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India’s revised National Security Index points to India emerging as one of the fourth most powerful nations of the world by 2025, Foreign Minister SM Krishna said on Tuesday. He was releasing India’s National Security Annual review 2010 at a function at India Habitat Centre.
“The revised National Security Index points to India emerging as the fourth most powerful nation of the world by 2025”, he said. India’s National Security: Annual review was conceptualised in 2010 in the wake of India’s nuclear Tests and the Kargil war in order to provide an in-depth and holistic assessment of national security threats and challenges.
The National Security Index revealed that in the review ranks, United States and China are way ahead of India, whereas Germany, France, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are behind. Around 50 nations were measured in terms of their defence capability, economic strength, effective population, technological prowess and energy security to arrive at the study’s conclusions.
“I recollect what the captain of India’s World Cup winning cricket team said a few days ago about his team’s One Day International rankings: If we keep playing well, the rankings will take care of themselves”, Krishna said on al lighter note
On Pakistan, Krishna said, “With Pakistan, we have pursued the path of dialogue to reduce the trust deficit and to resolve all outstanding issues in a spirit of openness and in the hope that we can build a better future for the peoples of both countries. At the same time, we have never abandoned our concerns about the need to eliminate cross-border terrorism. “
Talking about China, he said, “China is our largest neighbour and we have sought to structure our relationship with that country based on the principles of mutual sensitivity to each other’s concerns and the need to peacefully resolve outstanding issues through painstaking negotiations.”
“This is a path that we have pursued with careful deliberation, conscious always of the need to defend our security interests and to carefully monitor Chinese activities in our neighborhood,” he added.
On the other hand , the editor of the India’s National Security Annual Review Prof Satish Kumar, who is also a former professor of diplomacy at JNU, enumerated that, “there are gaping holes in our security system and we could have done better”.
India’s revised National Security Index points to India emerging as one of the fourth most powerful nations of the world by 2025, Foreign Minister SM Krishna said on Tuesday. He was releasing India’s National Security Annual review 2010 at a function at India Habitat Centre.
“The revised National Security Index points to India emerging as the fourth most powerful nation of the world by 2025”, he said. India’s National Security: Annual review was conceptualised in 2010 in the wake of India’s nuclear Tests and the Kargil war in order to provide an in-depth and holistic assessment of national security threats and challenges.
The National Security Index revealed that in the review ranks, United States and China are way ahead of India, whereas Germany, France, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are behind. Around 50 nations were measured in terms of their defence capability, economic strength, effective population, technological prowess and energy security to arrive at the study’s conclusions.
“I recollect what the captain of India’s World Cup winning cricket team said a few days ago about his team’s One Day International rankings: If we keep playing well, the rankings will take care of themselves”, Krishna said on al lighter note
On Pakistan, Krishna said, “With Pakistan, we have pursued the path of dialogue to reduce the trust deficit and to resolve all outstanding issues in a spirit of openness and in the hope that we can build a better future for the peoples of both countries. At the same time, we have never abandoned our concerns about the need to eliminate cross-border terrorism. “
Talking about China, he said, “China is our largest neighbour and we have sought to structure our relationship with that country based on the principles of mutual sensitivity to each other’s concerns and the need to peacefully resolve outstanding issues through painstaking negotiations.”
“This is a path that we have pursued with careful deliberation, conscious always of the need to defend our security interests and to carefully monitor Chinese activities in our neighborhood,” he added.
On the other hand , the editor of the India’s National Security Annual Review Prof Satish Kumar, who is also a former professor of diplomacy at JNU, enumerated that, “there are gaping holes in our security system and we could have done better”.
