National Security Vol. II Issue I | January - March 2019

About National Security:

National Security is a policy-oriented academic publication of the Vivekananda International Foundation. It focuses on understanding the principal issues and trends in India’s increasingly complex national security environment. National Security hopes to provide holistic analysis and informed debates keeping such a meaning in view. It would be forum for top thinkers, policy experts, and academics. It also hopes to meet the needs of an international readership that is increasingly interested in India’s security policies as its role in world affairs grows. Four issues would be published annually – one every three months and would be available on the net.

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Editor Note [4]

Editorial Board [5]

International Editorial Advisory Board [6]

Contents : Vol. II Issue I | January - March 2019

Essays

India in an Age of Uncertainty and Instability | Satish Chandra [7]

Towards a Rule Based Order in the Indo-Pacific | Arvind Gupta [8]

Assessing India’s Nuclear Doctrine | Amit Sharma [9]

Supreme Court ruling on Gilgit Baltistan: A legacy of unfulfilled promises | Prateek Joshi [10]

Articles

Tibet was Never Part of China Before 1950:Examples of Authoritative pre-1949 Chinese Documents that Prove It | Hon-Shiang LAU [11]

China’s Policies of Exploitation in Mekong River Region | Vinod Anand [12]

Anti-Terror Laws in India: An Appraisal | Ramanand Garge [13]

Mitigating the threat in space: Chinese military space capability and India’s response | Rahul Krishna & Aradhya Shandilya [14]

Book Reviews

Coping with the Nuclear Shadow | Arvind Gupta [15]

The Sardar’s Legacy | Shantanu Chakrabarti [16]

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