India's national security : concerns and strategies / edited by Mohanan B. Pillai.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

India's security policy: shifting paradigms and emerging frontiers / Kirshnan Srinivasan -- India's security policy: emerging frontiers and co-operation / Radhavinoda Raju -- National security: different strokes / P.P. Rajkumar -- India's security policy in the post-cold war period / Suresh R. -- South Asian market: security requiem and regional development / Himanshu Roy -- Pakistan, cross-border terrorism and policy options for India / P.M. Kamath -- Af-Pak policy: implications for India / Josukutty C.A. -- Securing the neighborhood: a sub-regional approach to India's security / Rahul Tripathi and Mukund Narvekar -- Energy security: India's global search / P.V. Rao -- Turmoil in West Asia and India's quest for energy security / A.K. Pasha -- India's search for energy security: the way forward / Dharitri Parija and Mohanan B. Pillai -- India's maritime security / Harvir Sharma -- Global dimensions of maritime policy / R.S. Vasan -- China, US and the South China Sea dispute / C. Vinodan -- Transformed contexts and complexities of India's maritime security / W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar -- India-US-China trilateral co-operation in the Indian Ocean Region / S.Y. Surendra Kumar -- Human security and climate change in South Asia / A. Subramanyam Raju -- Human rights and human security: reflections on India's policy initiatives / Kadloor Savitri -- Indo-International initiative for billions of fruit trees (IIIBFT) / R. Alagu Perumal Ramasamy -- Human security and Gandhian ethics in a globalised world / Mohanan B. Pillai and Dharitri Parija -- Environmental challenges for policy formation and national security / Venkateshwaran Lokanathan.

Security forms an important component of the way international relations are played out. After Independence in 1947, India followed a policy of non-alignment to protect and promote the interests of the new born nation. India's security concerns at that time revolved around the threats emanating primarily from Pakistan. China was also perceived as a threat to India's national security. However, the age of neo-liberal globalization has added additional dimensions to the conventional threats. In the post-Cold War period, the major security concern of India emanates from cross-border terrorism. The challenges posed by international terrorism, global economic meltdown and environmental degradation including climate change are also security concerns that India has to address seriously. The crisis in the energy sector is another major security challenge. On the domestic front, India faces many challenges including poverty, illiteracy, social and economic inequalities, communalism, regional imbalances, development-based displacement etc. This book contains 21 research papers - authored by experts in various fields - which examine various dimensions of India's security concerns and suggest appropriate policy formulations in this regard. In general, the need for out-of-the-box approach for ensuring security in its holistic dimension has been emphasized -- publisher's website.