Neighbourhood First Policy and Security
India’s Neighbourhood First Policy reflects the principle that “secure borders require secure neighbours.” It integrates diplomacy, development, and defence cooperation to address both traditional and non-traditional security threats in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
Geopolitical Relevance
- Crisis Stabilisation Role: India’s $4 billion assistance to Sri Lanka (2022) prevented economic collapse → avoided spillover of instability into India.
- India supported to Nepal, Maldives during crises ensures political continuity and internal security.
- Internal Security Linkage: Cooperation with Bangladesh led to curbing insurgent safe havens in Northeast (ULFA, NDFB decline).
- Projects like Kaladan Multimodal, India-Myanmar-Thailand Highway enhance economic interdependence → reduce ....
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Security
- 1 Development as a Security Strategy
- 2 Proxy Wars and External Sponsorship
- 3 Foreign Funding and Internal Security
- 4 UAVs Threat: Attacks on Military Installations
- 5 Quantum Computing and Encryption Risks
- 6 Two-Front War Challenge for India
- 7 Dark Web and Cybercrime Networks
- 8 Ransomware as a Security Threat
- 9 India’s Digital Sovereignty
- 10 Data Colonization as a National Security Challenge
