India's Diverse Borders and Diverse Threats

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As India successfully positions itself as one of the core, influential nations of the world, its security scenario has become more vulnerable and complex. The roots of India's security challenges lie not only at the regional and international levels but also from within. These threats can be dealt with by securing the borders efficiently. However, the borders of India and their associated problems, geographical, social and cultural, are vivid and varied. Each border receives a different kind of treatment in accordance with the existing mutual relationship across the border. If the border people cannot connect with the country's mainstream, national security is affected. Indian policymakers face a hard challenge to formulate an integrated policy for borderlands and borders. While there are many common cross-border issues, chiefly non-security threats, there are other cross-border issues which are border specific. Besides, soft approaches to economic and cultural cross-border interactions are beneficial. The border security approach focuses on defending the borders from various threats but the border management approach involves protecting the interests of the country across the border.

https://www.academia.edu/35167587/Indias_Diverse_Borders_and_Diverse_Threats

India’s Borders and Cross Border Issues: Problems and Prospects

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In the global arena of affairs, presence of emerging India is clearly visible. As the country has successfully 

positioned itself as one of the core members of influential nations of the world, the security scenario of India has attracted more vulnerability and complexities like never before. The roots of challenges for India's security belong not only to regional and international level but also it spurts from within. Anti-Indian elements from within and from the region continuously pose serious threats to the internal security complex of India. The role of India's borders is very crucial in this context. Various threats can be dealt by securing the borders efficiently. But the borders of India are not identical in nature and problems and they vary not only in geographical features but also in social and cultural features. Each border receives a different kind of treatment from aligning countries accordingly the existing mutual relationship. If the border area people are not able to connect with the mainstream of the country's development, this affects the security of national sovereignty. Policy makers of the country really face a hard challenge to formulate an integrated policy for borderland and the borders of India due to their multiplicity. For India's borders, there are many common cross-border issues, chiefly non-security threats but there are other cross border issues which are border specific. Besides the security of borders, it is also needed that borders should behave softly to cross-border interactions, beneficial to mutual economic and cultural relationship. The border security approach focuses on defending the borders from various threats but the border management approach involves not only the protection of borders but also the protections of interests of the country on aligning borders.

https://www.academia.edu/35167895/Indias_Borders_and_Cross-Border_Issues_Problems_and_Prospects

Security Challenges: India's Borders with Pakistan and its Management

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The strategic importance of Pakistan is unique because of being a close neighbour toMiddle East, having a common border with China, India, Iran, Afghanistan and less than onehundred kilometre distance from Central Asian state of Uzbekistan. Bridge between South Asiaand South West Asia; Iran and Afghanistan are energy abundant while India and China aresimply lacking of.India, a nation of one billion people and the largest democracy in the world, is fast growing to become the largest economy in Asia after China and Japan. As a result of its rapid growth accompanied by political stability, the country is presumed to be a significant factor in determining the course of overall growth trajectory of Asia.

https://www.academia.edu/35167979/Security_Challenges_Indias_Borders_with_Pakistan_and_its_Management_Security_Challenges_Indias_Borders_with_Pakistan_and_its_Management_A_Research_Paper