Gurpreet S Khurana

While the amorphous threat of terrorism can be extrapolated on the basis of what happened on 9/11, this constitutes only the 'visible horizon' of the extent of the terrorists' innovation....

• Gurpreet S Khurana |
• July 17, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

Energy security has become a major component of India's national security thinking and policy as its economy has begun to record high rates of growth. The criticality of ensuring access...

• Gurpreet S Khurana |
• July 2007 |
• Strategic Analysis

Ensuring access to crude oil and natural gas forms a crucial component of India's security calculus. It also critically underlines the significance of sea transportation through which much of these...

• Gurpreet S Khurana |
• January 2007 |
• Strategic Analysis

Among the foremost security concerns of the US after 9/11 is the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) by terrorists on its territory and their proliferation through inimical states....

• Gurpreet S Khurana |
• December 28, 2006 |
• IDSA Comments

It remains to be seen how the USA would "help India become a major world power" as the US Secretary of State stated a year ago, but Washington is certainly...

• Gurpreet S Khurana |
• April 03, 2006 |
• IDSA Comments

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 confluence of vital...

• Gurpreet S Khurana |
• January 2006 |
• Strategic Analysis

The end of the Cold War witnessed a realignment of equations amongst states to adapt to the changed world order. Within its ‘Look East’ policy, India initiated an economic engagement...

• Gurpreet S Khurana |
• April 2005 |
• Strategic Analysis

The Southeast Asian states are critically dependent on regional sea-lanes for trade since most of them have embarked on the philosophy of export-led development. These are also the energy lifelines...

• Gurpreet S Khurana |
• January 05, 2005 |
• IDSA Comments

The post-Cold War period has witnessed significant maritime developments. The intensification of trade-linked development and the entry into force of the Laws of the Seas in 1994 led to state...

• Gurpreet S Khurana |
• July 2004 |
• Strategic Analysis

Proliferation of WMDs is a grave threat to mankind, be it their flow to ‘irresponsible states’ or to terrorists. Charged by its perception of vulnerability, the US has initiated the...

• Gurpreet S Khurana |
• April 2004 |
• Strategic Analysis