert D'Amico, D. Lynn and E. S. Wexler
80
9. Report on the Findings and Recommendations Concerning the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -II
General J ohn M. Shalikashvili
100
10. The Army Magazine: Hooah Guide to Army Digitization
Dennis Steele  
123
 

March 2002 - August 2002, Vol. IV No. 8

     
1. Combating Terrorism
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew J Smith
1
2. Over the Next Hill: A Sailor's Perspective of Maritime Air Power and the Legacy of Lord Trenchard
Admiral William L Fallon, USN
21
3. What Not to Learn from Afghanistan
William R Hawkins
40
4. Security Council Resolution 1373 on Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts 55
5. Civil-Military Cooperation in Complex Emergencies: More than a Field Application
Nick Spence
61
6. Netfires : Precision Effects for the Objective Force
Major (Retd) George A Durham and
Colonel James E Cunningham
70
7. Thinking About China and War
Dr Jeffrey Recor
84
8. China's Southern Discomfort
Mohan Malik
110
9. Taiwan's New Defence Posture in a New Era
Cheng-yi Lin
126
10. Orde Wingate and the Theory Behind the Chindit Operations: Some Recent Findings
Simon Anglim
133
     
 

September 2002 - February 2003, Vol. V No. 9

 
1. Armed Forces and The Changing Value System
Major SS Khara
1
2. A Few Observations on Terrorism and Anti-Terror Struggle
Anti-Terror Research Centre, CIISS
22
3. Intelligence and Security: Continuing Challenges 35
4. Asymmetric Warfare and the Role for the Royal Artillery
Lieutenant Colonel R W Hewitt, MBE RA
45
5. Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence and the Armed Forces
Brigadier RR Bali
65
6. Rediscover the Art of Command and Control
Vice Admiral Robert E Willard, US Navy
86
7. Airpower versus a Fielded Army: A Construct for Air Operations in the Twenty-First Century
Lieutenant Colonel Phil M Haun, USAF
94
8. The Coast Guard's Deepwater Programme Underway
Rear Admiral Patrick M Stillman
110
9. War to Peace: Dilemmas of Multilateral Intervention in Civil Wars-I
Emmanuel Kwesi Aning
121
10. Dreaming of a War-Free Future
Allan Bullion
138
11. US , Russia Marching on  Central Asia
Sergei Blagov
144
     
 

March 2003 - August 2003,   Vol V. No. 10

 
1. Report of the Policy Working Group on the United Nations and Terrorism 1
2. Both Gulf Wars Offer Lessons
Norman Friedman
37
3. What has US Learned? Early Lesson from 'Iraq, and Israel
John G Roos
46
4. Plying the Space-Based Advantage
J R Wilson
58
5. The "Trans-Atlantic Rift," Iraq, and Israel
Mark A. Heller
65
6. Pakistan-Iran Relations: Compulsions and Conditions for a Strategic Relationship
Nasim Zehra
72
7. Iranian Missiles: The Nature of the Threat
Yiftah Sapir
85
8. The Israelis Know Littoral Warfare
Captain Opher Doron, Israel NAvy (Retired)
89
9. Feeling Vulnerable
Alan George
96
10. The Changing Face of Russia-South Asia Relations
Kavita Sangani and Teresita C Schaffer
102
11. China's National Defence Building at the Beginning of the New Century
Lu Guangye
109
12. Winds of Reconciliation Sweeping Myanmar
Micool Brooke
122
13. War to Peace: Dilemmas of Multilateral Intervention in Civil Wars - II
Emmanuel Kwesi Aning
136
     
 

September 2003 - February 2004,  Vol VI  No. 11

 
 

Part - I

 
1. Concept of Delivery of Punitive Fire Assaults to Deter Terrorist Infiltration Across LoC
Major Vivek Venkatraman
1
2. Can Technology Defeat "Low Tech" Terrorism?
Uzi Eilam
15
3. Terrorism is the New Enemy at Sea
Lieutenant Commander Krzysztof Kubiak
19
4. A Potential Achilles' Heel: Integrity in Asymmetrical Warfare
Captain Sean M Scott
30
 

Part - II

 
5. Operation Iraqi Freedom: US/UK Operations
Jim Dutton and Tom Waldhauser
42
6. Precision Guided Munition Targeting at Brigade Level on Operation TELIC
Lieutenant Colonel N D Ashmore
59
7. Artillery's Failings in the Iraq War: US Must Focus on Range And Precision
Major General Robert Scales (Retd)
66
8. It's an Information War
Norvell B (Tex) De Atkine
75
 

Part - III

 
9. Secretary General Names High-Level Panel to Study Global Security Threats, and Recommend Necessary Changes - UN Press Release SG/A/857 82
10. On World Revolution in Military Affairs and the Chinese Army Building
General Xiong Guangkai
84
11. Dragon or Dinosaur? Nuclear Weapons in a Modernizing China
Thomas M Kane
96
12. China and the Korean Peninsula: Beijing's Pyongyang Problem and Seoul Hope
Dr Denny Roy
122
13. Nanotechnology in a New Era of Strategic Competition
Shannon L Callahan
135
     
 

March 2004 - August 2004, Vol VI  No. 12

 
1. In Praise of Attrition
Ralph Peters
1
2. Seeing Through the Fog of War
Colonel Bristow
15
3. New Threat Perceptions Keep FPDA Relevant
Damon Bristow
28
4. Operational Thinking in a Tactical Environment and Targeting in Iraq
Major Bill Benson
37
5. Flexibility and Bold Innovation for Multiple Mission in Iraq: 2-15 FAR Beyond Combat
Major Jeffrey T O'Neal and First Lieutenants
Aaron P Heberlein and Jonathan H Bork
48
6. About Those Mountains We Can Bypass North Korea's Maginot Line
Ronald S Mangum
62
7. China's Strategy Towards the Asia Pacific Multilateral Mechanism
Yueh-Tsan Lai
69
8. European Union Expansion and Ukraine : Borderland
Anna Reid
83
9. Afghanistan Narcotics Knot
Mark Galeoti
90
10. Proposed Tenets of Space Power Six Enduring Truths
Maj Samuel L McNiel, USAF
96
11. Double or Quits? The Global Future of Civil Nuclear Energy
Peter Beck and Malcolm Grimston
126
12. Human Resource and National Power Armed Forces Ex Servicemen - From Security to Nation Building
Lieutenant Colonel Lal Kesavan
132
     
 

September 2004 - February 2005, Vol. VII No. 13

 
1. Understanding Fourth Generation War.
William S. Lind
1
2. US Military Redeployment : The Wild Card Reshuffle.
Russell James
13
3. Disengaging from Consequence Management.
Joel D. Cusker, Charles H. Hash, Mary E. Landry, and Dallas D. Owens
26
4. Where Oil and Water Do Mix : Environmental Scarcity and Future Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa.
Jason J. Morrissette and Douglas A. Borer
39
5. India on the Growth Turnpike : Part-I.
Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar
64
6. Pakistan's Transformation : Why it Will not (and need not ) Happen.
Dr. Robert G. Wirsing
85
7. United Kingdom Field Artillery Aspirations for the Future - A Ppaer. 102
8. China PLA Navy : The (R)evolution.
Massimo Annati
119
9. Reflections on the New Indo-Pacific Maritime and Naval Environment.
Dr James A Boutilier
135
     
 

March 2005 - August 2005,   Vol VII    No. 14

 
     
1. The Case for Human Intelligence.
Ralph Peters
1
2. Force Protection Lessons from Iraq.
Phillip G. Pattee
10
3. The Possible Superiority of Symmetric Warfare.
William F Owen
26
 
4. Rolling Thunder.
Daniel Goure
34
5. Al-Qa'ida - An Expanded Global Network of Teror.
Magnus Ranstorp
44
6. Characteristics and Trends of Military Technology Development in Major Countries of the World.
Keji
55
7. Directive Style of Command "Auftragstaktik" - Making it Work for the Indian Army.
Lieutenant Colonel Birender Singh Dhanoa
71
8. Challenges of Change : The Nature of Peace Operations in the 21st Century and Continuing Need for Reform.
Jacques Paul Klein
92
9. Energy Resources and Regional Economic Cooperation - Part I.
Muhammad Ramzan Ali
101
10. India on the Growth Turnpike Part-II.
Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar
123
11. Operationally Responsive Space: A New Defense Business Model.
Arthur K. Cebrowski and John W. Raymond
145
     
 

September 2005 - February 2006,  Vol VIII   No 15

 
     
1. How to Win in Iraq?
Lieutenant Colonel Terence J. Daly
3
2. Afghanistan Four Years On : An Assessment.
Sean M. Maloney
14
3. Before the Storm : al Qaeda's Coming Maritime Campaign.
Captain James Pelkofski, U.S. Navy
34
4. Exploiting Deception at Strategic and Operational Level in the Indian Army-I.
Colonel M S Gujral
45
5. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles.
Manjeet Singh Pardesi
66
6. Climate Change, Future Conflict and the Role of Climate Science.
Stephan Harrison
89
7. Energy Resources and Regional Economic Cooperation-II.
Muhammad Ramzan Ali
105
8. China and Central Asia-I.
Rizwan Zeb
135
     
 

March 2006 - August 2006,    Vol VIII       No 16

 
1. Lessons Learned From Terrorist Investigation In the United Kingdom
Peter Clarke
1
2. Does Suicide Bombing Work? A Case Study of the Al-Aqsa Intifada
Major JR Bryden DWR
17
3. Future Warfare : The Rise of Hybrid Wars
Lieutenant General James N Mattis andLieutenant Colonel Frank Hoffman (Retd)
45
4. American Military Performance In Iraq
F.J. Bing West
51
5. Oil Obsession : Energy Appetite Fuels Beijing's Plans to Protect Vital Sea Lines
Dan Blumenthal and Joseph Lin
66
6. China and Central Asia-2
Rizwan Zeb
73
7. Exploiting Deception at Strategic and Operational Levels in Indian Army-2
Colonel M S Gujral
105
8. Combat Leadership in 21st Century-1
Major Manisha Sharma
128
9. A 60th Anniversary Recall of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan-1946 to 1947 :The Indian Armed Forces involvement
Major General E D'Souza,PVSM (Retd)
142
     
 

September 2006 - February 2007,    Vol IX  No 17

 
1 Can We Win the "War On Terror"?
Major General Tim Cross
3
2 Israel's Lebanese War: A Preliminary Assessment.
Professor Martin Van Creveld
15
3 Afghanistan : A Comprehensive Approach to Current Challenges.
Des Browne
27
4 Port and Maritime Security : Background and Issues.
John F Frittelli
40
5 Aerial Interdiction of WMD Shipments.
Lieutenant Colonel J Wesley Moore
56
6 Regime Change : Planning and Managing Military-Led Intervention as Projects.
Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Fielding
73
7 Cyber-warfare Distributed Training.
Dr Martin R. Stytz
97
8 Combat Leadership in 21st Century - Part II.
Colonel P K Mallick
109
9 ECM and Soft-kill Requirements in the Littorals.
Dr Milian Vego
121

 

Top
Copyright © United Service Institution of India
Website By IITPL