Security in the Contemporary World
What does it mean for a country to be secure, and for whom, is the question that opens NCERT Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 7. The chapter distinguishes traditional security, with its focus on military threats, alliances, and the balance of power, from non-traditional threats such as terrorism, migration, poverty, epidemics, and environmental degradation. It explains cooperative security, disarmament, and arms control, discusses India's security strategy across military, economic, and diplomatic fronts, and shows why human security now sits beside national security.
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