1. Introduction
I. National Security Review

2. National Security Environment Satish Kumar
Global Security Trends External Security Situation I (US, China, Russia, Europe, Japan, Pakistan)
External Security Situation – II (Asia, Africa) Internal Security Developments India’s Defence Initiatives

II. India’s Security Zone
India–Iran Relations: Potential and Challenges Dinkar Srivastava
India’s Gulf Agenda: From Strategic Diffidence to Active Equidistance Stanly Johny
New Vistas in India–Myanmar Relations Gautam Mukhopadhaya
Indian Ocean Strategy and Vulnerabilities Kanwal Sibal

III. Challenges for India
Make in India’ for Military Needs: A View from the Private Sector Baba Kalyani
Water Security: Need for Paradigm Shift Shashi Shekhar
Islamic Radicalisation in South Asia Shishir Gupta
Strategic Motivations for India’s Cybersecurity: Risks, Capabilities and Promises
Samir Saran

IV. Assessing Internal Security
Youth, Employment and National Security Chandrajit Banerjee
Agricultural Productivity in National Security Planning Ramesh Chand
Border Management for National Security Pushpita Das
Left-Wing Extremist Movement: Dynamics and Complexities Ajit Lal

V. Changing Security Environment
China’s Anti-Access Area Denial (A2AD) Strategy S. Chandrashekar
India’s Strategic Landscape, Hybrid Threats and Likely Operational Scenarios
Gurmeet Kanwal, Syed Ata Hasnain, Gurpreet S. Khurana and Manmohan Bahadur
Global Governance Reforms: Prospects for India Asoke Mukerji

VI. National Security Assessment
Unmitigated Threats, Diffident Responses
Satish Kumar