State governments have to be coaxed and cajoled into actively participating and cooperating with the Centre in the national endeavour to secure India’s coasts.
Lack of manpower, training, infrastructure and coordination coupled with other systemic flaws and state government’s indifference to coastal security have severely undermined the efficacy of the coastal security apparatus.
Chair: Nalin Dewan
Discussants: K. C. Pandey, M. L. Batham and J. S. Bhalla
Many scholars assume that the European model of Realpolitik will prevail in Asia as the dual rise of China and India reorders regional politics.
Complex and amorphous threats confront India’s security environment in its maritime East. India has very high stakes in the Bay of Bengal and its adjoining seas.
The post-Cold War period has witnessed significant maritime developments.