India’s Strategic Vision

India’s strategic environment draws from the fact that though India has an ancient culture but it is a new nation. Over the last 60 years the nation has experimented with various forms of foreign, domestic and economic policy models. From Panchsheel to a dominant government owned stifled economy to the present race, Indian strategic environment and policies have been governed more by the predicaments of the time rather than a well articulated long term vision. There thus is a dismal record of Indian strategic policy and decision making at various levels, be they external posture or management of the internal growth requirements. There resultantly is a lack of a seasoned mechanism for strategic policy and decision making in pursuance of achieving its Core National Interests. This applies specifically to India’s higher defence decision making organisation.