IDSA Publication, Task force Report ‘Net Security Provider: India’s Out of Area Contingency Operations’ was reviewed in the January-March, 2013 edition of the USI journal. The report focuses on examining Indian military’s Out-of-Area Contingency (OOAC) operations. It analyses previous deployments of the Indian military outside its borders, including in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO), evacuation of Indian citizens from conflict zones and in active operations like Sri Lanka from 1987–90 and the Maldives in 1988. It also reviews the current capacity and trends for executing such operations.