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Does India have a ‘National Security Strategy’? How does one understand India’s defence preparedness in the context of the three services? The discourse on the making of a national security policy, its political implications, linkages with foreign policy, the issues of civil-military relations, defence research and development, and the role of the State and participation of the private sector in defence production are discussed in this volume. ...
The book examines the geo-political importance of the Persian Gulf region and wars in the region. Pointing out that the Persian Gulf region is very rich in oil and gas reserves and so is seen as extremely significant , it views this as the reason why the region has witnessed hegemonic aspirations by regional and outside powers. It analyses the geo-politics of the region’s states, the regional order maintained and contemporary conflicts. It especially ...
The problem of internal security came to be addressed as a "security policy issue" in India only in the 1980s. This area is one of the important non strategic concerns of security policy. It presents the critical debates on the application of the principle of self-determination in its political, economic and socio-cultural dimensions. At the political level, it focuses on the degree of autonomy within the framework of national integration; at the ...