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Jasjit Singh

Singh, Jasjit

Singh, Jasjit

Fellow of WAAS and Director, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi, India. Email- jasjit1934@yahoo.com

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Fellow of WAAS and Director, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi, India. Email- jasjit1934@yahoo.com

Air Commodore (Retd) Jasjit Singh is a former Director of Operations of the IAF and former Director of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). He is one of the leading analysts of Indian military and strategic thought.He has published extensively and is the author and editor of more than two dozen books on strategic and security issues of South Asia, including - Air Power in Modern Warfare; Nonprovocative Defence; Nuclear India; Kargil 1999: Pakistan's Fourth War for Kashmir; and India's Defence Spending: Assessing Future Needs. Dr Jasjit Singh is also a visiting lecturer at defence and war colleges in India and abroad. He was member of the International Commission for a new Asia, consultant to the Standing Committee of Defence of the Parliament; Adviser and Member of National Security Advisory Board.

Jasjit Singh was a 2006 recipient of the Padma Bhushan, a decoration established in 1954 by the president of India and given for distinguished service of high order in any field.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Re-examining the 1996 ICJ Advisory Opinion: Concerning the Legality of Nuclear Weapons   ( Peace and Security )
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract The primary objections raised against total elimination of nuclear weapons are built around a few arguments mostly of non-technical nature. Nuclear weapons and the strategies for their use have resulted in the establishment of a vicious circle within which the international community is trapped. The argument that the world will be unsafe without nuclear weapons is only meant to further the narrow self-interest of the nuclear weapon states and their allies. The...
Revolution in Human Affairs: The Root of Societal Violence   ( Peace and Security )
Get Full Text in PDF At the time of writing, there is an obvious and tragic upheaval in the Arab world and a large number of other developing nations. North Africa from Mauritania to the Suez Canal and Yemen, the Persian Gulf from Iraq to Bahrain and Oman, and Afghanistan are on fire, much of it fuelled by religious ideologies, but also supported by Great Power politics. This upheaval comes on the heels of a four-decade old, asymmetric war through irregular fighting and terrorism, with the...