Overview

National security is one of the least studied and discussed subjects in India. Issues in India’s national security receive scant attention in the academia and media. What is discussed gets mired in assessing immediate threat perceptions, border security and challenges emerging from Pakistan. While important, these are not the only national security issues. A comprehensive understanding of the national security demands a more open approach to issues such as geopolitics, the composition of the military and even human security. In order to fill this gap, the volume brings together established and young scholars from academia and think tank to reflect on important, conceptual, strategic, military and developmental issues in India’s national security. It is a festschrift for Commodore C. Uday Bhaskar who has spent majority of his life studying, understanding and commenting on national security issues gives the work an added value.

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Author:   P R Kumaraswamy (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury India
Imprint:   Bloomsbury India
ISBN:  

9789390176946

ISBN 10:   9390176948
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   31 January 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: P R Kumaraswamy Conceptual issues 2. The Indian Rediscovery of Geopolitics: C. Raja Mohan 3. Why India Underbalanced Against China in the 1950s?: Rajesh Rajagopalan Evaluating Neoclassical Realist Theory 4. Perils of Ideological Maximalism : Atul Mishra 5. A Change in the Pattern of Civil-Military Relations in India: S. Kalyanaraman 6. Changing Trends in Gender Practices of the Indian Military: Dipanwita Chakravortty Hard Security issues 7. The ‘Islamic State’ and Threats to India’s National Security: Md. Muddassir Quamar 8. Nuclear Security in India: The Need for Proactivism: Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan 9. Challenges to India’s Security: The Nuclear Dimension: Manpreet Sethi 10. Arms Trade and National Security: An Indian Perspective: Alvite Singh Ningthoujam 11. India’s Cybersecurity: Concepts and Policies: Rohit Sharma Developmental Issues 12. Human Security Discourse in India: Contest, Convergence and Practice: Jayati Srivatsava 13. Food Security in India: Sameena Hameed 14. Tough Times Ahead: India’s Economic Security: Parnika Praleya 15. India's Search for Sustainable Energy Security: Girijesh Pant 16. Disaster Management and National Security: Impact of Covid-19: Sima Baidya 17. Assuring India’s Water Security: Rajendra M Abhyankar 18. Environmental Security in India: Manjari Singh 19. Soft Power and National Security: A Study of Indian policy in Afghanistan: Yatharth Kachiar 20. Media and National Security: Martand Jha 21. More Than a Family Man: Ishan and Bhoomika Joshi: Ira Bhaskar, Swara Bhaskar, Ishan and Bhoomika Joshi 22. Select Writings of Commodore C Uday Bhaskar on national security: Minakshi Sardar 23. Contributors

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P. R. Kumaraswamy is a professor of contemporary Middle East in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. From 1992-1999 he was a research fellow at the Truman Institute, Jerusalem. Since joining JNU in September 1999, he has been researching, teaching, and writing on various aspects of the contemporary Middle East. In February 2010 he set up the virtual Middle East Institute, New Delhi and serves as its honorary director. He is the editor of Contemporary Review of the Middle East and the series editor of Persian Gulf: India’s Relations with the Region.

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