This special issue on the theme ‘National Security since Kargil’ has been put together to obtain a 360-degree perspective of where India is 20 years after the Kargil War. It features assessments of various aspects which arose from this operation by practitioners, both servicemen and diplomats.

Contents

• Kargil and its Impact on India’s National Security

  — Alok Deb

Focus

• The Kargil War and India’s Security Environment

  — Jayant Prasad

• The Evolution of India’s National Security Architecture

  — P.S. Raghavan

• HQ Integrated Defence Staff in the National Security Structure

  — Satish Dua

• Land Warfare in the Indian Context: Time for a Transformative Shift?

  — Vivek Chadha

• Kargil to Balakot: The Tumultuous Journey of Indian Air Power

  — Kishore Kumar Khera

• Influence and Leverage of Indian Seapower: From Kargil to Future Readiness

  — Sudarshan Shrikhande

• India’s Nuclear Journey Post Kargil

  — Prakash Menon

Book Review

• The Line of Control: Travelling with Indian and Pakistani Armies, by Happymon Jacob

  — Shrabana Barua

• Line on Fire: Ceasefire Violations and India–Pakistan Escalation Dynamics, by Happymon Jacob

  — Nazir Amhad Mir