Conceptualizing Security for India in the 21st Century (Hardcover)  | Released: 2007

The present volume is an anthology of papers presented in the first NISDA Security Conference in 2005 with interdisciplinary contributions from a variety of professionals from government organization, academics and researchers on the common theme of conceptualizing the notion of security in the 21st century. It entails a multi-pronged input from organizational, bureaucratic and academic perspectives to look at in a focused way the Indo-centric view towards the national and international security matters. It is hoped that the volume will be useful to the policymakers as well as the students of international relations and international security.Table of Contents: 1. Conceptualising Security for India in the 21st Century UP Thakur & C. Narasimha Rao; 2. Dialectics of Governance and Comprehensive Security in India Gopalji Malviya; 3. Process of Making Indias Security Policy: Role of the Legislature Shrikant Paranjpe; 4. Indias Nuclear Strategy: A Challenge to Decision-Making Process Prashant Agarwal; 5. Aviation Security: Evaluating the New Anti-Hijacking Policy of India Sanjay Jain; 6. Conflict Resolution and Human Security Abdul Khadeer Taj; 7. Environment and Security: Two Sides of the Same Coin Sohan P. Modak; 8. Beyond Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Feminist Interpretation of Security and a Paradigm Shift in South Asia Santishree Pandit; 9. Strategic Culture, Civil Society and War Against Terrorism Harsh K. Sinha; 10. Detection of Landmines: Issues Related to Human Security V.N. Bhoraskar; 11. Aerospace Remote Sensing: Indias Capability Hari Saran; 12. Indias Geopolitical Environment A.K. Trikha; 13. Third Party Mediation (TPM): The Case of India-Pakistan Conflict Vijay S. Khare; 14. Security Beyond South Asia: The European Experience Prasad Rane; 15. The Nuclear Dimension of Indias Security Shankar Roychowdhury; 16. Military and Security Perspectives V.P. Malik; 17. Military Perspectives of Security H.M. Khanna; 18. Military Industrial Base: Is India Inching Towards It? M.R. Joshi; 19. Patent and Security Issues Vishal Katariya; 20. Biting Bytes and National Security Aniruddha G. Joshi & Ankush R. Kulkarni; 21. Revolution in Military Affairs and Changing Patterns of Wars D.B. Shekatkar; 22. Secure Access to Space Pramod Kale; 23. Human Rights and the Implementation of Programmes Related to Human Rights Studies in Indian Universities K.B. Powar; 24. Need for Military Sociology in Asian Universities Leena Parmar; 25. Rational and Problems of Strategic Studies in Indian Universities P.A. Ghosh; 26. Position and Polemics in National Security Studies in Indian Universities Rajendra Prasad