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Samskriti Alternative Approaches to Security National Integration Governance Non Military Challenges by R Radhakrishnan And Prafulla Ketkar And Aisha Sultanat
Traditional approaches to national security have privileged State security without according equal improtance to human security or the security of the individual, its ultimate beneficiary. Neither are non-military threats like economic instability, ethnic, caste and communal tensons, demographic movements, environmental degradation, apart from the continuing menace of terrorism, provided salience, although the focus of national security has decisively shifted from inter-state to intra-state conflicts within regional security complexes in the international system. The Indian State is not unaware of these looming, non-traditional and emerging dangers, but the enfeeblement of its political and administrative institutions has adversely affected its capacity to meet these threats while the expectations of the people have risen and are growing in an exponential manner. About Author : R. Radhakrishan is a Research Officer at the Insitute of Peace and Conflict Studies since April 2002 . He pursued his higher studies at the Centre for Politcal Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. His M.Phil. work as on "Intellectual Property Rights and Bio-diversity: Implications and Options for India". His research interests include politcs and conflict based on primordial identities in India, democracy in India and environmentalism. his future research agenda relates to shifting identities in Indian Politics. He has been writing on issues related to democracy, governance and identity poltics in India for the Institute's website (www.ipcs.org).