In This Volume:The Big Picture • Maoists And The Armed Forces • On The Spot Report • The Rajapaksa Model: Of Defeating Terror, Securing Peace and National Reconciliation • Defense and Aerospace Digest • Rheinmetall • Thales • KMW • Arihant : The Annihilator • India-Us Relations : Future Trajectory • India"s Foreign Policy : A Muddle For Sixty Two Years • Kargil Controversy: Sorry State Of Higher Defense Management • Defense Procurements : Learning From Past Mistakes • Defense Psus : The Great Betrayal • Defense Purchases : Time India Asserts Itself • Incursions, Now And Then • Prospects For Democratization In Myanmar: Impact On India • Myanmar Going Nuclear • China"s String of Pearls Vs India"s Iron Curtain • Bows, Arrows And Nuclear Weapons • "Is War Around The Corner?" • Return Of Jiang • China"s Role As Pakistan"s Nuclear And Missile Patron • Resurrecting Afghanistan • Recollections Of The 1971 War • The Fragile Af-Pak Policy • Some Reflections On Our Defense Policy • India"s Nuclear Doctrine • Line Of Actual Control Or Contention? • Pakistan : Dialogue Process Will End Only In Frustration • Executive Summary By B Raman • Gilgit-Baltistan : Pakistani Colony • India Should Suspend Work Visas For Chinese • October 1 : Day Of Mourning • Obama Veering Towards Neutrality On Arunachal Pradesh? • A Professional Departs