EXTERNAL SECURITY 1052
India’s external security is informed by its political position on the world stage. Since 2014, Prime Minister Modi’s progressive attitude has brought Indian foreign policy on significantly. This is demonstrated through the surprise invitation of all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation leaders to his swearing-in ceremony . India is now showing global self-confidence, through strengthened defence ties with the US and Europe, and has for the first time in a generation, opened direct dialogue with Pakistan. However, despite improving relations with India’s neighbours, Modi struggles in Kashmir due to superficially religious but more likely geopolitical issues. As the balance of power in South Asia shifts towards …show more content…
For example, by returning to being a high technology nation, leading the world in niche areas such as advanced materials (such as graphene) and nano research, the UK could achieve the SDSR commitment to “promoting our prosperity through supporting international industry.” Collaboration with India’s industrial capacity could be a mutually beneficial Defence relationship in the development and export of advanced future military equipment. Further to this, the UK faces a ‘tier one’ cyber capability gap, with too few skilled operators, poor infrastructure and inadequate funding for an expensive cyber work force. India’s expertise and capacity in the telecommunications and cyber sectors could allow effective off-shoring of our low-level cyber capability and information processing operations. Developing new models of operating in the global information age are essential if we wish to match threats from Russia, Chinese and other emerging nations in the near …show more content…
The poorest central regions, suffer abject poverty and widespread illiteracy, causing mass unrest and the proliferation of organised crime. Although these factors threaten personal security, the latent risk of terrorism erodes the social cohesion and regional governance structures. It is believed that of India’s 608 districts, 205 are affected by terrorist activity. Although this threat is ostensibly Marxist militant groups operating under the banner of ‘Naxalites’ , the Indian government highlights that strong affinities exist with internationally supported terrorist organisations. Some traditionally agricultural districts are increasingly important to India’s industrial growth; as they harbour significant mineral and rare-metal resources. Poor security outlooks could reduce investment and reduce stability in these regions. India’s federal government therefore is motivated to demonstrate an improved local security and terrorism situation to investors. One example of progress is in the ‘Red corridor’ , where investment in reducing poverty, increased security spending and the introduction of additional food subsidies to riot free areas have reduced terrorism effected districts from 180 to 83 between 2007 and
India’s external security is informed by its political position on the world stage. Since 2014, Prime Minister Modi’s progressive attitude has brought Indian foreign policy on significantly. This is demonstrated through the surprise invitation of all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation leaders to his swearing-in ceremony . India is now showing global self-confidence, through strengthened defence ties with the US and Europe, and has for the first time in a generation, opened direct dialogue with Pakistan. However, despite improving relations with India’s neighbours, Modi struggles in Kashmir due to superficially religious but more likely geopolitical issues. As the balance of power in South Asia shifts towards …show more content…
For example, by returning to being a high technology nation, leading the world in niche areas such as advanced materials (such as graphene) and nano research, the UK could achieve the SDSR commitment to “promoting our prosperity through supporting international industry.” Collaboration with India’s industrial capacity could be a mutually beneficial Defence relationship in the development and export of advanced future military equipment. Further to this, the UK faces a ‘tier one’ cyber capability gap, with too few skilled operators, poor infrastructure and inadequate funding for an expensive cyber work force. India’s expertise and capacity in the telecommunications and cyber sectors could allow effective off-shoring of our low-level cyber capability and information processing operations. Developing new models of operating in the global information age are essential if we wish to match threats from Russia, Chinese and other emerging nations in the near …show more content…
The poorest central regions, suffer abject poverty and widespread illiteracy, causing mass unrest and the proliferation of organised crime. Although these factors threaten personal security, the latent risk of terrorism erodes the social cohesion and regional governance structures. It is believed that of India’s 608 districts, 205 are affected by terrorist activity. Although this threat is ostensibly Marxist militant groups operating under the banner of ‘Naxalites’ , the Indian government highlights that strong affinities exist with internationally supported terrorist organisations. Some traditionally agricultural districts are increasingly important to India’s industrial growth; as they harbour significant mineral and rare-metal resources. Poor security outlooks could reduce investment and reduce stability in these regions. India’s federal government therefore is motivated to demonstrate an improved local security and terrorism situation to investors. One example of progress is in the ‘Red corridor’ , where investment in reducing poverty, increased security spending and the introduction of additional food subsidies to riot free areas have reduced terrorism effected districts from 180 to 83 between 2007 and