Author: Neli Padukone
Foreword/Introduction: General V P Malik
Publisher: Knowledge World
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 147
ISBN/UPC (if available): 93-80502-12-5
Description
This book is a horizon scan of conceptual shifts in the nature of conflict. These shifts include the threat posed by networked forms of organization; the augmented role of information and perceptions in both shaping and resolving conflicts; deficits in governance as security threats; the security implications of emerging technologies, climate change and economics; emerging challenges in nuclear, space, and military strategies; and global shifts in geopolitical power and their effects on Indian strategic thinking.
Security in a Complex Era concludes by proposing an alternative paradigm for conceptualizing and acting on national security: an evolutionary systems view of security that employs networked management and anticipatory governance.
Contents
Foreword by General V.P. Malik (Retd)
Executive Summary
Introduction
MICRO LEVEL CHALLENGES
The Information Revolution and the Role of Perception
Identity
Perception Management and Perception Influence
Networked Organization
Networked Threats
Communication in Networks
Information and Communications Technologies
Religious Extremist, Ideological and Nationalist Groups
Economic Networks
Narcotics Trafficking
Arms Proliferation
Human Trafficking
Organized Crime Syndicates
The Trans-national Dimensions
Nexus
The Threat of Governance
Personnel Retention and Morale
Privatization and Accountability
Systemic Enablers of corruption and Mismanagement
Expectations and Realities of a ‘Flailing’ State
MACRO LEVEL CHALLENGES
Perception at he Macro Level
Perception Management in the State System
State Perceptions: Pakistan
State Perceptions: India’s Smaller Neighbours
State-to-State Conflict
International Engagements in a New Global Order
The Indian Ocean
Further Afield
Nuclear Afield
Nuclear Policy
Utility of Nuclear Weapons in an Age of Complexity
Nuclear ‘Strategy’
Space Policy
Civilian Development vs. Militarisation vs. Weaponisation
Civilian Capacities
Technology and Information in Military Affairs
Emerging India and Strategic Culture
MICRO-MACRO INTERACTIONS
Nuclear Security Frontier Security
Political Issues
Logistical Issues
Technological Drivers of Conflict
Cyber Warfare
Information and Its Security
Emerging Technologies
The Environment, Climate Change and National Security
Rising Temperature
Extremes and Anomalies in Weather
Rising Sea Levels
Himalayan Glaciers
Resource Wars
Governance of the Environment
Poverty and Economics in the Realm of Security
Economics as Instruments of State Policy
Conflict Economies
The Military-Industrial Complex
Urbanization, Migration and Development
Poverty and the State in the 21st Century: Perceptions at the Micro-Macro Level
CONCLUSION: MANAGING SECURITY IN A COMPLEX AGE
A Complex Era
An Evolutionary Systems View of National Security
A Systems View
Evolutionary Perspectives: Stability and Change
Foresight and Action
Anticipatory Governance
Diverse Thinking
Networked Management
Conclusion
Notes