The issue carries articles on equilibrium in higher defence organisation, countering radicalisation, and situating the Arthashastra in international relations. There is a perspective on the reorganisation of defence outlay for FY 2016-17, a commentary on the latest Australian Defence White Paper, and a review essay on the 1965 India-Pakistan War.

Editorial

Perspective

• Reorganisation of Defence Outlay for 2016–17: A Tepid Affair
  — Amit Cowshish

Focus

• Equilibrium in Higher Defence Organisation and the Need for Restructuring
  — Rajneesh Singh
• Countering the Threat of Radicalisation: Theories, Programmes and Challenges
  — Adil Rasheed
• Kautilya’s Arthashastra: Restoring its Rightful Place in the Field of International Relations
  — Malay Mishra

Commentary

• Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper: An Indian Perspective
  — Udai Bhanu Singh

Review Essay

• Revisiting the 1965 War
  — Y.M. Bammi

Book Reviews

• 1962: The War That Wasn’t, by Kunal Verma
  — Abhijit Bhattacharyya
• War and State-Building in Afghanistan: Historical and Modern Perspectives, edited by Scott Gates and Kaushik Roy
  — Manas Dutta
• The Importance of the Spies in Ancient Indian Diplomacy
  — Tushar Shrivastav