Defense and Strategic Studies Notes | B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Semester 9 | SPPU | munotes

Contents

Module 01 Introduction to Defence and Strategic Studies

1. What Defence and Strategic Studies Is 1
2. India's National Security Doctrine and Its Architecture 3
3. National Security: What the Phrase Means in Law 6
4. Security of the State 12
5. Defence Policy and Strategic Culture 17
6. The Role of the Armed Forces in National Security 20
7. Access to Courts and the Armed Forces: Articles 33 and 34 23
8. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 27
9. The Evolution of Strategic Thought in India 32

Module 02 Defence Policy Formulation and Implementation

1. How Defence Policy Is Made: the Ministry, the Cabinet and the Defence Planning Committee 35
2. Defence Procurement Policy: from the DPP to the Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 38
3. The Defence Budgeting Process 41
4. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) 44
5. The Ordnance Factory Board and Its Corporatisation 46

Module 03 Military Strategy and Doctrine

1. Indian Military Doctrine 48
2. Jointness in Operations and Integrated Theatre Commands 51
3. The Nuclear Doctrine of India 54
4. Is the Use of Nuclear Weapons Lawful? 57
5. Conventional Warfare Strategy 63

Module 04 Defence Policy, Planning and Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

1. Homeland Security and Defence Planning: Planning, Procurement and DRDO in the Security Context 66
2. Make in India in Defence 68
3. The National Security Guard (NSG) 70
4. The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) 73
5. Counterterrorism Strategies, Operations and the National Counter Terrorism Centre 76
6. The UAPA 1967: Unlawful Associations 79
7. The UAPA: The Terrorist Act and the Terrorist Organisation 86
8. Intelligence Agencies, the Intelligence Bureau and Coastal Security 94

Module 05 Border Management and National Defence

1. Border Management 97
2. Indo-China Border Management 100
3. The Line of Control (LoC) 102
4. Maritime Security Threats and the Geopolitics of the Indian Ocean Region 105

Module 06 Cyber Warfare and Information Security

1. Cyber Warfare and Information Security 108
2. What Cyber Terrorism Is 111
3. Modes of Cyber Terrorism, and the Response 117
4. Section 66F Broken Down 124
5. Cyber Terrorism Beside the UAPA and the Sanhita 131
6. The National Cyber Security Policy, and After 138
7. CERT-In and Incident Reporting 144
8. The CERT-In Directions of 2022 151
9. The Scheme of the Information Technology Act 158
10. The Cyber Command Structure in India 164
11. Protected Systems and Critical Information Infrastructure 167

Module 07 International Relations and Defence Cooperation

1. Bilateral and Multilateral Defence Agreements 175
2. India's Role in UN Peacekeeping Operations 178
3. The Security Council: Composition, Voting and the Veto 181
4. Defence Cooperation with Strategic Partners, and Military Exchanges 188