Security Scan : National Security & Policy Integration

Delivering the second Manohar Parrikar memorial lecture, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called for greater integration between the foreign and military policies to effectively deal with national security challenges and safeguard India’s interests globally. In this episode we will discuss how this greater integration can be achieved and what are key focus areas in this aspect.

Anchor:-Vishal Dahiya

Producer:- Sagheer Ahmad

Guest Name:-

1. Kanwal Sibal, Former Foreign Secretary

2. Professor Harsh V. Pant, Head Strategic Studies Programme, ORF

3. Maj. Gen. Dhruv C. Katoch (Retd.), Director, India Foundation

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The above programme included an analyst/professor, a former diplomat and an ex-military man who had a decent 'chai pe charcha' or as one would put in Shashi Tharoor's words : "All hats and no cattle".

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External affair + internal security.
There is need to larger integration of mitilaary policy to external policy
Structural change is needed .
Navy have its kind of foreign policy own it’s own.
Integration process is going on and strengthen.
Strength of armed forces is increasing.
Surgical strike and India is isolating Pakistan.
To secure both economic and foreign.
Traditional security issue to non traditional security issues.
It’s a strategic imperative.
Look for another ministeries like climate change. Climate change is security issue in some countries .
To look at those challenges
Lots of resutricerijg is done.
Quad and indo pacific. ASEAN countries.
How far we go to japana Australia. They have ties with china.
We are largely export deficit.
China and us has animity we can have impact.
Direct military issue we will face.
How not alllow to cut out relationship with China. Completely.
1. Diplomacy can’t handle military challenges.

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We have failed in Nepal that's reality if china and nepal defense deal comes out it will be a huge

[shashwattiwari]

Rstv pls improve the sound quality of guest
Pls do something

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The best possible solution for this is to allow "Lateral Entry" of Retired (SSC) Military Officers in to IFS & MEA.

If Retired Military Officers become the part of "IFS" then can help in transformation of IFS as a service & MEA as an organization.

It can transform IFS from a more soft-power dependent service to a well balanced service that can utilise both Soft-power & Hard-power options to achieve Indian interests.

This will also allow Indian Govt to use the "Talent" that it invested in Military Academies for a better role than letting them get absorbed by Pvt Sector.

Similarly, Retired (SSC) Military Officers must be allowed "Lateral Entry" in to MoD as Bureaucrats to insure greater expertise.

"Military Attaché" is a different thing in comparison to an IFS or Diplomat with a Military background.
It just changes the mindset how a Diplomat /IFS with a Military background will think & Operate.

At the same time Indian Govt must consider to shift India towards a "Presidential" form of Govt with Fixed term limits for President, Senators & House Representatives.

Indian Parliamentary System is a recipe of disaster for a Nation like India as it leads to:-
(1) Political Instability
(2) Fusion of Executive & Legislative powers
(3) Governance
(4) Challenge to Federalism
(5) Lack of Meritocracy