Strategic Year Book 2025

Contents

Foreword by Chief of Defence Staff

Message by Chief of the Army Staff

Message by Chief of the Naval Staff

Message by Chief of the Air Staff

The Year Book 2025:  At a Glance

Section I: India’s National Security Overview

1. Glimpses of Strategic Landscape from India’s Vantage Point

Major General BK Sharma, AVSM, SM** (Retd)

1. Strategic Guidelines of India: A View from Russia

Professor (Dr) Alexander Nikitin

1. Indian Policy in a Contested World Order

Professor Amit Gupta

Section II: Internal Security Issues

1. Post-Assembly Elections Scenario in Jammu and Kashmir: Challenges and Prospects

Lieutenant General Satish Kumar Dua, PVSM, UYSM, SM, VSM (Retd)

1. Operationalising Act East Policy through Northeast

Lieutenant General (Dr) KJ Singh, PVSM, AVSM** (Retd)

1. Is it Finally ‘Endgame’ for Maoist Insurgency?

Shri Jayanto N Choudhury, IPS (Retd)

1. Multi-Domain Operations: Enhancing Cyber Operations Capability within the Armed Forces

Lieutenant General (Dr) RS Panwar, AVSM, SM, VSM (Retd)

1. Cognitive Domain Warfare: Lessons for India

Major General AK Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM (Retd)

Section III: Pakistan and China

1. Dissecting Pakistan’s Full Spectrum Nuclear Deterrence Capabilities

Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VM (Retd)

1. Communist Party of China—Third Plenum: Salient Highlights—Strategic Ramifications

Major General (Dr) GG Dwivedi, SM, VSM** (Retd)

1. Contestation in the Underwater Domain Vice Admiral Satish Soni, PVSM, AVSM, NM (Retd)
2. Pakistan in 2024: The Consequences of Internal and External Volatility

Dr TCA Raghavan, IFS (Retd)

Section IV: India’s Strategic Neighbourhood

1. Deletion of Secularism from Bangladesh’s Democracy

Dr Adil Rasheed

1. Myanmar’s Fractured Landscape: The Civil War’s Impact on India’s Strategic Interest

Shri Subir Bhaumik

1. Reinvigorating Regional Ties: An Examination of India’s Neighbourhood First Policy and its Implications for South Asian Geopolitics

Lieutenant General Arun Kumar Sahni, PVSM, UYSM, SM, VSM (Retd)

Section V: Global Issues

1. Trump Presidency and the Changing Power Paradigm in India–United States Relations

Dr Veena Ravikumar

1. Conflict in West Asia and its Strategic Implications for India

Shri Anil Trigunayat, IFS (Retd)

1. Revitalising International Humanitarian Law: Examining the Potential of Reform and Innovation

Wing Commander (Dr) UC Jha (Retd) and

Group Captain Kishore Kumar Khera, VM (Retd)

1. United Nations Peacekeeping at Crossroads: Need for Strategic Reset

Lieutenant General Jasbir Lidder, UYSM, AVSM (Retd)

Section VI: National Security Capacity Building

1. Jointmanship: The Way Ahead

USI Editorial Team

1. Decade of Transformation: Indian Army in Stride with the Future

USI Editorial Team

1. The Role of the Indian Navy in Shaping National Security: A Vision for 2047

USI Editorial Team

1. Transformation of India’s Aerospace Power

USI Editorial Team

1. Warfare Reimagined: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into India’s Armed Forces and Defence Industry

Major General Sanjeev Chowdhry (Retd) and Shri Vinayak Sharma

1. An Analysis of the Russia-Ukraine War and Lessons for India

Shri Neelotpal Mishra, dis

1. 2047: The Technology Story

Lieutenant General (Dr) Anil Kapoor, AVSM, VSM (Retd)

1. India’s Defence Spending Conundrum—Balancing Modernisation,  Indigenisation, and Cost-Effectiveness

Dr Rajan Katoch, IAS (Retd)

1. India’s Hybrid Warfare Strategy in the Maritime Domain

Vice Admiral (Dr) Anil Kumar Chawla, PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM (Retd)

1. Digital Infrastructure for India’s Unified Theatre Commands

Brigadier (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd)

1. Space Militarisation and Weaponisation: Strategic Imperatives and Security

Implications for India

Lieutenant General AK Bhatt, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (Retd)

1. Promoting Critical Thinking in the Digital Age to Fight Extremism

Lieutenant General DP Pandey, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)