CONTENTS

Editorial

Focus

Exploring and Evaluating the Need of a Space Warfare Operations Readiness Division (SWORD) for an Emerging Space Superpower like India

– John Vivian Prashant A.

Analysis of Chinese Geographical Renaming Strategy Against India

– Vikrant Paul

Challenges and Future Prospects: United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)

– Tanisha Acharya and Harsh Behere

Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS): An Analysis

– Sandeep Bhattacharjee

Asymmetric Air Power: Employing Guerrilla Warfare Principles in Air Warfare

– Pichipoo Raja

China’s Aircraft Carrier Ambitions: The Numbers Game

– Narendran Gurumurthy

Escalation and Air Power

– AJ Kolhatkar

Commentaries

Deterrence in the Age of Hybrid Threats

– Amit Gaur

Japan’s Noto Earthquake: Civil–Military Synergy in HADR Operations

– Michael John Bennis

An Enduring Dilemma of Artificial Intelligence in the Battlefield

– Ravi Srivastava

Kauṭilya Uvāca: Seeking Interest in the Adversary’s Prosperity

– Vinayak Rajat Bhat and Tejusvi Shukla

Human-in-the-loop Dilemmas: The Lavender System in Israel Defence Forces Operations

– Rohit Kumar Sharma

Book Reviews

ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn

– Vivek Chadha

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

– K. Rakesh Kumar

Asia and Europe in the 21st Century: New Anxieties, New Opportunities

– Shayesta Nishat Ahmed

Guidelines for Contributors