Grace, Glory and Gaffe: India’s Defence and Security@75

Release Date: 15th,  August 2023

No. of Pages: 317

Defending India in the face of multifarious insecurities that it faces is no mean feat. It is surrounded by hostile neighbours with nuclear capabilities and a strategic environment which is continuously in flux. With five major wars, protracted sub-conventional wars and intermittent eruption of localised conflicts, India has dealt with a grim security scenario since independence and continues to deal with it on a daily basis even today. This at the backdrop of a vibrant democracy which also means a continuous struggle of getting to consensus at a political spectrum which is extraordinarily diverse and also confrontational. How has India managed to do it? What have been the key strategic decisions that impacted defence and security apparatus in the country? What have been the key inflections points in India’s Defence and Security Policy making? What more needs to be done to face a new generation of warfare and conflicts? This volume attempts to contemplate these questions and more.

About the Editors

Dr. Uttara Sahasrabuddhe is Distinguished Fellow at the Forum for Integrated National Security, Mumbai. Formerly, she was Professor & Head, Department of Civics & Politics, University of Mumbai.
Akshay Ranade is Assistant Professor (Politics and International Relations) at Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International University. Prior to that, worked as Assistant Professor at the MIT-School of Government and also as a researcher at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.