The geopolitics of South Asia makes it one of the most dangerous places to live in today. The collapse of the Soviet Union has destabilised long-established cold war equations and unleashed violent processes of transformation, of jockeying for power and c

This book engages a comprehensive approach to understand both traditional and non-traditional security issues in addressing dimensions of India’s national security. The issues highlighted in the book through fourteen distinct, yet inter-related, chapters offer insightful reading to India’s national security. This edited book explores the criticalities of various security issues in India, internal and external, and digs deep into the government responses to each of these issues. Stepping away from merely focusing on the state-centric understanding of national security, this book also includes human security perspectives. In this process, this book also offers set of policy recommendations which could be used for effectively dealing with the national security challenges. The themes covered in this edited book range from offering a conceptual framework of national security to issues such as energy security, maritime security, nuclear security, internal security, neighborhood policy, dumping, terrorism, economic security, cyber security, role of media, defense preparedness, and use of GIS in security domain. This book highlights some of the important security issues around the larger perspective of India’s national security. This book will be highly useful for the students and scholars of security and strategic studies and international relations and also to the policymakers in the region.

Contributed articles on foreign relations of India post 1984 and national security concerns presented earlier at a seminar celebrating 40th anniversary of Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.

The Maoists have taken up arms. Their focus is on tribals and lower caste people for support. Stress is on militarisation with hierarchy and building of ‘People’s Guerrilla Army’ capable of destroying the state machinery. Violence and breakdown of law and order is causing loss of innocent lives and damage to property. The book has been covered in five chapters by the contributors. The first chapter deals with the Maoist insurgency in India and analyses the reasons that led to the Communist Party of India (CPI) taking up the cause of the lower castes and scheduled tribes. The second chapter deals with use of air power in combating the Maoist insurgency. The author has suggested deployment of drones to detect insurgent camps in the forests and use of helicopters for evacuation of casualties and other measures to facilitate logistics support for Countering Insurgency. An appraisal of India’s Intelligence agencies has been covered in Chapter Three. The fourth and fifth chapters are concerning the manner in which the United States has reacted after the 9/11 terrorist attack in the USA and how India reacted after the terrorist attack in Mumbai on 26 November 2008. The author has suggested the need to evolve a Comprehensive Internal Security Policy covering all dimensions and all levels -- political, economic and social.

Awareness on National Security is vital part of whole UPSC Civil Services Examination. Based on the past experiences, the topic of National Security starts from - Preliminary Examination in the form of objective questions on various defense equipment's or military exercises. - In Main Examination, around 4 questions (50 Marks) of General Studies-III are directly related to the topics covered under National Security.- Finally, in the Interview Stage, at least one interview board member is more likely to ask questions related to internal and external security of India, if not more.Based on these needs of the examination and past experiences, our book 'National Security Strategy: Securing India Internally and Externally' carries five broad chapters with some other sections to develop a holistic understanding on the internal and external security environment of India. Help is taken from not just the recent National Security perspectives but also from our past with the works of Kautilya (Chanakya) and wise advice's from Mahabharata and other Sages. All of that is condensed to impart information on not just the topics of Civil Service Examination topics, i.e.-Linkages between development and spread of extremism; Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security;Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention;Security challenges and their management in border areas - linkages of organized crime with terrorism; and Various Security forces and agencies and their mandateBut to give detailed perspectives on the war, national security strategy and future challenges to be faced by India, so that you can develop your own understanding on the whole topic of National Security and answer questions based on greater insights. We would suggest our readers to first have a basic reading of the book and later, segregate the topics for various stages of Civil Services Examination based on the Syllabus given at the start of book and previous year Main Examination questions given at the end of book. The Chapter list of the book is a follows: CHAPTER 1 - Understanding National SecurityCHAPTER 2 - Conflict, Negotiations and WarCHAPTER 3 - Our Leadership Structure & Mandate of Executive AgenciesCHAPTER 4 - Challenges to Internal Security of India & SolutionsCHAPTER 5 - Challenges to External Security of India & SolutionsThis book can also be used by avid security learners and aspirants preparing for other competitive examinations like CAPF, CDS, NDA etc.

The challenges to our internal security, in addition to those mentioned above, include VIP security, border management, the problem of refugees, drug trafficking, disaster management, food security, economic security, energy security etc. These challenges have the potential to severely threaten our security fabric. Overcoming these innumerable challenges to internal security in India requires clear, tough and swift policy responses. Key Points: 1. Internal security is emerging as key for economic and political stability of a nation to ensure uninterrupted development and growth. 2. It is vital to ensure that democratic process and institutions of governance remain functional and resilient. 3. Conflict resolution in J&K and North East require a timeline for resolution because both conflicts have the potential to spill over to other regions. 4. LWE is one of the most potent threats that India is facing in the 21st Century. Urban Naxalism is a reality and cannot be brushed aside. 5. Indian Muslim youth is a target for Jihadi ideologues to give impetus to instability in the heartland India. 6. Cyber frontiers are required to be secured to prevent cyber-terrorism. 7. Youth bulge if not managed can become a cause of instability. Thus economic empowerment and engagement of youth is imperative.