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TopicNational Security Doctrine

Topic: National Security Doctrine

India’s strategic pillars are crumbling. Complacency is not an option

Gen MM Naravane (Retd) -
Within the modern-day Samudra Manthan lies the opportunity for India to redefine its role on the world stage by building a robust, adaptive security architecture.

India has ditched the old, tragic way of dealing with threats. Now it prepares before crisis

Abhishek Chaudhari -
After the 1993 Mumbai blasts, 2001 Parliament attack, and the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, India found itself reacting rather than responding.

India’s national security doctrine is finally in the works. It must be debated in public

Sanjeev Chopra -
The NSD should be debated threadbare in Parliament rather than in the cloistered confines of a few think tanks and policy groups.

After calls for Muslim Ocean & Afro-Asian Ocean, Pakistan has made peace with Indian Ocean

Sanjeev Chopra -
One of the most important points in Pakistan’s National Security Policy is the grudging acceptance of the name ‘Indian Ocean’.

Challenges to a credible national security doctrine

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
As the Prime Minister calls for development of intellectual capital within the armed forces, it is time for a credible National Security Doctrine.

If India starts now, it can finally have a National Security Doctrine by 2022

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
The widespread international image of India as a ‘soft state’ must be dispelled by the creation of a national security doctrine.

It’s time for India to formulate a national security doctrine

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
Having a national security doctrine helps avoid ambiguity about dealing with a crisis and to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

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Economy

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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