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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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Opinion

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

Manvendra Singh -
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

How the Indian Navy counters modern maritime threats—Hard seas and steady hands

India has 291 homoeopathic colleges in 2026, writes Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav

Economy

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

Deepika Amirapu -
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Defence

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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