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• W1444344008 abstract "Vinod Misra (ed.), Core Concerns in Indian Defence and the Imperatives for Reforms, (New Delhi: Pentagon Press / Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, 2014), Pages: 374, Price: Rs. 1,095.00India's pressing security challenges arise from its internal security concerns and the envisaged threats from across its land and sea borders. Unsettled borders between India and two of her largest neighbours, and conflicting claims on territory give rise to the possibility of conflict developing over unresolved issues. That both these neighbours are nuclear capable states adds to the complexity of the security challenge. Internally, India faces multiple challenges with respect to combating insurgency in some border states, and left wing extremism in some districts spread across the heartland. Allied with this is the geo-political reality of a deeply troubled neighbourhood, which India has to contend with. The military remains an important tool not only in achieving national security objectives, but also in combating both internal and external security threats. It is understood that addressing present and future security challenges in a very complex geo-political environment would require civilian instruments of power working in tandem with the military.A comprehensive understanding of issues pertaining to defence, however, remain largely elusive, both, in the decision making hierarchy as also in public debates on the subject. The defence budget is still perfunctorily passed in the Parliament without serious debate, as the lawmakers are not aware of the complexities in various facets of defence preparedness. A lack of direction has thus marked India's modernisation efforts since independence, largely due to inadequacies in the understanding of defence and security issues by India's political leadership and the stranglehold over defence by the country's bureaucracy. The services too have contributed to this malaise by their inability to project their core concerns. It is strange that the orientation of the armed forces still remains Pakistan centric, despite the fact that the long term strategic challenge India faces is from China.This book, edited by Vinod Misra, former Financial Advisor (Defence Services) and presently Distinguished Fellow at the IDSA attempts to highlight what India needs to do to become a proficient and confident power, capable of protecting its interests. In the process, it highlights the need and the urgent imperatives for reforms. The subject has been covered in a series of articles written by some of the most respected names in the field. These include among others, former service chiefs, former secretaries to the Government of India, financial experts and defence analysts of repute. The very fact that such a large body of people who had headed their respective organisations, have been brought together to express their views on issues of fundamental concern to the country, is noteworthy.The book covers a broad overview of the geopolitical environment, the schisms existing in civil military relations, the higher defence organisation as presently constituted, the challenges in defence planning, financial planning, research and development, and in indigenisation and the acquisition process. These issues are covered comprehensively in 18 chapters.The opening chapter by Kanwal Sibal, India's former Foreign Secretary sets the tone for the rest of the book by succinctly outlining the external security environment of the country and its impact on India's defence. Thereafter, a former defence secretary and former chiefs of the three services have expressed their views on civil-military relations and the higher defence organisation, which bring out the different perspectives of the civil bureaucracy and of the service headquarters.Shekhar Dutt, former Defence Secretary, in his contribution, states that senior military leadership is discomforting, to say the least, at higher organisation levels denotes a mindset, which is perhaps part of the problem that has prevented the integration of the service head quarters with the Ministry of Defence. …" @default.
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