Internal Conflicts: Military Implications - Hardcover

V. R. Raghavan

9789381411339: Internal Conflicts: Military Implications

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9381411336 ISBN 13: 9789381411339

Publisher: Vij Books India, 2012

Internal conflicts have replaced interstate wars in the 21st century. The scale and intensities of these conflicts have widened. Many of these conflicts are protracted and intractable resulting in security, economic and political implications not only within the country but also in neighborhood resulting in internationalization of these conflicts. In many cases the consequences have turned into the causes of continuing conflicts. These developments have made the resolution of internal conflicts complex and stretched the capacities of the states affected by them. As the states face internal conflicts, they are inclined to depend on the armed forces to curb these conflicts followed by a slew of other approaches, viz, development & economic and political. This volume comprises of papers written by a former governor and retired armed forces officials from India and Nepal who had vast experience in handling these conflicts. The observations and views put forward by them provide valuable insight for policy makers, academia and researchers.

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About the Author:

Lt Gen (Retd) VR Raghavan is President, Centre for Security Analysis and Advisor, Delhi Policy Group, New Delhi. He is a member of India's National Security Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Task Force set up by the Government of India to Review Defence Preparedness. After a distinguished career in the Indian Army, where he was decorated on three occasions, he retired as Director General of Military Operations. His combat experience includes operations in wars with Pakistan and China and in counterinsurgency campaigns. The General is an elected member of the Council of United Services Institution of India and was Council Member, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London. He was also member of the Committee to review the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. He was a Commissioner of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission chaired by Dr Hans Blix and also advisor and research consultant to the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament convened by the Governments of Australia and Japan. He was Visiting Fellow at Centre for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University and Henry L Stimson Centre. He has authored books amongst which, the monograph, India's Need for Strategic Balance; essay on Limited War and Nuclear Escalation in South Asia, the books Infantry in India, and Siachen-Conflict without End are widely known. He has edited more than two dozen books.

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