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India's National Security Annual Review 2004

  Contents

  1. National Security Review
    1. Global Security Trends
      Satish Kumar
    2. External Security Situation
      Satish Kumar
    3. Internal Security Threats
      Satish Kumar
    4. Defence Modernization: Higher Defence Management,
      Procurement and Equipment Issues
      Lt. Gen. V. K. Kapoor
    5. Economic Security – I
      Sanjaya Baru
    6. Economic Security – II
      Tarun Das
    7. Technology Self-Reliance and Beyond
      Anjan Das
    8. Strategic Neighborhood:
      Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
    9. Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta
    10. Pakistan Under Islamist Siege
      Wilson John
    11. National Security Index
      Satish Kumar
    12. Global and Regional Security Indices
      Satish Kumar
    13. India’s Security and Foreign Policy Initiatives
      INSAR Research Staff
    14. Acquisition of Arms and Military Technology by India
      and its Neighbours
      INSAR Research Staff

  2. Perspectives on National Security
    1. Operational Management: Nature of Wars and
      Military Technology and a Joint Doctrine for the Armed Forces
      Lt. Gen. V. K. Kapoor
    2. India’s Maritime Security
      Vice Adm. R. B. Suri
    3. Challenges for India’s Economic and Trade Diplomacy
      Nagesh Kumar
    4. Imperilled Frontiers: India’s Northeast
      Jaideep Saikia
    5. Managing Diversity for Security and Stability
      B.G. Verghese
    6. Pakistan’s Strategic Thinking and Military Modernization
      Brig. Arun Sehgal
    7. ASEAN Ramifications and Relations with India
      Sudhir Devare
    8. Recent Wars and Their Military Strategic Implications
      Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak

  3. Chronology of Major Events
    • United States
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Japan
    • China
    • Pakistan
    • Nepal
    • Bangladesh
    • Sri Lanka
    • Bhutan
    • Maldives
    • Major Global Developments
    • Major Regional Developments

  4. Select Documents
    1. India’s Statement on `Operationalisation’ of Nuclear Doctrine,
      4 January 2003
    2. The New Delhi Declaration between the Republic
      of India and the Islamic Repblic of Iran, 25 January 2003
    3. Statement of Principles for U.S.-India High Technology
      Commerce, 6 February 2003
    4. Statement by Mr. Brajesh Mishra, National Security Adviser,
      Government of India, on ``Global Fight Against Terrorism:
      Status and Perspectives”, at the 39th Munich Conference on
      Security Policy, 9 February 2003
    5. Speech by Mr. Yashwant Sinha, External Affairs Minister
      of India on India’s Foreign Policy Today at the Diplomatic
      Academy, Moscow, 20 February 2003
    6. Statement by the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Atal Bihari
      Vajpayee, at the XIII NAM Summit, Kuala Lumpur,
      24 February 2003
    7. Kuala Lampur Declaration on Continuing the revitalisation of the Non-Aligned Movement, XIII NAM Summit, 25 February 2003
    8. Statement by External Affairs Minister, Mr. Yashwant Sinha,
      at the 9th Session of the Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental
      Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological
      and Cultural Cooperation, Moscow, 15 May 2003
    9. Singapore’s Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s Address at the
      ``Shangri-La Dialogue’, Singapore, 30 May 2003
    10. Speech of Defence Minister Mr. George Fernandes at the
      ``Shangri-La Dialogue’ on ``The changing Strategic Environment: Impact on Security Policy and Military Doctrine”, Singapore, 1 June 2003
    11. Declaration on Principles for Relation and Comprehensive Cooperation Between the Republic of India and the People’s Republic of China, Beijing, 23 June 2003
    12. Memorandum between the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Expanding Border Trade, Beijing, 23 June 2003
    13. Joint Statement on the Meeting of the U.S.-India Defence Policy Group, Washington D.C., 8 August 2003
    14. Speech by External Affairs Minister Mr. Yashwant Sinha, at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore, 26 August 2003
    15. Delhi Statement on Friendship and Cooperation between India and Israel, 10 September 2003
    16. Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bihari Bajpayee’s Address at ASEAN Business and Investment Summit: ``The India-ASEAN
      Partnership & Beyond”, Bali, 7 October 2003
    17. India’s CBM Proposal to Pakistan, 22 October 2003
    18. Joint Declaration of the Republic of India and the Russian Federation on ``Global Challenges and Threats to World Security and Stability”,
      on the Occasion of the Visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Moscow, 12 November 2003
    19. Admiral R.D Katari Memorial Lecture by Mr. Yashwant Sinha, External Affairs Minister, on ``The Emerging India-China Relationship
      and its Impact on India/South Asia”, New Delhi, 22 November 2003
    20. White Paper on China’s Non-Proliferation Policy
      and Measures, 3 December 2003

  5. Basic Statistics
    Compiled by INSAR Research Staff

    1. India’s Selected Socia-economic Indicators
    2. Area, Population and electorate by States in India
    3. India’s GDP: Total and Growth Rates
    4. Percentage Change in Value Addition (Constant Prices) in India’s Economy
    5. India’s Agricultural Production
    6. Industrial Production in India
    7. Production and Import of Energy in India
    8. Finances of Central Government in India
    9. India’s External Transactions
    10. India’s Share in World Power Structures
    11. Achievements of Selected Countries in Sciences and Technology
    12. GDP and Defence Expenditures of India, Pakistan, and China
    13. Defence Expenditure, Manpower, Weapons and Equipments of Major Military Powers
    14. Operational Nuclear Warheads
    15. Operational Offensive Nuclear Delivery Systems of Major Military Powers

Editorial Board

Chairman

Amb. M. Rasgotra, Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Members

Dr. Sanjaya Baru, Editor, The Financial Express, New Delhi

Sh. Tarun Das, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi

Prof. P. V. Indiresan, Former Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai

Lt. Gen. Satish Nambiar, Director, United Service Institution of India, New Delhi

Dr. Roddam Narasimha, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore

Sh. Y. S. Rajan, Scientific Advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab, and Vice Chancellor, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar

Dr. V. Siddhartha, Advisor, Secretariat of the Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri, DRDO, New Delhi

Air Cmde. Jasjit Singh, Former Director, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi

Sh. B. G. Verghese, Former Editor, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Satish Kumar
Former Professor of Diplomacy
Jawaharlal  Nehru University
New Delhi

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For details, see Satish Kumar, (ed.), India's National Security Annual Review 2004 , India Research Press, 2004, New Delhi

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