National Security Volume VII Issue I | January - March 2024

About The Issue

This special issue of National Security brings together perspectives of some of the leading strategic thinkers of the country, who recommend that India needs to be mindful of the current global trends and prepare itself adequately to brace for the near and long-term challenges.

Economists Rajiv Kumar and Ishan Joshi observe that while the current global as well as domestic conditions are favourable for India, there is a requirement to develop an innovative matrix of policies to make the most of the major transitions identified by the authors. Arun K. Singh highlights the inability of the lone but relatively weakened superpower, the US, to sustain the system of international relations that it had built. In his essay Asoke Mukerji highlights the crisis in global governance that impacts the countries of the Global South and emphasises the importance of reforming multilateralism

Arvind Gupta reminds the readers of the significance of the philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and rues the lack of such civilisational values in the liberal international order. In his thoughtful essay D. B. Venkatesh Varma contends that since forces that impact national security of states are working in tandem with forces that weaken the ability of states to make sovereign decisions, India must strive hard to maintain its autonomy. Gautam Banerjee analyses the military aspects of a turbulent world order and underscores the need for countries and their military systems to collectively manage the ever-proliferating triggers of warfare, refresh military doctrines, and critically assess the emerging issues of national defence. Environmental expert J. R. Bhatt brings to the forefront scuffles between the developed and developing nations in the realm of climate change in the context of the debate on Solar Radiation Modification. Finally, economist Purnima M. Gupta reviews Johannes Urpelainen’s book, Energy and Environment in India: The Politics of a Chronic Crisis. She finds that though rich in facts, it gives a short shrift to the astute understating of the energy-environment nexus displayed by India in international forums, that have been shaped by its civilisational predisposition.

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CONTENTS: Volume VII Issue I | January - March 2024

Editor’s Note

A Turbulent Global Transition and India’s Strategic Options | Sujit Dutta [6]

Essays

Six Global Transitions and an Opportunity for India | Rajiv Kumar and Ishan Joshi [7]

The Role of the United States in a World in Crisis | Arun K. Singh [7]

Addressing the Crisis in Global Governance | Asoke Mukerji [7]

Navigating the Turbulent World as a Civilisational State | Arvind Gupta [7]

Towards a Grand Strategy for India in an Era of Global Instability | D. B. Venkatesh Varma [8]

Military Aspects of the Emerging World Order | Gautam Banerjee [7]

Managing the Sun to Manage Global Warming? | J. R. Bhatt [7]

Book Review

Governing Energy and Environment for India’s National Security | Purnima M. Gupta [7]