CONTENTS: Introduction, 1. India's National Security: A Realist Perspective-Suresh Rangarajan, 2. Threats to India's National Security-Cherish Mathson, 3. Indo-Pacific Securitisation-M P Muralidharan, 4. Confidence Building Measures in the Western Indian Ocean: Role of Indo-East Africa Naval Diplomacy-Sibapada Rath, 5. Role of Helicopters in Sub-Conventional Conflict-A V Chandrasekaran, 6. The 'Red Corridor' Warfare in India: The Union Governments Military Response Since 2004-Jithin Raveendran, 7. Managing China's Expansionism: Strategic Collaboration between India and Japan-Kailash Nath G, 8. Disaster Management in India: The Role of Armed Forces-Reinhart Philip & Salin C Simon, 9. Integrative Tendencies of AI: Emerging Paradigms of Strategic (IN) Stability and Nuclear (IN) Security-Ramnath Reghunadhan, 10. Environmental Security: The Need for a Holistic Approach-Anbazhagi Muthukumar, Nishmitha P S, Jayakrishna Bodepadu, 11. Food Security in India: Challenges, Progress and Future Perspectives-Alagu Manickavelu, About the Contributors, Index.