India’s 1st National Security Strategy

GS Paper 3  Syllabus: Internal Security   Source: IE  Context: India is in the process of creating its first National Security Strategy, a document that outlines the country’s security objectives and methods to achieve them.   What is the National Security Strategy? It is a government document that outlines a country’s security objectives and the …

Insights into Editorial: A blueprint for a national security strategy

Insights into Editorial: A blueprint for a national security strategy   Introduction: A National Security Strategy or Policy (NSS or NSP) is a key framework for a country to meet the basic needs and security concerns of citizens, and address external and internal threats to the country. It is pertinent to ask, even today, whether …

Insights into Editorial: The roadmap to military reform

Insights into Editorial: The roadmap to military reform   Context of restructuring Defence organisation: A recent historical overview would indicate just how confused things are, which doesn’t augur well for a ‘leading power’. The initial flavour of the debate in the decades following the Group of Ministers’ report, the Kargil Review Committee report, and the …