Ajey Lele
Dr Ajey Lele, is working as a Senior Fellow with the MP-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, India. He started his professional career with Indian Air Force and took premature retirement to join the field of academics. He holds a rank of Group Captain. His academic qualifications include a Masters in Physics (Pune University) and a PhD in International Relations (JNU, New Delhi). His areas of research interests include issues related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Strategic Technologies and Space Security. He has various publications to his name and some of his book publications include Strategic Technologies for the Military (Sage, 2009), Asian Space Race: Rhetoric or Reality? (Springer, 2013), and Mission Mars: India’s Quest for the Red Planet (Springer, 2014). Also, has published an edited book titled 50 years of Outer Space treaty (OST), 2017.
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to constructively engage with North Korea. For some time now,
North Korea is testing various types of missiles on a regular basis
and the possibility of accidental firing physically impacting
South Korea and Japan is likely. This will increase the tensions
in the region. On 21 November 2023, North Korea successfully
launched a spy satellite that indicated the possible future trajectory of a space agenda. It is unlikely that North Korea would
be ready for any deliberations on issues related to the nuclear
and missile domain, at least in the near future. Under such
a scenario, the optimal option is a process of constructive
engagement. This article argues that the space domain offers
such a possibility and reasons that for such engagement, the
group of Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) is the
best path forward.
to constructively engage with North Korea. For some time now,
North Korea is testing various types of missiles on a regular basis
and the possibility of accidental firing physically impacting
South Korea and Japan is likely. This will increase the tensions
in the region. On 21 November 2023, North Korea successfully
launched a spy satellite that indicated the possible future trajectory of a space agenda. It is unlikely that North Korea would
be ready for any deliberations on issues related to the nuclear
and missile domain, at least in the near future. Under such
a scenario, the optimal option is a process of constructive
engagement. This article argues that the space domain offers
such a possibility and reasons that for such engagement, the
group of Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) is the
best path forward.
It is widely accepted that technology alone cannot win any military campaign or war. However, technological superiority always offers militaries an advantage. More importantly, technology also has a great deterrent value. Hence, on occasion, technology can help to avoid wars. Accordingly, it is important to effectively manage new technologies by identifying their strategic utility and role in existing military architectures and the possible contributions they could make towards improving overall military capabilities. This can also entail doctrinal changes, so as to translate these new technologies into concrete advantages.