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 two specific cases where the issue of defence preparedness is critical, that of dealing with Pakistan and China are covered in detail.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shrikant Paranjpe
Dr. Shrikant Paranjpe is Professor and Head, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, University of Pune, 411007, India. He was a Fulbright Fellow (Post Doctoral, Research) at the George Washington University, Washington D.C. in 1984-85; and has been a Visiting Professor at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, USA. He is an Academic Advisor (Honorary) at the Associated Colleges of Midwest, Chicago (ACM) Program in India and Academic Advisor (Honorary), at the Maharashtra Institute of Technology's School of Government, Pune. His publications include India and South Asia since 1971 (New Delhi, 1985); US Nonproliferation Policy in Action: South Asia (New Delhi:1987); A peace Agenda for Indian Foreign Policy (New Delhi: 1995) (Co-author); Strategic Studies (Pune: 1995) (in Marathi); Parliament and the Making of Indian Foreign Policy: A study of Nuclear Policy (New Delhi: 1997) and Western India: History, Society and Culture, (Editor) (Pune: 1997).
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