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MILITANT GROUPS IN SOUTH ASIA
0Original price was: ₹1,195.00.₹1,095.00Current price is: ₹1,095.00.This book is an attempt to profile important militant groups presently active in South Asian countries. It leaves out many militant groups that earlier have merged into some larger groups or have been inactive for some years. Nevertheless, the book covers some inactive groups given their potential to regroup and get into action. The information related to these militant groups have been culled from open sources and due care has been taken to check the facts for consistency and reliability. The threat perception from each group has been covered in this book in details. The book will be useful for further research on militancy, terrorism, radicalization and security related issues.
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Military Confidence-Building and India-China Relations
0Original price was: ₹995.00.₹895.00Current price is: ₹895.00.There is widespread consensus that as two rising powers, India and China will have progressively more to do together at the regional and global levels and that their cooperation needs to be strengthened and expanded. This book represents the first occasion where academic specialists and retired military personnel from both countries have come together with serving military officers to give their views on a number of important and sensitive topics ranging from nuclear CBMs to maritime cooperation to terrorism. It is hoped that the debates engendered in this volume, will contribute to better understanding and the improvement of bilateral ties not just in the security domain but also in other fields in which the two countries are increasingly engaged.
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Modi`s Blueprint For India: Policy, Governance and Emerging Challenges
0Original price was: ₹795.00.₹695.00Current price is: ₹695.00.India entered the 21st century with multiple challenges – both external and internal – and a history of tackling these challenges mostly softy, or not as hard and effectively as they should have been tackled. In 2014 general election the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) got voted into power with a massive majority. Almost a year earlier the BJP had declared Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate. Despite a concerted campaign of vilifying him, his appeal grew and spread and he finally became the Prime Minister of the world`s largest democracy. The 2014 mandate stands out as the first ever one giving a clear majority to a non-Congress party. This is an unprecedented mandate with many inherent messages. Modi`s message of development and good governance combined with the economic agenda of growth attracted the attention of young and aspiring India. His government must achieve on diverse subjects like economy, foreign policy, food security, external and internal security, job creation, administrative reforms etc. The people of India have high hopes and expectations from Modi`s government and they will be impatient to see how Narendra Modi will out his agenda. It is an opportune time to for him to restore people`s faith in democracy and India`s glory. The contributors have tried to bring out some of the relevant issues with hopes that the compilation would be useful to take India to greater heights.
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Neighbourhood Initiatives of the Modi Government: Challenges and Road Ahead
0Original price was: ₹995.00.₹895.00Current price is: ₹895.00.Neighborhood Initiatives of the Modi Government is a significant addition to the field of South Asian Studies and India`s Foreign Policy. Ever since he assumed the office of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has been trying to improve India`s ties with the world in general and neighbours in particular not only to serve Bharatiya national interests, but also to act in accordance with ancient Bharatiya wisdom of treating every one as friend or potential friend. This was evident when Prime Minister Modi, initiated his foreign policy endeavors by inviting all the heads of governments of South Asian states to attend his Government`s oath taking ceremony. But when confronted with bullets, his Army responded by firing mortars and surgical strikes. Chapters in the book examines New Delhi`s South Asia policy in the lights of these moorings.
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NON-CONTACT WARFARE: An Appraisal of China`s Military Capabilities
0Original price was: ₹1,295.00.₹1,195.00Current price is: ₹1,195.00.While the previous wars were about jointmanship between the services, the future war will be dictated by the civil-military integration. The core instrumentality of threat and use of force to achieve political outcomes have changed since the end of the Cold War. The creeping difference between war and conflict is changing the way the confrontations and crisis are being engineered and handled. Emerging threats are exploiting new technologies and finding new uses for the old one. Similarly, the practitioners of defence are finding new methods to engage in sub-threshold warfare using Non-Contact Warfare. Thus, a much wider array of agencies are now involved in the development and implementation of national security policy. A whole-of-government effort might better define the instruments of power.
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Occupied Territories of Bharat
0Original price was: ₹395.00.₹295.00Current price is: ₹295.00.Most Indians are unaware that the territory depicted on maps as Bharat is not entirely under Bharat’s. This book attempts to fill in the knowledge gap about Bhartiya territories under foreign occupation. It specially focusses on the territories of union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir that are under Pakistan and China’s Occupation. This book tries to analyse the circumstances under which these territories came under adverse possession and gives a brief description of their history, geography and other characteristics, primarily with an intention to enlighten citizens of Bharat about these forgotten regions.
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PAKISTAN INSIGHTS 2021-22: A Granular Look At Key Issues in Pakistan
0Original price was: ₹995.00.₹895.00Current price is: ₹895.00.PAKISTAN INSIGHTS 2021-22 is the third in the ‘Pakistan Insights’ series brought out by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) to deepen the understanding of Pakistan. Ideas for the various chapters are based on the discussions held in the Pakistan Study Group (PSG) that was set up in February 2018 in the VIF. The previous two editions- Pakistan Insights 2019 and Pakistan Insights 2020 received widespread acclaim and it is hoped that this edition too would be well received. -
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PENTAGON YEARBOOK: SOUTH ASIA DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE 2020
0Original price was: ₹1,995.00.₹1,895.00Current price is: ₹1,895.00.Among the many defining developments in South Asia, perhaps the momentous event is the second term of Prime Minister Modi as the Prime Minister of India, which is being referred to as Modi 2.0. The swearing-in was marked by invitation to leaders of most of the South Asian nations (except Pakistan), as also, some BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) nations were invited thus reiterating primacy of `Neighbourhood First` policy in New Delhi`s politico-diplomatic, economic and strategic framework.
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REIMAGINING SOUTH ASIA: MULTILATERALISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY TIMES
0Original price was: ₹995.00.₹895.00Current price is: ₹895.00.The South Asian region has more relevance in COVID times as severe challenges in the countries require a solution. Analytical studies have given a broad perspective regarding South Asia as a region. It is socially constructed based on geographical barriers, but Myanmar and Afghanistan were not considered a part of it. While analysing the importance, the editor has deliberated that multilateralism in the South Asian region can be the greatest hope for actionable policies if adequately monitored and complied with in full. There are two dimensions of International Politics; the first is Positive and Creative, and the second is Reality. Geopolitics has entered everywhere, and we have to look at the whole world and how Realism has shaped South Asia. There has been a question on capitalist growth and opportunities for the world. -
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RISE OF CHINA: 2030 And Its Strategic Implications
0Original price was: ₹1,995.00.₹1,895.00Current price is: ₹1,895.00.Almost all the economic studies have predicted that China will attain the Super power status somewhere between 2016 and 2040 thereby dislodging the United States from its `Numero Uno` position. However, in the international politics, a country requires both economic and military muscle to become a global power – that too supported by technological prowess, political stability and social cohesion at home. In China, usage of phrase `rise`or `jueqi` is virtually a taboo and erstwhile stance of `peaceful rise` has been replaced by `peaceful development`. China aims to become by 2050: a prosperous, democratic and civilized socialist country, a global scientific power and possess a Blue Water Navy – minimum essential to dominate the oceans.
Rise of China: 2030 and Its Strategic Implications presents absolute as well as relative analysis of China`s `Comprehensive National Power`. The book covers China`s role in Global power dynamics – competition or cooperation with major powers and its neighbours and its power status by 2030 AD. Strategic implications of China`s Rise dictate the courses of action to be adopted by the United States whom it intends to displace and its immediate neighbour India.
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RIVERINE NEIGHBOURHOOD: HYDRO-POLITICS IN SOUTH ASIA
0Original price was: ₹1,095.00.₹995.00Current price is: ₹995.00.Rivers are the most visible form of fresh water. Rivers are ancient and older than civilizations—a `mini cosmos` spawning history, tales, spirituality, and technological incursions. Flowing rivers are the largest renewable water resource as well as a crucible for both humans and aquatic ecosystems. Rivers also have a habit of moving on and on from their source from where they gush with gay abandon to their mouth where they quietly disappear into the surroundings. That journey is now being interrupted. Since the age of industrialization, humans have increasingly exerted a pervasive influence on water resources. Rivers in particular have drawn humans to monumental engineering interventions such as dams and barrages often as chest-thumping dominance and seldom as an enduring bond between man and nature.
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Rooks and Knights: Civil-Military Relations in India
0Original price was: ₹995.00.₹895.00Current price is: ₹895.00.It is axiomatic that in a democracy, the nation’s Armed Forces are subordinate to its elected Government. But a Nation’s Armed Forces are ‘Forces’ that exude and represent national power and areno ordinary subordinate agencies. Besides, they are unique organizations with long and proud traditions.
Control of the armed Forces is hence an arduously complex and delicate function requiring comprehensive and more importantly, a mature understanding of the Forces; ethos and internal mechanisms of operation.
