Vij Books India Private Limited Strategic Year Book 2020

The USI of India Strategic Year Book 2020 continues upon the Year Books we have published since 2016 and which have been widely appreciated. The book provides comprehensive researched articles on contemporary security studies by knowledgeable Indian strategic thinkers and scholars both from the military and civil field. The articles deal with security issues covering international and domestic affairs presented in five thematic sections titled 'National Security Overview', 'Internal Security Environment', 'Pakistan-China Strategic Challenge', 'India's Strategic Neighbourhood', and 'National Security Capacity Building'. The articles look at new challenges and responses to the existing paradigm of India's national security. They deal with the complete landscape of this area of study and contribute to security studies in fields of international relations, geopolitics, changes in the character of war, technology, organizational changes, and internal security threats and responses.  They empower the reader to carry out further research on strategic studies.  The Year Book provides an increased “upstream” focus on defense and security policy practice for military, civilian administrative and political leadership and further empowers them in making considered decisions. It will also be of great interest to those researching strategic and security issues. About the Author Maj Gen Bal Krishan Sharma, AVSM, SM & Bar (Retd) is the Director of the USI of India, New Delhi. Actively involved in the strategic thinkers' community for the past eight years, he is a Strategic Net Assessments, Scenario building and Gaming specialist. He has participated in many international forums such as Xiangshan, SCO and BRICS. He has participated in India-Afghanistan and India-Vietnam Track 2 Dialogues and in many other international events related to geopolitics. Lt Gen Ghanshyam Singh Katoch, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) is the Head Editorial Team of the USI of India. A former Corps Commander and Director General Perspective Planning of the Indian Army, he is an elected member of the USI Council. He has two Masters Degrees one in Strategic Studies from Madras University and the other in Defence Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA. Dr Roshan Khanijo is the Assistant Director (Research) at the Centre of Strategic Studies and Simulation, USI of India, New Delhi. Her area of interest is strategic issues particularly Nuclear Strategy, Armament & Disarmament and Niche technologies. She has lectured on a number of strategic issues and written and edited books, monographs and occasional papers.