India’s First War of Independence in 1857 ended in a fiasco, primarily for want of effective leadership and perhaps equally important, for lack of a viable strategy. Even after Independence, India has been found wanting on many occasions in dealing with situations concerning our National Security. The world at large especially the intelligentsia believes that India lacks strategic culture. The deficiency, if any, perhaps lies in India's reluctance to express its perceptions on strategic issues as also to formulate a long term strategic view. This book contains a series of articles by eminent persons and experts on various aspects of National Security, with the aim to provide an overall contribute to evolution and dissemination of strategic thought on challenges facing the Nation.
Contents
Introduction
Section I
1. India's National Vision, Values, Interests and Strategic Objectives
Major General PJS Sandhu (Retd)
Section II: Internal Security Horizon Scan
2. Changing Nature of Low Intensity Conflicts in The Northeast: Its Internal And External Linkages
Lieutenant General VK Nayar, PVSM, SM (Retd)
3. Emerging Socio-Political and Security Developments in J&K and Implications For National Security
Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM and Bar (Retd)
4. Left Wing Extremism and Its Implications for Internal Security
Lieutenant General Gautam Banerjee PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retd)
5. Profiling The Threat of Religious Fundamentalism in India
Dr Ajai Sahni
Section III: India's Immediate Neighbourhood
6. China's Strategic Behaviour and Its Impact on India
Shri RS Kalba, IFS (Retd)
7. Dynamics of Competition and Security Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region
Commodore Lalit Kapur (Retd)
8. India and its Southern and Northeastern Neighbours
Dr Sheel Kant Sharma, IFS (Retd)
9. Spectrum of Challenges From an Unstable Pakistan and Implications For India
Shri Vivek Katju, IFS (Retd)
10. Whither Afghanistan: Portends and Implications for India
Shri Jayant Prasad, IFS (Retd)
Section IV: India's Extended Neighbourhood
11. The Geopolitical Dynamics in Central Asia and Its Ramifications for India's "Connect Central Asia Policy"
Professor Nirmala Joshi
12. India, Russia, USA: Convergences and Divergences
Shri Ajai Malhotra, IFS (Retd)
13. Strategic Environment in Southeast Asia and its Influence on India's "Act East" Policy: What can be our Approach?
Shri Yogendra Kumar, IFS (Retd)
14. Conflicts in West Asia and Their Impact on India
Dr Adil Rasheed
Section V: India's Threat Perception
15. Climate Change and National Security
Major Geneneral VK Naik, KC, VSM (Retd)
16. Collusive and Hybrid Threats to India's National Security
Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd)
17. Role of Weapons of Mass Destruction in India's Strategic Security Calculus
Dr Roshan Khanijo
18. Trends in the Militarisation of Outer Space, Cyber Space, Information Space and Use of other Disruptive Technologies
Lieutenant General Devinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM and Bar (Retd)
Section VI: India's Comprehensive National Power
19. Rebooting India: A Case for Comprehensive National Development
Shri Sanjay Baru
20. How Credible is India's Nuclear Deterrent?
Professor Bharat Karnad
21. Transformation of India's Foreign Policy
Shri Kanwal Sibal, IFS (Retd)
22. Reforms in Indian Security Architecture
Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, PVSM, AVSM (Retd)
23. India's Approach to the Reforms of UN Institutions
Shri Ajai Malhotra, IFS (Retd)
24. Capabilities and Challenges in Cyber Security
Colonel Sanjeev Relia
25. Reforms in India's Intelligence Set-Up
Shri R Banerji, LAS (Retd)
Section VII: India's Defence Capability
26. Out of Area Contingencies: The Pressing Need for Covert Cross Border Capability
Commodore Lalit Kapur (Retd)
27. Modernisation of India's Special Forces
Lieutenant General PC Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC (Retd)
28. An Approach to Modernisation of Ground Forces
Lieutenant General Sanjeev Chopra, AVSM and Bar, SM (Retd)
29. Application of Recent Technological Developments in the Border Security Force
Shri EN Rammohan, IPS (Retd)
30. India's 2030 Navy: Matching Muscle with Missions
Commodore Sujeet Samaddar, NM (Retd)
31. India's Maritime Environment: Challenges Vs Capability
Vice Admiral Anup Singh, PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd)
32. Building The Final Frontier: Enhanced Space Capability
Dr Anil Lal
33. Enhancing Indian Aerospace Capabilities
Air Marshal Bharat Kumar, PVSM, AVSM (Retd)
34. Indigenisation of Defence Industry
Major General PK Chakravorty, VSM (Retd)
35. Enhancing India's Defence Spending
Shri Amit Cowshish
36. Building Comprehensive Deterrence Capability For India: Some Thoughts
Major General BK Sharma, AVSM, SM and Bar (Retd)
Author : P. K. Singh (Editor),
Category : Strategic Year Book
Pages : 225 | Price : ₹0.00 | Year of Publication : 2016