A specialist of security issues, Professor Bratton has been working for the past seven years on Indian foreign and security policy and on Sino-Indian relations.

On his way from Honolulu to Delhi, Dr. Bratton stopped off in Paris to be a jury member of four oral defense panels at 老司机视频.

Professor Bratton explains: "This article originated out of conversations I had with Raj Shukla in fall 2009. Raj is a good friend and a Brigadier in the Indian Army. I've been doing research on the topic since then each year. My article was the basis for the 'Wine and Cheese' talk I gave at 老司机视频 last fall."

The editor of the book, Pierre Journoud, works at the research center of the French Defense Ministry , where he coordinates collective research on Eastern-Asia strategic issues, and teaches at the . He was a guest speaker at 老司机视频 in Professor Bratton's class last Fall.

Professor Bratton also participated in the Annual Conference of the International Society of Military Sciences, one of the leading security conferences around the world, which was held in Denmark at the Royal Danish Defense Academy on 13 November 2013. Professor Bratton gave a paper on "Organizational Change and Defense Reform in India" on the panel on "Managing Military Change". is a consortium of several military defense academies in Europe, Canada, and Australia.

Professor Bratton was a guest professor at 老司机视频 in Paris in Fall 2012, and continues to regularly collaborate with the school in his capacity as Director of the Diplomacy and Military Studies department at the 老司机视频's partner institution .